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.

The 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.

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Established in 2016, Global One Urban Farming’s purpose is to teach inner-city children and adults how to contribute to the revitalization of their communities by building a self-sustaining, peaceful, and uplifting lifestyle in the growing and distribution of organic vegetables to those in need.

Global One Urban Farming is located at 44th and Cypress Avenue in Kansas City, MO. in the center of a USDA defined food desert and food insecure community. A 1.5 acre site with a 20’ by 50’ high tunnel, 25 raised beds and 8, 100’ crop rows and 2 pollinator gardens. We have turned this space from a dumping site into a developed space producing organically grown fruits, vegetables and healing herbs. ​

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.

JCCC Open Petal Farm was started on two acres of campus in 2010 to provide a learning lab for students in the Sustainable Agriculture program. It has since grown to 3 acres and added a mixed fruit orchard, 300 blueberry bushes, a student designed edible forest, a moveable high tunnel, a solar storage shed, a coolbot refrigerated trailer, and numerous other projects. Produce is sold through Rolling Prairie CSA and an on-campus farmers market.​

New Roots is a training program that empowers refugees, immigrants and English Language Learner farmers to develop sustainable businesses. The collaboration between Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas and Cultivate KC helps individuals with an agricultural background in their home countries adapt to Kansas City climate and culture while supporting their families. Our trainee and graduate farmers use organic principles and sell their produce to local restaurants, at farmers markets and through Farm Share subscriptions.​

​Rich Farms is a rural Kansas City family owned and operated microgreen farm, dedicated to providing the finest quality. In our greenhouse, we grow pesticide and herbicide-free microgreens that are harvested at peak ripeness and nutritional maturity for superior color, flavor and texture. Our system of growing plants is with no soil, instead utilizing scientific solutions to aid in healthy growth processes. The farm is located in a controlled indoor environment and outfitted with a special irrigation system. We cultivate year-around. We maintain the highest safety standards as part of our relentless commitment to quality. We believe that by using sustainable farming methods and minimizing water consumption, we are creating nutritious products that contributes to a healthier community and a healthier planet.​

Rise and Shine on the Homestead is a small farm hoping to help feed the greater KC area. We are a permaculture Farm aimed to take a natural approach to gardening and livestock practices. We believe natural flourishing ecosystems which promote healthy soil is a better alternative to the ultimate goal of accomplishing regenerative and healthy lifestyle!

We have two market gardens with a colorful and nutritious variety of seasonal vegetables as well as herbs. We raise poultry and gather fresh eggs daily. 

Sacred Sun Farm is a diverse organic farm nestled amongst the rolling hills of Jefferson County, just north of Lawrence, Kansas. We grow a wide range of vegetables, fruits, grains, medicinal and culinary herbs for our Farm Share/ CSA and Farmers Market in KC. With roughly 3 acres into vegetable production each year, we work closely with the soil, plants and animals to find balance and create a reciprocal and sustainable relationship of respect and care. We are committed to nurturing our deep connection to the Earth by tending and mending our relationships through these observations and growing practices.

​USA Duck Team is an association of 70 backyard and small-farm duck producers working together to promote animal welfare and sustainable wetlands farming.