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Posts Tagged ‘Report for America’

Do We Have a Bid? Auctions Sell Produce by the Lot 

By | June 6, 2024 | 0
A crowd of people gather in the background of an image, taken down a row of boxes, low to the ground. The boxes are full of yellow and red tomatoes and read "Missouri Grown" and "Fresh Missouri Produce"

Produce auctions in Missouri and Kansas allow wholesale buyers to shop local, offering a key link in the food distribution chain.

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Kansas and Missouri Brace for Another Year of Drought 

By | May 3, 2024 | 0
Two hoop barns covered in white tarp are filled with a small amount of round hay bales.

Missouri and Kansas remain in drought conditions. Meteorologists and water experts are working to figure out what producers should expect this growing season.  

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Harvesting Change | Growing Roots in the KC Food System 

By | April 25, 2024 | 0
A woman in a black sweater stands in a greenhouse and holds a tray of fennel seedlings.

The New Roots farmer training program is a four-year apprenticeship with Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas and Cultivate KC.  

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Kansas City PBS Welcomes New Report for America Corps Member

By | April 24, 2024 | 0
The front entrance of the recently renovated home of Kansas City PBS.

The Kansas City PBS newsroom, Flatland, is pleased to announce its newest Report for America corps member, Julie Freijat. 

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Douglas County Commission Approves Massive Solar Project 

By | April 17, 2024 | 0
A "Say Yes to Solar" sign in Lawrence.

Douglas County commissioners have approved a conditional use permit for a 600-acre solar project on prime farmland north of Lawrence.

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