Welcome! You’re in the perfect place to start getting to know KC Food Circle™ farmers and the products they sell. New farmers are added to our online directory year-round, so check back often. KC Food Circle™ farmers operate within 120 miles of Kansas City and pledge to meet high standards for growing plants and mushrooms, beekeeping, and raising animals. Read the Pledges The farmers are listed in alphabetical order. Use the categories listed to the right to find specific products. If you're a farmer or local food business who wants to become a member, click here. We are Adams Family Farm! Located in Western Shawnee, Kansas, we offer a variety of vegetables and herbs from cucumbers, tomatoes, okra, sage, potatoes, watermelon, collards, kale and so much more! We are also new to beekeeping and will soon be offering raw local honey. We also just planted fruit trees so be on the look out for us to offer apples, pears, peaches, cherries and elderberries soon! We also own Sweet Life Wellness Spa where we offer detox services such as
We started the farm so that we could offer fresh produce to our clients. This collaboration has worked well for us as well as our clients. Our motto - "Fresh Grows Here". We look forward to serving you! Adams ORAC Farm is a diversified food forest with a multitude of plants, mushrooms and animals. We sell to the public directly from the farm in Independence, MO at 18103 E Courtney Atherton Rd and also offer a CSA. You can also find us at the City Market, Independence Farmers Market and Via Del Senior at 17400 Courtney Atherton Rd. We sell eggs, flowers, fruit, herbs, honey, mushrooms and vegetables both annual and perennial blackberries, current raspberries, aronia berries, elderberries, apples, apricots, plumbs, nectarines, pears, peaches and currants. We also offer prepared goods including jams and jellies. Antioch Urban Growers is here to serve the community that is creating the future. We are on record to take over the world one backyard at a time and are gladly steering our resources, understanding and passion to create Kansas City as an Urban Agriculture Mecca.
With our support we extend the invitation to all, from export to beginner, to start your journey at Antioch. Located 5 minutes from downtown Kansas City at 2727 44th St. Kansas City, MO 64117, you can find us on 11 acres of personal development playgrounds. Come start your journey today! Be Love Too Farm is a non-certified, organic microgreen and sheep farm. Our focus is growing the most nutrient dense microgreens (we call them shoots) and regeneratively raised grass fed, grass finished lambs.
We started our farm in partnership with Cafe Gratitude, growing organic vegetables and microgreens. Through the years we have chosen to dedicate our time and energy to microgreens and sheep, which is our passion. We sell to individuals through a subscription program, restaurants, grocery stores, the KC Food Hub, and at the Brookside Farmers Market. BoysGrow was established with the idea that young men can develop themselves with the responsibility that comes with ownership. Using Agriculture to not only address the food insecurity within our BG community, but also the local community around us has been a driving force as to why the young men in our program work diligently on growing. BoysGrow currently partners with LINC to provide CSA's to local Grandview District schools and have even partnered with a few schools to offer a Real-World Learning experience. Bread and Roses Farm started as a large community garden and transitioned to a working farm in 2017 in order to give our land more attention. Our favorite things about farming include being a hub of increasing biodiversity for our urban neighborhood, learning from the land, and providing affordable and convenient local food for our city. The heart of a farm is our full season CSA. Our CSA is great for those who are new to the CSA model, or who don't have tons of time to go to farmers markets. We are passionate about making our CSA an easy alternative to the grocery store for those wanting to start their local food journey. We also grow a range of cut flowers for home delivered bouquets. Return to Directory Home PageThe Buffalo Seed Company was launched by Dr. Matthew & Nancy Kost in October, 2018. Nancy is from the Altiplano of Bolivia and grew up growing quinoa, potato, and llamas in a resilient system that predates the Inca Empire. She has since acquired a bachelor degree in agronomy from Earth University in Costa Rica, and a Master of Science Degree in tomato breeding from The Ohio State University.
Matthew is originally from Kansas City and has returned after obtaining a Bachelor in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from the University of Kansas, and a Ph.D. in Evolutionary Agroecology from The Ohio State University. Matthew has also worked in conserving amaranth and quinoa landrace diversity in Peru and arid adapted crops in the Greater Southwest. Matthew and Nancy have deep knowledge and wisdom of seeds, seed systems, evolution, ecology, and adaptation. Importantly, we have two little helpers that mean the world to us, Silveria and Thomas. The Buffalo Seed Company supplies growers with bioregionally adapting seeds to increase the resiliency and sustainability of our local food systems. While our local food systems are strengthening, the seed system underlying them are far from local. In fact, many seeds offered to growers are sourced from outside their bioregion and often times outside the country. It is time for us to integrate locally adapting, as well as adaptable seeds, into our local food systems and to secure a bioregional seed source that can withstand change. The Buffalo Seed Company has taken on this task as our contribution to push local food production in our bioregion to the next level, locally grown crops from bioregionally grown seeds. This is not a new idea, but the foundations of truly resilient and sustainable agricultural systems; this can be seen in every crop center of origin around the world. Return to Directory Home Page Italian Bed and breakfast and Sustainable learning center with a 10 acre organic farm We host a Farmers Market for free for local farmers. We are a B&B that supports local food. We sell honey, pickles and other food items. Just starting to grow elderberries. We are open to bringing children to learn about earth and soil with our addition of Casa Somerset Sustainable learning center. We do source from local farmers for dinners and cooking classes. Hello! We are David's Pasture: a multi-generational multi-family multi-species pasture-based farm just east of the KC area started in 2011 by the Kesten family. We believe in working with Creation to heal the ground and ourselves. We raise cattle, swine, chickens and turkeys out on pasture using intensive rotation and regenerative practices. We want to build up healthy soil and raise happy animals! We also want a more transparent food system: come tour our farm in the summer and see what we do. We deliver meats and eggs to homes like yours on a weekly basis. We support other local businesses by partnering with them in livestock production or offering their products on our website at davidspasture.com. Locally grown vegetables, fruit, eggs, flowers, honey, baked goods, skincare products and more! All produce is grown within 150 miles of Lee's Summit. Our market season is mid-April through October on Wednesdays and Saturdays from 8:00am to noon.
In 2003, we began growing organic fruits and vegetables on Rebecca’s family farm in rural, northeastern Clay County, Missouri. We focus on building the soil through biological farming methods, including extensive cover cropping. The farm is home to two farmers, two cats, 70 hens, 6 sheep, and countless frogs, butterflies, birds and insects. Our infrastructure is focused on sustainable energy and includes a passive solar greenhouse, 30 gpm solar-powered irrigation system, electric tractor and utility vehicle, and a 20kW solar array. The 200+ acre family farm is planted in native grasses, good habitat for deer, turkey, quail, coyotes, and many other species of wildlife. We grow an acre of crops for our live culture fermented krauts, kimchi and pickles, as well as a large community garden for ourselves and our workers. A laying flock of 80 pastured hens provides eggs for the crew and customers at the farmer’s market. Our fermented foods are produced on the farm in our commercial kitchen and are sold through subscription, at the Brookside Community Market and local stores. In 2020, we installed an alley-cropping system of over 8,000 linear feet of berms and swales with perennial plantings. In 2024 we began the production and sale of a new product---Raw American Elderberry Vinegar. This product was produced as a part of a USDA Sustainable Agriculture and Research Project. An urban farm sitting on terraced land we use a mixture of garden beds, hydroponic tables and containers totaling 5,800 feet. We grow and deliver vegetables, microgreens, fruit and herbs cultivated using organic farming practices. Farmyard KC is a small market farm, new to the KC metro, focused on leafy greens, roots, herbs and elderberries. We grow in small, human sized plots, using regenerative agriculture practices. We focus on soil health principles and the surrounding ecosystems to support our plants needs. Farmer Mickey Gallagher has been interested in small scale agriculture for quite a while, but in 2021 he started to take the necessary steps to pursue farming as his full time endeavor. While apprenticing at the local permaculture wonder farm, Urbavore, he took an online soil class and loved it so much he got a microscope to look at his own soil samples. Now in addition to his farming, he works for Compost Collective KC, Urbavore's sister company. His passion for the soil health has a direct relation to another passion of his which is cooking and preparing quality meals. He recognizes that quality food comes from a health biological rich soil, and what's good for the goose is good for the gander. Growing in permanent raised beds with the incorporation of used mushroom blocks, wood chips, locally produced compost, compost teas, perennial landscape integration, and physical barriers, Farmyard KC looks to grow real, high quality produce for the community. Our farm is located 50 miles south of Kansas City just east of Adrian, MO. We offer grass-fed grass-finished beef & lamb, forest-raised pork, and pasture-raised chicken and turkey. Our goal is to provide you with naturally raised wholesome food using regenerative farming methods that mimic the patterns found in nature. We use rotational grazing to raise our cattle and sheep. They are moved daily around our farm to new pastures and fresh forage. The chickens and turkeys live out on pasture in mobile coops. We move them every morning to a clean area of pasture where they can scratch and range for grasses and bugs in addition to their non-GMO feed. Our pigs are raised in the woods where they can roam and forage to their hearts content. They use their snout to root around the forest floor feasting as they go along. They also receive a free-choice non-gmo feed ration. Tasty bacon comes from happy hogs! We would love to be your local clean meat farmers. Check out our website for more information on our farming practices and shop online anytime for home delivery or free local pick up point around the KC metro. We are a family-owned farm growing pecan trees. Our orchard contains both native and grafted/improved varieties of pecans. We have been growing trees since the late 1970s and work hard to maintain the health of our trees, woodlands, and soil. Food Life Joy has been providing microgreens to farmer's markets and restaurants since 2016. We use organic or non-GMO seeds (if organic is not available) and organic grow mix, that's it! The Fruitful Hills CSA community of horse-powered family farms grows the products for 25 weeks of deliveries in the summer, beginning early May and ending mid-October. Our community also grows products for a winter CSA, beginning mid-November, and ending in late April with 12 bi-weekly deliveries. Fruitful Hills CSA grows high quality, healthy products. We started with vegetables 15 years ago, and now include eggs, chicken, turkey, beef, pork, raw dairy, honey, canned goods, cornmeal, popcorn, and apple cider. Fruitful Hills CSA offers farmers in our community the opportunity to take part in our grower’s circle. Members of our grower’s circle must uphold exacting standards for quality and land stewardship. Eight families grow a variety of vegetables for the summer and winter CSA seasons with consistently high quality. Our crops include heirloom and hybrid tomatoes, lettuces, baby leaf salad mixes, carrots, radishes, beets, broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, bok choi, kale, peppers, cherry tomatoes, watermelon, cantaloupe, sweet corn, zucchini, cucumbers, green beans, potatoes, and strawberries. Share subscribers in the summer 2023 season received strawberries for 5 weeks, melons for 9 weeks, tomatoes for 19 weeks, and lettuce for 16 weeks. Our winter share subscribers enjoy a mix of root crops, fresh and storage vegetables, canned goods, fresh salad mixes, and head lettuce. Using high tunnels in the winter season gives our subscribers soil-grown fresh greens. We delivered fresh greens even in December, January, and February. We grow varieties harvested and delivered at the peak of their flavor and nutrition. We grow for flavor, not for easy shipping. We grow vegetables high in minerals and nutrients. We avoid the use of synthetic sprays and fertilizer, only using products labeled for organic production. We build soils with green cover crops, compost, and manure, using proper withdrawal periods for manure application of 120 days before harvest. Using horsepower for field work and growing crops in high tunnels, we generate a small carbon footprint. We heat the high tunnels with wood in the coldest days of winter for the early tomatoes. Doing so allows us to deliver to subscribers fresh, soil-grown tomatoes early in the summer season. We raise our animals outdoors on free-range pasture. During extreme weather, we provide proper shelter. A benefit to subscribers is the annual farm visit and tour, held in early summer. We invite subscribers to visit the farms to see our farming practices and talk with the people growing their food. We feel it’s proper to say, “From our fields to your table, using sustainable farming practices with your family’s health and the health of the environment for future generations in mind.” Fyler Farms has been in the family for 6 generations. Originally settled by Jeremy’s grandmother’s grandpa, a German immigrant in 1902 who utilized the Homestead Act in Kansas. The farm has its roots in wheat and livestock farming and continues today as Jeremy operates his own extension with his partner John. Jeremy and John took the leap into their own farm in 2020. Each decision they have made has been with sustainability at the core. Each upgrade, change, and routine decision is based on what is within their limits and what will best serve the community. The farm is 31 acres, with 11 head of cattle, 2 goats, 2 sheep, chickens, ducks, turkeys, geese, and guineas. Jeremy and John also operate a small local “micro-mill” (think micro-brewery) and commercial kitchen, which they use to be a fully functioning site for cleaning, milling, sifting, and packaging raw flours and baking mixes. The farm works in a circular way where they source grains from neighboring organic and regenerative farms. They then process the flour onsite, and the 20% waste is used as a supplement to their livestock grass and hay. Green Gate Family Farm is owned and operated by Katie Nixon and Ken Barber. We established the farm in 2010 with the purchase of 67 acres in rural Missouri. After purchase, the farm was immediately transitioned into organic production. In 2014, after the 3-year transition period the farm was certified by the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry. In 2019, we were Real Organic Certified. In addition to the wide variety of certified organic annual and perennial produce we grow, we sell certified organic bedding plants, cut flowers, and eggs (chicken, duck, goose and turkey). We do all of this production on about 5 acres of land that includes 3 unheated high tunnels and one heated greenhouse and grow year-round. Our market outlets are mainly in the Kansas City region, but we also sell locally. Our customers include: Whole Food Market, CSA members (three sessions through-out the year), online customers, and restaurants. We also sell wholesale through the Kansas City Food Hub- a 25-member cooperative co-founded by Green Gate where Katie currently serves as President. In 2021, we added a small, but growing, flock of Katahdin sheep, which we not sell live offspring from. Our personal goals include safe, healthy food for our table, as well as for our customers, and a farm property that fits in with the ecology of the land we live on. We are striving to be a sustainable, ecologically friendly farm, and a successful farm business. The Golden Scoop concept has been in the making since 2018. We are modeled after two successful companies centered on employing people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, we just married the two ideas! We envision a world where people with special needs are set up for success and belong to a community where everyone’s gifts are valued. Top that off with a menu of culinarily-exquisite homemade ice creams and a signature KC coffee blend, and you’ve got an experience like no other. The Golden Scoop's mission is to provide meaningful employment for people with developmental disabilities; to foster an environment where our employees are mentored, inspired, and equipped to succeed in their jobs and their lives; to offer amazing made-from-scratch products; and to provide an inclusive, joyful customer experience that keeps people coming back for another scoop. We are master beekeepers and have been in business for more than 34 years. We love keeping bees and love the way it keeps us in tune with the natural world around us. We strive to make as many products as we can with our honey and beeswax. We love to talk bees with people. Marla and Brian Biggs began this first generation farm just outside of Paola, Kansas in 2013 with a small herd of Scottish Highland cattle. At Hedgewood Farms, our mission is to provide premium quality pastured beef, pork, poultry, eggs and produce, practicing humane and sustainable regenerative farming. We provide families with real, healthy, and delicious whole food choices. Hand raised, and home grown. We are passionate about providing food that sustains the land and feeds families the healthiest most nutritional food possible. We are helping save the planet with regenerative farming. Our cattle are Scottish Highland, South Pole and Angus and they are 100% grass fed and finished. Our hogs are raised on woodland forage and our broilers and egg layers are raised on pasture to help restore land health and encourage biodiversity. Poultry and hogs are supplemented with 100% organic grains. Our farm includes a small market garden that follows organic practices. We invite you to visit our website and become a Hedgewood Farms family subscriber. Subscribers have priority access to all our products. When supplies are low, we reserve inventory for you first on standing order items. Delivery is free within our delivery radius with a minimum order amount. The best way to ensure you can feed your family high- quality whole foods year round. Find us at these markets in 2022: Lenexa Farmers Market, Brookside Farmers’ Market. We have over 1/4 acre deep mulched or back-to-eden style, no dig/no till garden. We love to grow garlic and onions but we dabble in a little bit of everything. I plant intensively and even inoculated my walking paths with wine cap mushrooms. I run an honor system farm-stand at the end of my driveway that is always open May-October. I am a stay at home mom of 3 and I spend a lot of my time in the garden with my children. My market garden was established in 2015 and it just keeps getting bigger and better. Herdsman House Farm LLC was established in March of 2020. It is a small specialty crop operation located on the greater Historic Martin Farm on the south-central side of Hillsdale Lake in Miami County, Kansas. Sharon Autry is farmer and steward of Herdsman House Farm. She grew up in rural Missouri where she tended a large garden with her family and shared the bounty with her neighbors. Her childhood experience with agriculture forever linked growing food, building community and providing equitable access to healthy, delicious food. Sharon is committed to conservation and community. Her farming practices are focused on practicing reciprocity with the land, building soil health, and imitating the patterns and preferences of nature. Her marketing goals are to provide equitable access to safe, healthy, and nutritious local food and contribute to a sustainable local food system. Herdsman House Farm grows veggies year-round and markets through Nomad Market KC in Louisburg, KS in the winter and through Rolling Prairie CSA in the summer. Transplants, produce, and sweet potato slips are also available for purchase in season or for pick up directly off farm by appointment. |
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