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Posts Tagged ‘Report for America’

Harvesting Change | Advocating for Family Farms

By | February 29, 2024 | 0
A man in a camouflage coat and a brown hat stands in front of a red barn in a blizzard.

Patchwork Family Farms provides vital links in the local food chain, relieving farmers from the stress of processing, packaging and marketing to customers.

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What’s the Deal with Grass-Fed Food? 

By | February 14, 2024 | 0
A man in a gray hoodie and a hat stands in front of a herd of grass-fed cattle. He pets the back of a cow to his right.

Grass-fed evokes livestock on an open pasture and a farmer who is improving the sustainability of their land.  But is that what’s behind most of the labeling?

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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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