On-farm, hands-on
It’s the way we roll because these muscles want to move and on the farm it's how we learn.
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Pay-what-you’re-able
When we all share what we have,
we can all have what we need.
There is great abundance!
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Regenerative practices
Taking care of the soil, of the land, of the animals, of our community, of each other, and of ourselves.
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Together, we create tomorrow better than today.
Working every day makes it so.
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Would you join us?
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If you have enough
and are pulled to participate in the mission.
If you believe that we are stronger together,
that we have more in common than not,
if you know there is no time to waste,
and want to get busy today.
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Become a monthly donor.
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When you toss in what you’ve got,
the ripples expand,
and bring opportunity to so many
and for so much good to grow.
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Donate today to support the mission.
https://www.kcfarmschool.org/donate
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We really are growing tomorrow better than today.
Come see!
#goodgrowsatgibbs #onfarmhandson #growingcommonground
Continuous Harvesting
Our team is out today-and every day- bringing in the harvest. These early November days are like no others. Our tomatoes are still blooming and we’re still harvesting dozens of pints of cherry tomatoes every week. We’re harvesting peppers. And okra. And beans. All the veggies that should have been knocked out by a frost that still hasn’t hit us. Cool season veggies are coming on! Kale, Swiss chard, daikon radishes, arugula, lettuce, bok Choi, and Chinese broccoli. We’re still waiting on spinach as the ground temps have been too warm for it to germinate, but this past rain has finally encouraged it to pop. These days are lovely. They are precious. We are fortunate to be able to work outside, in the field, with each other,…and still…we struggle a bit. Our memories tell us this is not the way it has been. Our memories argue with today’s experience as we sort the harvest for CSA, market, wholesale, and donation. Our memories are expanding to include this new normal as we stretch and grow to meet the future that is coming. #actionisthesolution #onfarmhandson #localfood #spinach
Groove with The Pepper Sprouts at Farm Fest!
Get ready to groove! 🎶 The Pepper Sprouts will be bringing their eclectic covers to #FarmFest2024, offering tunes that the whole family can enjoy and vibe to. Don’t miss out on the live music and fun—join us at Common Ground for a day of community, connection, and great jams! 🎸✨ FREE!
#onfarmhandson #ThePepperSprouts
Friends. We appreciate your ‘likes’ and shares. WE NEED EVERYONE READING THIS TO VOTE TODAY and TOMORROW. We are behind but with your help, we can still catch up! Please follow this link-https://www.kubotausa.com/hometown-proud/vote
It takes less than one minute.
We use this greenhouse to grow plants and food and we are always looking for ways to use it when we aren't growing plants. Last January, Eva Ellingsworth was back from college and suggested a JUMBLE SWAP where everything would be FREE! It went along with our knowing that when we all share what we have, we can all have what we need, so with her help, we went for it! People brought what they no longer needed and took what they couldn't live without. The greenhouse was filled with so much goodwill and joy!
Many thanks to our friends at FOX4 News Kansas City for seeing us and for sending a crew to tell the story of the jumble swap. Partners like this and like ALL OF YOU who have voted, shared, and encouraged us bring us far.
Two more days. Please VOTE today.
https://www.kubotausa.com/hometown-proud/vote
#actionisthesolution
Ms. Dee and the Greenhouse
Meet DeLinda Kenney! DeLinda is on our farm crew and is taking on greenhouse management this Fall and into 2025. She’s an herbalist. She knows greenhouse production. She brings heart, a gentle kindness, and the kind of perseverance you only see once in a very long while. She is adored by our young farm crew.
Would you help us rehab the greenhouse?
KC Farm School is currently competing in the Kubota Hometown Pride Grant competition, where we have the chance to turn a $10,000 grant we’ve already been awarded into a $50,000 grant with the support of our community.
This funding would allow us to repair and upgrade our greenhouse, which would significantly enhance our programs and allow us to provide more opportunities for mentorship, education, and community-building practices that are essential for supporting this local food system and nurturing the next generation of farmers and ranchers in the Kansas City region.
Please help!
Here's the link-
https://www.kubotausa.com/hometown-proud/vote
Click on “Plains” on the map,
Select “Growing Food and Opportunities” from the dropdown menu,
Enter your email address,
Check your email for a confirmation code,
Enter the code,
and click Enter.
It takes less than 2 minutes even with multiple valid emails 🙂
Thank you again for all your support.
#actionisthesolution #onfarmhandson
Vote!
We love this greenhouse! It’s magnificent.
And after 40 years, it needs some updates.
Please help us replace the side walls, upgrade the irrigation and heating systems, add shade cloth, and install a new hydroponic learning station.
We've already won $10K from Kubota now WITH YOUR HELP we can grow that 10 into $50K.
Please vote now. and tomorrow. and share.
There are a few steps but it’s easy to do.
Here's the link-
https://www.kubotausa.com/hometown-proud/vote
Thank you!
Don't worry, we'll be reminding you often with memories of the greenhouse over the years.
Stay tuned, follow along, and VOTE!
#goodgrowsatgibbs #growingcommonground #greenhouse #onfarmhandson #actionisthesolution
Gibbs Road Farm crew member and apprentice farmer Micah Mishal Quinn demos how to fill an Earthway seeder with a little help from her friends- fellow Growing Growers apprentices Sandra Machin, Ashley Bath, and Amy Gordon Ames, and crewmates DeLinda Kenney and Esmeralda Aguilera. Filming is Alicia Ellingsworth, our executive director and #handson farmer mentor. We’re having fun, working hard, and growing food. Come through. Sign up to volunteer- https://www.kcfarmschool.org/volunteer-with-us and Carolyn Tragasz will follow up!
#onfarmhandson #actionisthesolution #regenerativeagriculture #kansascity #organicfarming #urbanagriculture #realworldlearning #growingcommonground
We CAN'T WAIT for the third annual COMPOST FEST and Plant Sale on Saturday, May 11, 9am-2pm. We share so many thanks to our partners and good friends at
Missouri Organic Recycling and KC Can Compost for this fantastic, metro-wide food waste composting collaboration.
First- GET YOUR WARM SEASON PLANTS including many varieties of tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, lots of herbs, flowers, cucumbers, zucchini, watermelon, winter squash, cantaloupe, summer squash and cool season including kale, chard, collards, lettuces, too!
Compost Fest with ECO ELVIS, and LOTS of educational demonstrations including a biochar burn with Happy Apple's Farm and Marty Kraft, a Johnson-Su demo with Community Soil Science Cooperative, GIANT compost pile build with KC Can Compost, Feel-the-Heat hands-on demonstration with Stan Slaughter, 2 Birds Farm Goats on the Go, no-till demo from Urbavore Urban Farm, black soldier fly demo from Farmer Dan Krull, the City of KCMO, Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City KS, and more coming on every day!
Our farmers market vendors include Doña Fina Café Spicy Mama's Salsa Zerama Tea The Tamale Kitchen The Littlest Bake Shop Sweet Life Wellness Spa Greenability Friends of KCK Animal Services Big Muddy Gear Exchange The Buffalo Seed Company and several more!
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#onfarmhandson
#actionisthesolution
It was SUCH A JOY to watch a crisp spring morning on the farm blossom into a bustling market where we welcomed neighbors & friends from near & far to our first plant sale of the season.We had over 300 people come out to purchase cold hardy plants, like Swiss chard, cabbage, kale, collard greens, lettuces, onion, native plants, blackberries, and more. We also got to see many of the vendors you know & love from our farmers market, including:Spicy Mama's SalsaThe Littlest Bake Shop The Tamale Kitchen Suds Refillery Greenability Max's KettleKorn USA Duck Team Thanks to everyone who came out as well as to the 50+ volunteers and staff who have worked hard for weeks helping prep for this event. And don't worry if you missed it, we have plenty more opportunities for you to grabs some plants and get on-farm, hands-on with us, including:--> Earth Day Plant Sale & Jumble Swap on April 20, 9 am to 2 pm --> Compost Fest + Plant Sale on May 11, 9 am to 2 pm--> Farmers Market every Wednesday starting May 22, 3 to 7 pm Man! We're just so glad it's spring and can't wait to see what this season will grow for our community! 🌱#goodgrowsatgibbs #plantsale #onfarmhandson
Many hands make light work, but it’s also amazing to see just how much can get done too! We had 15 sets of hands that came out to our KC F.A.R.M.E.R.S. Coalition Work & Learn Workshop at Pearl Family Farm on Saturday where we continued learning (and working on) about high tunnel construction and installation.
Thanks again to our knowledgeable backbone farmers and presenters, Mike Pearl and Jacob Chapman, along with several other seasoned growers who helped lead our group through setting posts, bows, and braces for a new high tunnel that will help Pearl Family Farm grow more produce for our community.
We really worked up an appetite & enjoyed some delicious fajitas from Plaza Mariachi Mexican Restaurant in Parkville, MO, while we got to know each other. This is what building community looks like - coming together to learn and grow together while lending a helping hand.
These sort of events are made possible by the commitment of our KC F.A.R.M.E.R.S Coalition backbone team and staff, including:
Kansas City Black Urban Growers - KCBUGs
Moose Paw Farm
Grasshopper Urban Farm
The Garden at Dogwood Forest
Pearl Family Farm
Sankara Farm
The Toolbox: Small Business Resource Center
#actionisthesolution #onfarmhandson #kcfarmerscoalition
We loved welcoming The Resilient Activist group today to help us pot on our growing herb and flower seedlings. When you give so much, it’s important to replenish too & we were honored you came here to reconnect with us #onfarmhandson. #goodthingsgrowatgibbs #actionisthesolution
