Cultivate KC

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Cultivate KC organizes several cooperative orders each year to help area farmers take advantage of bulk pricing discounts. $100 per month helps local farmers save around $7,000 a year on fertilizers, seed potatoes, and other supplies they need to grow food for our community. 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵𝗹𝘆 𝗴𝗶𝗳𝘁𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝘀. Join us in supporting KC farmers with a recurring donation. Join the Dripline today: cultivatekc.org/donate

Cultivate KC's 2023 Annual Report is now available! It's always quite a project to pull together, but it's also SO rewarding to look at a year of our partnerships, work, and growth as a whole. Enjoy!

The Dotte Mobile Grocer, "Dottie" for short, is a refrigerated grocery store on wheels. When she makes her stops at locations around eastern KCK, one thing is clear. It takes a lot of fuel to keep her on the road! 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵𝗹𝘆 𝗴𝗶𝗳𝘁𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝘂𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝗽 𝗗𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗴𝗮𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗹𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝘁𝗲. $50 per month covers about 8 weeks of gas for Dottie, so she can bring staple groceries and fresh produce to our neighbors in Wyandotte County. Join the Dripline today setting up a recurring donation: cultivatekc.org/donate

New Roots farmers not only grow food to feed their communities, in the off-season, they also attend classes to learn about organic growing, marketing and sales, climate resilience strategies, and more. 𝗔 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵𝗹𝘆 𝗴𝗶𝗳𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝘆 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗳𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗿𝘀. $30 a month pays for the classes for a New Roots farmer for a year! Join the Dripline today: cultivatekc.org/donate

Sophia Ong, Kansas State University Local Food Fellow, has been working with our organization on an 8-week summer price data collection project at Farmer’s Markets across the Kansas City Metro area. Read about Sophia's project and view the June reports at our website through the link below:

Even small monthly donations make a big difference- for our organization AND the farmers we serve. Just $10 a month equals a workday at a local farm to help a farmer with essential tasks, so that they can supply the community with more food! Join the Dripline today by donating monthly! cultivatekc.org/donate

Tomatoes. Corn. Peppers. July is peak season for local produce! As you enjoy the incomparable taste of locally grown fruits and veggies, please think about the farmers who face enormous challenges to bring it to you. Farmers in KC deal with problems like rising land prices, climate change that fuels extreme weather events, and more. But they aren’t dealing with them alone. Join us in supporting KC farmers with a recurring donation. Here are a few reasons you should consider a monthly gift: - 𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁. Donate once and provide impact for years. Your donation automatically processes each month, unless you choose to modify it at any time. - 𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝘂𝗱𝗴𝗲𝘁. Smaller, consistent gifts can be more affordable and easier to budget for than larger, one-time gifts. And they compound their impact over time. - 𝗜𝘁 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆. We are better able to respond to unexpected challenges when we can rely on monthly gifts to support our day-to-day programs. - 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗷𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝗹𝘂𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽! Dripline members receive a special newsletter to keep you in the loop about the impact of your donation. You’ll also receive invitations to private events and a few other perks throughout the year. Over the next few weeks, we'll show you the impact of different levels of giving. 𝗣𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵𝗹𝘆 𝗴𝗶𝗳𝘁! DONATE TODAY: www.cultivatekc.org/donate

Our Dig In! farm-to-table dinner dates back to 2012. This year we reimagined the event on a smaller, more intimate scale, and held our first Dig In! @ event. 𝗗𝗶𝗴 𝗜𝗻! @𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝘆 was held on June 20th, and it was an inspirational evening. Recent New Roots graduate Biak Par spoke to our guests about her family, her history, and her participation in the four year farm training program. "Some days when I’m really tired I think about how much my parents strived to support us and bring us to where we are today. My work is a tribute to my parents,” she said. Read more through the link below. And if you believe in our mission, and would like to support Cultivate KC and farmers like Biak Par, 𝗣𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗘 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗦𝗜𝗗𝗘𝗥 𝗗𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗧𝗢𝗗𝗔𝗬: https://lnkd.in/gXithwjZ

Data is in! Over the last few months, Cultivate KC and our partners have been gathering data related to farmers in the metro area. Our Urban Ag Counts! survey gives us insights into how our organizations can better advocate for growers in our region. Learn more and view the first round of results here: