Cami Koons
Reporter
Flatland contributor Cami Koons is a freelance journalist focusing on food chain and sustainability issues.
Stories by Cami Koons
curiousKC | What Was Kansas City’s First City Park?
Picnics, birthday parties, ball games and exceptionally nice days are all elements that might bring someone to one of Kansas City’s 200-and-some parks. The peaceful greenspaces might seem ubiquitous in the city of fountains, but the acres of parks Kansas Citians know today weren’t always there. Lisa, a Flatland reader, asked, “What was Kansas City’s…
curiousKC | Have a Question About Legalizing Marijuana? Let Us Know.
What questions do you have about legalizing recreational marijuana in Missouri? Flatland's curiousKC team will find the answers.
curiousKC | What are Reproductive Rights?
“Reproductive rights” has been a Google search phrase more in the past couple of months than in the search engine’s history. Here's why, and what it means.
Discussing the Values of ‘Value Them Both’
A virtual event hosted by the KC Media Collective discussed the language, values and context in which voters are being asked to decide on abortion rights in Kansas.
curiousKC | A Guide to What You’ll See in the Aug. 2 Kansas Primary About Abortion
On Aug. 2, Kansans will vote on a constitutional amendment that would uphold or remove abortion protections. Here's what you need to know.
Precision Mazes Offer More Than ‘Simply a Walk In the Corn’
How one Kansas City family uses farm science to create meaningful corn mazes and crop art across North America.
Hunger in the Ranks: More Military Families Report Going Hungry
Growing numbers of military families are going hungry. An estimated one in five military families report that they are food insecure.
A Buy-Local Seed Germinates Among KC Florists
Area farmers and florists hope Kansas Citians will buy locally grown flowers rather than international flowers.
Sound, Smoke and Fury: The Enduring Allure of the American Tractor Pull
The loud, showy sport of tractor pulling remains a popular pastime in rural Missouri.
National Formula Shortage Prompts Efforts to ‘Survive as a Community’
In Kansas City, folks are donating breast milk, searching for formula and working together to keep babies fed amid a national shortage of baby formula.