Cultivate KC’s Farmers & Friends Meeting

Meet local, urban farmers at Cultivate KC’s Farmers & Friends Meeting, and help envision a healthy food system for the community.

The annual event brings together local farmers and foodies to provide information, start conversations, and invite participants to dream about what a healthy food system looks like for Kansas City.

The keynote speakers are Linda and Luke Black Elk, food sovereignty activists and teachers of traditional plant uses, gardening, food preservation, and foraging. Linda is the Food Sovereignty Coordinator at United Tribes Technical College where she teaches ethnobotany and traditional skills. Luke is one of the founding board members of the Tatanka Wakpala Model Sustainable Community, which is a non-profit on the Cheyenne River Nation.

There will be “How I Built This” expo sessions including:

• Building a Collaborative Foodshed
• Building Healthy Soil and Climate Resilience
• Building Physical and Mental Wellbeing
• Building Tools and Equipment for Resilient Farms

The event also includes an overview of the 2023 Farm Bill led by Hamsa Ganapathi and Hannah Quigley of the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition. Congress is writing a new bill and a workshop will explore the bill and its relevance for the greater Kansas City region.

The event will be held 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. on Saturday, February 11 at Plexpod Westport Commons, 300 E. 39 St., Kansas City, MO. Doors open at 8 a.m. There is a $5 fee with an optional catered lunch. Past events have had more than 250 participants.

See the full schedule of events and register at cultivatekc.org.