by Rebecca McMahon | Mar 30, 2020 | Buy Local, Farmers Market, Fresh Food, Local Economy, Local Farms, Produce, Sustainability, Wichita
Even as many of our lives have faced upheaval in the past days and weeks, some things don’t change. One of those things is that we still all eat, and the farmers growing and raising our food don’t stop what they are doing. Now more than ever it is...
by Rebecca McMahon | Feb 13, 2018 | Buy Local, Fresh Food, Local Economy, Local Farms, Produce
Maybe you have once or twice heard someone talk about a CSA. Like most acronyms, the name “CSA” doesn’t tell you much. To be honest, saying “Community Supported Agriculture” doesn’t help most people more than just saying CSA. From a...
by Sara Greenlee | Aug 20, 2016 | Buy Local, Farmers Market, Local Economy
The Food Movement is Alive and Well in Wichita. If you don’t believe it, check out all the new restaurants and retailers in the ICT Food Circle directory who source, support, and focus on LOCAL. Change is happening on many different fronts: we see restaurants,...
by Sara Greenlee | Jul 9, 2016 | Buy Local, ICT Food Circle, KS, Local Economy, Wichita
Time is money, right? It’s a finite resource that, when used properly, expresses our values in a powerful way. When you spend your time (or money) supporting a cause, it is like casting a vote for a change in your community. As a small networking organization,...
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 Melissa Lebrun | Mar 26, 2016 | Buy Local, Food Production, Kansas Agriculture, Kansas History, KS, Local Economy, Uncategorized
This is a Part 2 of our series on Kansas wheat. For more on the origins of the wheat that makes our state great, see our blog from last week: Roots in Kansas Wheat Run Deep. In the mid-19th century, almost every community had a grain mill of some sort to provide a...
