by Sara Greenlee | Jun 4, 2016 | Buy Local, Uncategorized, Wichita
The ICT Food Circle was created to engage our community in a locally-sourced food system. It’s about improving health, community action, and boosting Wichita’s local economy with FOOD purchasing power. From what we’ve seen, there is a great demand for food grown...
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 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...
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...
