KC Farm School at Gibbs Road

KC Farm School at Gibbs Road We inspire people of all ages, ancestries, and abilities on-farm, hands-on to connect to land and soil, food, community, and opportunity.
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Regenerative practices, in organic production for thirty years.

Here we go! Announcing our 2025 PLANT SALE dates!Saturdays- March 22, April 12, and May 109 am to 2 pmOn the farm and in...
02/03/2025

Here we go! Announcing our 2025 PLANT SALE dates!
Saturdays- March 22, April 12, and May 10
9 am to 2 pm
On the farm and in this greenhouse that we use for growing so much good all year long.

Mark your calendars now and watch for the details to come including local vendor spotlights, music, hands-on activities,
and...
MICROBE FEST on May 10 in collaboration with RemakeLearningDays, Marty Kraft, Ryan Tenney, Nova Clarke, and Joann McMillan.





Did you know we've got just about everything you need to garden? We've got you.No need to worry about not knowing how to...
02/02/2025

Did you know we've got just about everything you need to garden?

We've got you.

No need to worry about not knowing how to garden.
We've got you.
No need to worry about where your seeds and plants will come from.
We've got you.
No need to worry about not having space.
We've got you.
No need to worry about not having tools.
We've got you.

We've got community garden space.
We've got seeds and plants for you.
We've got a tool lending library.
We've got hands-on learning opportunities for people of all ages, ancestries, and abilities.

Take action. Grow your own food.
Get busy! Learn something new.
Meet your community on-farm, hands-on!

Learn more about our lending libraries and all we've got to share.
https://www.kcfarmschool.org/lending-libraries
We share because we know that when we do, we can all have what we need.




What's the best way to face the future? What's the best way to ensure you can afford groceries? What's the best way to g...
02/01/2025

What's the best way to face the future? What's the best way to ensure you can afford groceries? What's the best way to get healthy? What's the best way to grow closer to your loved ones and your community? What's the best way to feel powerful? What's the best way to gain better mental health? What's the best way to grow muscle? What's the best way to have fun?

GROW A GARDEN. GROW YOUR OWN FOOD. GET STARTED TODAY.

Our Let's Grow Wyandotte program started in the early days of the pandemic and since then, we've helped 650 households grow food in backyard, side yards, on rooftops, and in pots.

This year, we're adding ANOTHER PLACE TO GROW. Grow here on the farm with us. Together with the folx who helped build it, we're thrilled to announce our Common Ground Community Garden is open and has room for new members!

When you join Let's Grow Wyandotte, you receive...
FREE seeds, plants, supplies
ACCESS to our on-site tool lending library
SUPPORT from our farmers and other community growers
OPPORTUNITY to learn best practices

Learn more and join today, and Let's Grow Wyandotte!
https://www.kcfarmschool.org/lets-grow-wyco
IT's FREE, FUN, and you get tomatoes!


The first seedlings of 2025 are a promise of all that is to come. šŸ™šŸ½We will have food. There will be enough. Things will...
01/24/2025

The first seedlings of 2025 are a promise of all that is to come. šŸ™šŸ½
We will have food. There will be enough. Things will be ok.
We know that and our action is and teaching others how to grow food.
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On this urban land that has given so much to so many for so many years, we begin again. No different.
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Join us at the Great Plains Growers Conference!
01/10/2025

Join us at the Great Plains Growers Conference!

Some of our KC F.A.R.M.E.R.S. Coalition members have expressed interest in mushroom cultivation. So, to kick off the new...
01/02/2025

Some of our KC F.A.R.M.E.R.S. Coalition members have expressed interest in mushroom cultivation. So, to kick off the new year, they're coordinating a group order with Field and Forest Products, which carries mushroom spawn, equipment, and supplies. By consolidating orders and placing them together, we can help growers take advantage of bulk pricing discounts and share freight costs.

If you are interested in participating in this group order, please complete the interest form before Monday, January 6. They will follow up with those interested to provide details and instructions for order placement, payment, and pick-up.

Complete the interest form here: https://forms.gle/34kisP3m3rWtQW8cA.

Curious about what the KC F.A.R.M.E.R.S. Coalition is and how to get involved? Learn more here: www.kcfarmschool.org/kc-farmers-coalition.

01/01/2025
It has been a beautiful year of learning here on the farm full of hands-on independence connecting with the land and wit...
12/31/2024

It has been a beautiful year of learning here on the farm full of hands-on independence connecting with the land and with each other. Through our youth programs Ag Explorers (age 4-8) and Jr Growers (age 9-12), we had the joy of watching young kids grow and gain so much confidence on the farm. They came together to:
plant fieldsšŸŒ±
mulch bedsšŸ‚
learn about compostšŸŒšŸŽšŸ‚
draw and observe native plants āœļø
make paint from plants and soilšŸŽØ
make our own tea bagsšŸ«–
and make delicious mint and blackberry salad!šŸ«šŸƒ

Jr Growers was both a camp as well as a weekend program. The kids got to do archery, printmaking, native seed gathering, and performed songs at market with the instruments that they made! Every week, they had their own market stall to sell what they had made, and our community could not get enough of their baked goods, artwork, and compost demonstrations. Thank you so much to everyone who collaborated with us to make our education programs incredible.

Please join us for another great year of programs on the farm, and if you would like to join us sooner, we would love to have you and your children on the farm for a Saturday volunteer shift.

Every person who joins us on-farm, hands-on, truly makes a difference in what weā€™re growing together here and in our com...
12/27/2024

Every person who joins us on-farm, hands-on, truly makes a difference in what weā€™re growing together here and in our community. We celebrated some of those wonderful individuals who were nominated for volunteer awards this year (some not shown here)!

Each of them has their own inspiring story of what brought them here and motivates their support for this work, and we hope you'll ask them the next time you see them at the farm. But for now, you should also know that even our best volunteers need time to rest.

**So, please take note we will NOT host our Saturday volunteer shifts tomorrow, December 28. BUT, we are excited to welcome everyone back on-farm next Saturday, January 4, 9 AM to Noon.**

Visit our website at https://www.kcfarmschool.org/volunteer-with-us to learn more about all our different volunteer opportunities and sign up to join us in 2025!

Letā€™s Grow Wyandotte! is a program we launched in the first days of the pandemic. Since then, our community has grown an...
12/23/2024

Letā€™s Grow Wyandotte! is a program we launched in the first days of the pandemic. Since then, our community has grown and is growing food, friendships, and hope.

In the words of Robin Wall Kimmerer, ā€˜Gratitude and reciprocity are the currency of a gift economy, and they have the remarkable property of multiplying with every exchange, their energy concentrating as they pass from hand to hand, a truly renewable resource.ā€™

We see this sharing and caring among the Letā€™s Grow Wyandotte! members. We all share what we have and we all have what we need! We share seeds, plant starts, supplies, and support; and members share their harvests, encouragement, they show up for each other and for the farm, and community grows.

We know that through this work of so many hands, we are together creating tomorrow better than today.

Join the fun and the learning by registering for Letā€™s Grow Wyandotte! https://www.kcfarmschool.org/lets-grow-wyco

If you donā€™t have land to grow on, weā€™ve got you.
Learn more, https://www.kcfarmschool.org/landsharing

If you donā€™t have tools, weā€™ve got you.
See how- https://www.kcfarmschool.org/lending-libraries

If you want to jump into farming as a business, but need some support, letā€™s talk! If you want to learn about growing in high tunnels and greenhouses, we can help! https://www.kcfarmschool.org/kc-farmers-coalition

We are so grateful to our partners and sponsors of this program Beaver Timber Inc., Missouri Organic Recycling, and Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City KS.

Weā€™ve got even more to share in 2025. Keeping our gifts flowing through the community keeps the gifts flowing and growing common ground. We look ahead knowing we can do this!







Day 2
12/20/2024

Day 2

Looking for an AWESOME holiday gift for your favorite person...or yourself? Give 'em our food! For a short time longer, ...
12/18/2024

Looking for an AWESOME holiday gift for your favorite person...or yourself? Give 'em our food! For a short time longer, give 'em our food in 2025 for our 2024 prices!

Our CSA is organized into three 10-week sessions so you can feed your friends all season or just choose spring greens, summer's Solanaceae goodness, or all the things fall brings.

That's not all!
You can also get bread, eggs, cheese, coffee, teas, mushrooms, and even meat through our CSA. We partner with farmer friends to bring you everything you need to feed the people all season long. We are proud to work with Circle 7 by Fuller Farms, Moose Paw Farm, Fair Share Farm, Au Contraire Bakery, DoƱa Fina CafƩ, Sweet Life Wellness Spa, Skyview Farm, and The Kansas City Food Hub.

Pick up is at the farm every Wednesday evening, or at the KCK Farmers' Market on Saturdays. We also offer delivery within a loop of the farm.

Choose local!
Choose to support our mission of inspiring people of all ages, ancestries, and abilities on-farm, hands-on to connect to land and soil, food, community, and...opportunity.

Sign up here, https://www.kcfarmschool.org/what-is-csa




A beautiful cool and crisp morning met us at Common Ground for our high tunnel build today. High tunnels are unheated gr...
12/18/2024

A beautiful cool and crisp morning met us at Common Ground for our high tunnel build today. High tunnels are unheated greenhouses meant to extend the seasons both in early spring and late fall. Weā€™ll be growing in this structure come February.

Just like all our space and projects, this is a learning opportunity for staff, students, visitors, and committed volunteers. High tunnels have become very important growing equipment in this climate. There are learning opportunities at every step on the way.

Weā€™ll be working in this project 9 am- 5 pm today, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Join us!

Many thanks to Moose Paw Farm and Lydia Nebel for leading this effort. So grateful for all those showing up and helping out. We are creating tomorrow better than today- together.






It was an awesome morning with so many friends at ļæ¼Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation on Friday. Mid-America Regional Coun...
12/15/2024

It was an awesome morning with so many friends at ļæ¼Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation on Friday. Mid-America Regional Council hosted its annual celebration, Resilient Success Stories and this year included a fast round of mini-pitches from area organizations that are growing good. We pitched! And we were selected as the top pitch of the established org category. Such fun! So honored. And so very encouraged by the innovation and enthusiasm for growing a collaborative and bright future.


Address

4223 Gibbs Road
Kansas City, KS
66106

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm
Saturday 9am - 3pm

Telephone

+19133138456

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With Wyandotte County and metro-wide support, KC Farm School at Gibbs Road is presenting the natural world to children and community youth, inviting them outside to connect to land and soil. Agriculture is inserted into their experience of math, science, art and literature while developing farm skills. The farm is a laboratory for their learning, the soil is their guide.

Through our collaborations, we are developing curriculum for pre-k through high school in regenerative agriculture, culinary arts, waste management, and climate resilience. Lessons to Go are being developed for students unable to visit the farm, as is job skills training for students interested in gaining skills to carry them to their future vocation, ag related or not. Our systems of berms and swales, native meadows, perennial tree fruit crops, gathering space and a wildland playground provide opportunity to climb and to explore.

We hire area youth as farm crew. Learn more about the positions we currently have available here. We are a host farm for the Growing Growers Apprenticeship Program and encourage our farm crew to apply for an apprenticeship. Scholarships are available.

Hope lives here. Job skills training began in January 2019 with USD#202 students with special needs and has since expanded to USD#500. As farming skills develop, we can help the individual find summer jobs and internships within the metroā€™s extensive farming community. Benefiting from their on farm, hands on experiences, the young adults will find many options available that lead to a happy productive life.