Bodhi Home Reopens to Homeless Clients After Renovation
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by Haines Eason - Jan 22, 2025
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Before European settlement, the place we call "Missouri" was home to millions of acres of Tallgrass Prairie, a grassland biome home to a diverse array of plant and animal species, like bison. Today, less than one percent of it remains. Bison once roamed North America with numbers in the millions. After government-sanctioned mass slaughter decimated ...
The Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks recently released 40 alligator snapping turtles in southeast Kansas. The reintroductions are part of a larger effort to sustain the alligator snapping turtle population in the U.S. Flatland is your local nonprofit news source powered by Kansas City PBS and committed to providing context and solutions to ...
Greg Trial and Jim Finke started Missouri Coast Fisheries to catch invasive carp and sell products derived from the fish. Now, they have an agreement with the Missouri Department of Conservation to fish for carp commercially in the Platte River. As part of their agreement, Missouri Coast Fisheries is also testing a new net that takes advantage of t ...
What if we made meat production local again? Callicrate Cattle Co. and Ranch Foods Direct share their model of on-farm slaughter and direct-to-consumer sales. Flatland is your local nonprofit news source powered by Kansas City PBS and committed to providing context and solutions to some of our region’s biggest challenges. https://www.flatlandk ...
[Transcript: Damon Daniel, President and CEO of the AdHoc Group Against Crime] Hello, my name is Damon Daniel, president and CEO of the AdHoc Group Against Crime. For some, AdHoc is the emergency room for social services, and for others, […]
The New Roots farmer training program is a four-year apprenticeship with Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas and Cultivate KC.
Patchwork Family Farms provides vital links in the local food chain, relieving farmers from the stress of processing, packaging and marketing to customers.
Urban educator Carl Boyd has spent most of his life connecting with young people, most notably through the long-running radio program "Generation Rap."
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