MEMBERSHIP
Our 2010 EXPO attendance exceeded expectations at both locations!
WELCOME! Well into our second decade of service, the Kansas City Food Circle is an all-volunteer, grassroots organization created to promote the development of a permanently sustainable local food system. We serve the greater Kansas City area (eaters and growers in Missouri, Kansas, and reaching out to nearby communities in Nebraska and Iowa) providing an alternative to the conventional agricultural system, which is dependent on practices that are neither good for our personal health nor for the health of the living world we are part of. Most of our work centers on making connections between area growers who meet our organic produce or free-range animal standards and people who want to eat delicious, nutritious, locally-grown food.
MISSION STATEMENT:
The Kansas City Food Circle is building a community food system in which farmers, eaters, chefs, and grocers know and trust each other. Our network enables us to share our knowledge and experience while we work together promoting the benefits of locally-grown organic and free-range foods. We cooperate in nourishing each other today while seeking to sustain the ability of future generations to nourish themselves through healthy farming practices.
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The EXPO – In March of 1999 we held a major conference on the food system that was substantially financed by the Sierra Club. We decided to set up a separate room nearby, invited a few farmers to show their stuff, and advertised in the local newspaper. The rest is history. So many people showed up that one could hardly fit into the room. We have since held nine (9) such Exhibitions of Farmers, and this year some 1100 people attended..
Outreach – In recent years we have also organized workshops (held at our Expos and elsewhere) on food system themes like the most recent program on nutrition and the 100 Mile Diet. The KC CSA Coalition, our outreach project designed to educate the public and expand the Community Supported Agriculture options for the Greater Kansas City Area, is really taking off as more growers opt for this sort of marketing. Our web site has been up and running since early 2006, and we continue to expand our outreach and educational efforts by all means possible, cross-pollinating and coordinating with many other organizations in and around the greater Kansas City area. We also have a Blog Spot and a Bulletin Board. Please take a minute to stay in touch with our org – SIGN UP FOR OUR eLIST UPDATES.
In the final analysis, our primary purpose remains to support farmers in our region who strive to produce delicious, nourishing food, use environmentally-sound, organic methods that restore and preserve the health of the land and who treat their animals far more humanely than industrial animal factories do.
If you would like to learn about the benefits of eating locally grown foods plus get some helpful hints on how to get started, you’ll find that information in the final section of the Directory.
If you would like someone from the Food Circle to speak to a group you’re part of, please call our hotline at 816-344-0556 or send us an e-mail.
We are primarily supported by member donations and would be happy to have you join us in our work, whether through contributions of money, time, or both. See: Membership…
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