by Rebecca McMahon | Apr 7, 2017 | Buy Local, Farmers Market, Fresh Food, ICT Food Circle, Produce, Wichita
Farmers’ Market season has started here in Wichita! By the time the season is in full swing, there will be a range of markets available to hungry shoppers around the area, including weekday, weeknight, and Saturday markets, and Wichita and non-Wichita markets....
by Mikel Bowyer | Apr 30, 2016 | Buy Local, Food Production, Fresh Food, Local Farms, Sustainability, Uncategorized, Wichita
Arguably the most rewarding way to commit to shopping local is by engaging with a local farmer through a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program. One online advocate for shopping and eating local, LocalHarvest.org, describes a CSA this way: Here are the basics:...
by Rebecca Morris | Apr 9, 2016 | Buy Local, Farm Equipment, Farmer Technology, Farmers Market, Food Production, Fresh Food, ICT Food Circle, Kansas Agriculture, Kansas History, KS, Local Economy, Local Farms, Millennial Farmers, Produce, Sustainability, Wichita
Millennial farmers, especially first generation, not only hack their lifestyles in order to build sustainable farms and invest in their land, they also hack the technology they use to tend their fields. Though there have been many advances in the type of equipment...
by Rebecca Morris | Feb 25, 2016 | Buy Local, Farmers Market, Food Production, Fresh Food, ICT Food Circle, Kansas Agriculture, KS, Local Economy, Local Farms, Millennial Farmers, Produce, Sustainability, Wichita
Known as the kings and queens of self-branding, millennials are often seen as entwined with the evolution of the digital era. However, a very large number of them are hacking at a different calling, one that is moving them away from the comforts of their plugged-in...
by Rebecca Morris | Jan 22, 2016 | Buy Local, Farmers Market, Food Production, Fresh Food, ICT Food Circle, Kansas Agriculture, KS, Local Economy, Local Farms, Produce, Sustainability, Wichita
Imagine knowing exactly where the food on your table came from, a gorgeous spread of non-GMO fruits and vegetables, grass-fed poultry, beef, and pork, all available to you from local farmers. Well, you are in luck because the eat-local-food movement is gaining...
by Mikel Bowyer | Oct 10, 2015 | Farmers Market, Fresh Food, ICT Food Circle, KS, Local Farms, Uncategorized, Wichita
I went to the Extension Center today to do some grocery shopping at one of the Kansas Grown Markets. I had a good time introducing the ICT Food Circle to 2 of the many wonderful farmers in our food circle. Morning Harvest farms was the first one. I had the chance to...
