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Deer Hunt and Workshop Bring New Skills to Native Tribal Members

By | January 31, 2024 | 0
Man holding knife bends over a table cuts into slab of raw meat. People in a classroom crowd around to watch.

Indigenous tribal members in Kansas learn how to hunt, harvest, butcher and cook deer in a new program from the Department of Wildlife and Parks.

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Harvesting Change | Making a Local Meat Market

By | January 25, 2024 | 0
black cow in a feed lot

Cattle rancher Mike Callicrate is rethinking the food chain. He embraces a sustainable approach to raising, processing and selling meat directly to consumers.

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New Funding Bolsters Food Chain for Local Producers 

By | January 18, 2024 | 1
Root vegetables bundled and laid out on a table at a farmers market.

Kansas and Missouri are distributing more than $13 million to strengthen local food systems through the Resilient Food Systems Infrastructure Program.

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PBS Docuseries Puts KC Creator at the Intersection of Food and ‘Transformational Travel’

By | January 3, 2024 | 0
Jim Kane, right, films with Amy Walker "The Spirit Gardener" for an episode of "The Food Principle" on PBS.

Kansas City-based food travel producer Jim Kane explores big issues such as climate change, biodiversity, health and social justice on “The Food Principle.”

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Squirrel: It’s What’s for Dinner

By | November 2, 2023 | 0
A young girl in a colorful striped shirt holds up a skinned and gutted squirrel from a silver bowl.

Dozens recently gathered in Lawrence for a clinic about trapping, harvesting and cooking squirrel. The squirrel population has soared in recent decades.

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