Member Growers
We are adding new members and updating page info for our members as time permits. New and updated entries can be identified by the preceding icon(a check mark in a green circle).
In the meantime, please browse the .PDF version of our 2009 Directory of Local Organic and Free-Range Food Producers. << CLICK for the .PDF
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SCROLL DOWN FOR MEMBER LISTINGS or use our .PDF version of the Directory This is our Know Your Grower page, an alphabetical listing of all member growers of the Kansas City Food Circle. We also provide web page setup, space and help with extending web presence to all member growers who request it. Our annual Directory is just one place where locavores can read up on our local organic and free-range growers – the list below* provides links to current info, and it will be updated as new content is provided. KCFCMG (KC Food Circle Member Growers) listings are linked below to individual pages on our Google bulletin board. Our 2009 Grower Pledges are being uploaded as our member growers submit renewals – links to each will be made available on the Growers’ pages linked below.** ** All pledges scanned and copied online were signed by the principals involved. The scanned signatures have, however, been obscured for security reasons.
SCROLL DOWN FOR OUR GROWER LISTINGS
Our 2009 Grower Pledges are being uploaded as our member growers submit renewals – links to each will be made available on the Growers’ pages linked below.** We require all our farmer-members to sign Farmers Pledges (see Page 23 of our 2009 Directory). These Farmers Pledges only apply to the farming practices they use on their farms, not to the farming practices used to produce any off-farm ingredients in the processed foods they may sell (such as breads, jams, salsas, sausages, etc.). Also, one of our members, Paradise Locker Meats, is exclusively a retail store, not a farm, so they are not required to sign any Pledges. While we are committed to promoting organic agriculture, we also recognize the economic and logistical difficulties inherent in running a small farm while society continues to subsidize and promote large-scale, petrochemical agriculture. Consequently, we consider exceptions to the standards described in these Pledges on a case-by-case basis. To see if a particular farm has been granted any exceptions, go to our Member Growers page and click on the PLEDGE link found at the top of every individual growers’ page. ** All pledges scanned and copied online were signed by the principals involved. The scanned document signature-blocks have, however, been obscured for security reasons.
Know Your Grower
(Disclaimer)
Aside from requiring a small membership fee, the KC Food Circle has no financial interest in any of our producer-members. Our producers agree to meet our production standards by signing our Farmers Pledges. They also write their own listings for this Directory. Being an all-volunteer organization we do not have the resources to inspect and certify their growing and animal treatment practices or to verify any other claims. Nor can we guarantee our producers’ product quality or performance. If you have questions about what is meant by any particular term in a listing, please contact the producer directly. The Food Circle’s mission is to provide people the information they need to build relationships based on trust with those who produce their food. Detailed information about many of our producers is found below.
Current KCFC Member Growers:
4 D Acres – Louisburg, Kansas
A & B Homecoming Beef – Leeton, MO - NEW MEMBER 2009
A few good plants – El Dorado Springs, Missouri
BADSEED Farm – Kansas City, Missouri – CSA PROGRAM
Bauman’s Cedar Valley Farms – Garnett, KS
Bear Creek Farms – Osceola, Missouri
Beau Solais Farm – Hughesville, Missouri
Bossie’s Best – Home, KS
Bread of Life – Stewartsville, MO
Breezy Hill Farm – Centerview, Missouri
Bryant Family Farm – Leavenworth, KS - NEW MEMBER 2009
Burnett’s Heritage Farms – Cameron, Missouri
Camp Creek Farms – Olathe, KS
Campo Lindo Farms – Lathrop, MO
Catherine’s “Naturally Grown” Vegetables & Herbs – KCK
Cornerstone Farm – Higginsville, Missouri — CSA PROGRAM
Coyote Creek Farm – Rantoul, KS - RETURNING MEMBER 2009 – CSA PROGRAM
Crowned With Goodness Farm – Milo, Missouri
Crum’s Heirlooms – Bonner Springs, KS – NEW MEMBER 2009
Drumm Farm Garden – Independence, MO (was East Wind Gardens, LLC)
Fair Share Farm – Kearney, Missouri — CSA PROGRAM
Foxfire Farm – Louisburg, KS – NEW MEMBER 2009 – CSA PROGRAM
Fruitful Hills CSA – Trenton, MO – NEW MEMBER 2009 – CSA PROGRAM
Gannon Family Farm – Fort Scott, KS
Gasper Family Farm – Linwood, KS – NEW MEMBER 2009
Golden Ridge Farms – Osawatomie, KS
Green Dirt Farm – Weston, MO
Green Hills Harvest – Purdin, MO
Harmony Farms – Odessa, MO – NEW MEMBER 2009
Heritage Acres Farm – Fort Scott, KS – NEW MEMBER 2009
Hess Ranch – Butler, Missouri
Homespun Hill Farm – Baldwin City, KS — CSA PROGRAM
Huns Garden – Kansas City, KS - NEW MEMBER 2009 – CSA PROGRAM
Iwig Family Dairy – Tecumseh, KS - NEW MEMBER 2009
Janzen Family Farms – Newton, KS – NEW MEMBER 2009
JJ Farms – Raytown, MO — CSA PROGRAM
Karbaumer Farm – Platte City, MO — CSA PROGRAM
KC Buffalo Co., LLC – Belton, MO
KCCUA – KC Community Farm – KCK — CSA PROGRAM
Kickin’ Bull Ranch – Hoyt, KS
Lone Star Lake Bison – Overbrook, KS – NEW MEMBER 2009
M&J Ranch – Lawrence, KS
Maier’s Farm – Ottawa, KS
Meadowlark Acres – Stilwell, KS – NEW MEMBER 2010
Moon on the Meadow – Lawrence, KS – NEW MEMBER 2009 – CSA PROGRAM
My Neighbor Steve’s – Baldwin City, KS
Nature’s Choice Biodynamic Farm – St Joseph, MO
Panther Creek Farms – Concordia, MO
Paradise Locker Meats – Trimble, MO
Parker Farms Natural Meats – Richmond, MO — CSA PROGRAM
Peacock Farms – Higginsville, MO — CSA PROGRAM
Pearly Gates Organic Soapery & Farm – KCMO — CSA PROGRAM
Platte Prairie Farm – Kansas City, MO – NEW MEMBER 2009 – CSA PROGRAM
Prairie Birthday Farm – Kearney, Missouri
Raytown Community Garden – Raytown, Missouri - NEW MEMBER 2009
R & W Dexter Natural Beef – Fort Scott, KS – NEW MEMBER 2009
Rolling Prairie Farmers’ Alliance – Tonganoxie, KS — CSA PROGRAM
Root Deep Urban Farm – Kansas City, Missouri — CSA PROGRAM
Sage Moon Naturals – Excelsior Springs, Missouri
Schenker Family Farms – McCune, Kansas – NEW MEMBER 2009
Share-Life Farms – Marshall, MO — CSA PROGRAM
Skyview Farm – Pleasanton, KS
Soaring Eagle Farms / ACME Grain – Edgerton, KS
Soul & Soil Rainbow Gardens – KCMO — CSA PROGRAM
Spring Creek Farm – Baldwin City, KS — CSA PROGRAM
Strawberry Lane Farm – Trenton, Missouri — CSA PROGRAM
The Curious Canine – Kansas City, MO – NEW MEMBER 2010
The Little Muddy – Lee’s Summit, MO – NEW MEMBER 2009 – CSA PROGRAM
The Organic Way Farm – Milo, MO — CSA PROGRAM
Thorn Acres – Muscotah, Kansas - NEW MEMBER 2009 – CSA PROGRAM
Troque Farms – Buckner, Missouri
Wells Family Farms – King City, MO — CSA PROGRAM
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* this extended KNOW YOUR GROWER – KC Food Circle Member Growers (KCFCMG) info is always being updated, as time permits and input is provided. New KCFC members, growers who qualify & join us after the March printing deadline for our annual Directory, can opt in for online listings and all other types of support at any time for a reduced sign-up fee of $20. Interested growers can visit our MEMBERSHIP page , fill-out and send in the forms (including your signed Growers Pledge(s)) to apply. NOTE: The old BB was archived & shut down in December 2008. Please let us know when old links to kcfoodcircle.smn-rab.org are found. Send questions and comments to BB (@) KCFoodCircle.org
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