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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.

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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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