Food Access
City Dwelling Growers Provide a Fresh Alternative to the Grocery Aisles
Don’t be fooled by appearances. The produce from urban farms might not look as perfect as it does at the local supermarket, but it can be as tasty as it is healthy.
Missouri Food Assistance Applicants Hit ‘Bottleneck’
Imagine you have just been evicted, and that any documentation you had regarding income, health care expenses, utility costs, or other relevant paperwork got lost in the shuffle. That is a problem in and of itself. But the lack of information is a bigger barrier when it stands between you and gaining eligibility for the…
When Going Under the Knife Does Not Mean Surgery
Chef Educator Rachel Ciordas deftly sliced collard greens into a ribbon-like chiffonade as students from the University of Kansas School of Medicine watched with a degree of awe typically reserved for an episode of the Food Network’s “Chopped.” After Ciordas demonstrated how to peel, chop, or grate the raw ingredients, the future physicians donned aprons…
Cracking Egg-flation
Whether ordering an omelet, French toast, chicken n’ biscuits, chilaquiles, corned beef hash or eggs Benedict, eggs play a starring role at The Farmhouse. “When you’re a brunch and breakfast place, eggs are everything,” said Vince Paredes, executive chef and co-owner of the award-winning farm-to-table brunch venue in the River Market. “We bake with eggs….
Farm to Trouble: Could the Mississippi River Benefit from This Strategy to Improve Water Quality?
A Chesapeake Bay program could be a model for the Mississippi River as it deals with runoff that fouls water and contributes to a dead zone off the Gulf Coast.
Lawrence Farmers’ Market Rolls Out Double Up Program for Protein
The Lawrence Farmers’ Market has launched a grant-funded program that allows SNAP recipients to stretch their dollars to buy more protein products.
Harvesting Change | Localizing Our Food System
As part of the Flatland series “Harvesting Change,” Flatland in Focus looks at the people and policies that influence the transition away from industrial agriculture to a more localized food system that protects and regenerates the environment.
Harvesting Change | Making Local Food Connections in the Heartland
Meet the people who are making Kansas City’s increasingly interconnected local food system more sustainable on multiple fronts.
Parched in the Panhandle: Town Frets About Water
How Seaboard Foods rebuilt the Oklahoma panhandle’s economy, which ushered in a new era of groundwater depletion from the Ogallala Aquifer.
Do We Have a Bid? Auctions Sell Produce by the Lot
Produce auctions in Missouri and Kansas allow wholesale buyers to shop local, offering a key link in the food distribution chain.