Member Spotlight: Ana
Picture this: it’s early June, the weather is warm but not yet hot, and you’ve just been invited to attend a graduation party in a friend’s backyard. You enter a fenced yard with several tables… Read More »Member Spotlight: Ana
Alan Staples
Hope sprouts from the earth – sustenance, relationships, and community
To crave sustenance, relationships, and community is to be human. Perhaps we do not think about these terms explicitly, but we reflect on them nearly constantly: remembering more colorful and exciting fare while watching a… Read More »Hope sprouts from the earth – sustenance, relationships, and community
Are Kansans too trashy?
The majority of what we throw away isn’t trash. Sure we occasionally throw something in the trash that probably could have been recycled – a glass bottle, a soup can, etc. (psst… we’ll pickup your… Read More »Are Kansans too trashy?
Cleaner air… from dirt.
When you think about how humans contribute to greenhouse gases – those substances like carbon dioxide and methane that trap heat energy like blankets around the Earth – you likely think about pollution from automobiles,… Read More »Cleaner air… from dirt.
Gardener’s gold: what is compost anyway?
Growing up, mom and dad would add compost to our backyard garden soil each season. The recipe for an abundant harvest involved peat moss, manure, and compost – whatever that was. Somehow we intuitively understood… Read More »Gardener’s gold: what is compost anyway?
Growing New Roots
We aim to support local farming operations and to increase the variety of local produce available in Kansas City. For every person registered for curbside compost collection by January 31, 2020, Food Cycle KC will donate $10 to New Roots for Refugees.
A Ton of Waste Diverted – Literally
Meeting awesome Kansans, distributing little green bins, turning a compost heap with local news cameras watching – it’s been a very productive first 30 days! In mid-October, we officially launched a mission to reduce food… Read More »A Ton of Waste Diverted – Literally
The vision
Growing up, my father often shared frustration more than once when one of us kids left milk in our glass or extra food on our plate after dinner was done. As many of us were… Read More »The vision