Building local food systems in Kansas
When the city and county leaders of Lyons in Rice County offered Shop Kansas Farms (SKF) their Celebration Centre for the first Market of Farms, I was delighted because it was about as smack-dab in the middle of Kansas as it could get. With my love for all things rural, it was the perfect place to host our first event which drew more than 1,400 shoppers to Lyons to purchase food directly from 42 of our Shop Kansas Farms sellers.