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Volunteer Highlight: Jordanne Bonfield, New Roots ESL Teacher
I was a CSA member with New Roots before I started volunteering. Some friends and I looked around the city for a CSA and we came across this program in 2010. Last year I saw on Facebook that they were...
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Strawberries, mushrooms, and honey, oh my!
The 2013 growing season is drawing to a close here at Juniper Gardens, but that doesn't mean that there’s no work to be done! Farmers are working hard to prepare for the winter, harvest what remains in...
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Any farmers' cooperative or CSA coalition will tell you that coordinating a CSA with several farmers, over 50 members, and multiple distribution sites can be quite an ordeal. But add to that mix...
View Article2015 CSA Sign-ups are now open!
It's that time of year again- onion seeds are planted, the greenhouse is heating up, and CSA sign-ups are open! Read below for details about our CSA and check out the "CSA" tab for more information and...
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What do you do in the winter?
We hear this question often. The answer is: A LOT! While the market season brings the busyness of harvesting and farmer’s markets, the winter gives us time to dig deep in the learning process. As the...
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National Volunteer Week
This week we are celebrating National Volunteer Week! All around the country, people are spending their free time helping others. The Independent Sector announced that the 2014 estimate for the value...
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Food For Thought
Last week, Meredith Walrafen was asked to join two panels to talk about New Roots for Refugees. The first was the event Take 5 at the Nelson Atkins Museum. At these events, four presenters share a...
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Weekend Fun!
We had a flurry of activity this weekend with a group of volunteers at a graduate site on Friday, farm work day on Saturday morning and a CSA potluck Saturday afternoon!Catholic Charities of Northeast...
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Rainy Day Blues
This spring has been a wet one and we are ready for summer! Though we are gratefulfor the free water, the rains have turned the fields at Juniper into a muddy mess. Several farmers in the KC area are...
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Gibbs Road Farm Field Trip!
This week’s workshop focused on soil, so we went to Gibbs Road Farm to learn from a local soil expert, Josh Smith. Now that there is a greenhouse at Juniper Gardens, we don’t utilize the larger one at...
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Generosity
We are continually humbled by the farmers at New Roots for Refugees. They are always giving us a new perspective- showing us a new way to look at the world. They teach us how to go with the flow, how...
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Urban Grown: Farms and Gardens Tour
New Roots’ partner program, Cultivate KC, is having their annual Urban Grown Tourthis weekend! We are proud to have three graduate farm sites and our training farm site featured on the tour. It’s a...
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Summertime Bounty
The summer is in full swing and we’ve been busy with the abundance of the gardens. Farmers are in the field most days harvesting in the mornings and evenings to beat the heat and bringing all the...
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Fall is Here!
As the weather shifts to cool mornings and shorter days, we transition from markets and harvesting to English classes, workshops and evaluations. We spend several weeks meeting with farmers to review...
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New Graduates!
This year we have three families who graduated from the New Roots for Refugees program. All three families completed four years of training at the Juniper Gardens training farm. They spent thousands of...
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Inspiring Confidence- Promoting Success at the Immigrant and Minority Farmers...
Six farmers from New Roots for Refugees loaded into a Catholic Charities bus and drove north to the 11th Annual Immigrant and Minority Farmers Conference in St. Paul, MN the last week of January. The...
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Greenhouse Days
Spring has sprung- in the New Roots greenhouse, anyway! Farmers have been gearing up for the season by starting seedlings, attending workshops and applying for farmer's markets. Last week farmers...
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Volunteer Appreciation!
Last week was National Volunteer Week and at New Roots we were able to celebrate with many of our volunteers who work tirelessly to help refugee farmers become more self-sufficient every year! We...
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It Begins!
This weekend New Roots started the market season! CSA friends came and picked up produce from their farmers. Farmers connected with customers from last year and new farmers made their first sales. We...
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The Changing Seasons
As the summer begins to fade and fall slowly creeps in, we are grateful for the cooler weather, the change in vegetables and the excitement of the next season. We continue to go to markets, hoping that...
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How to Help
Thank you to everyone who has reached out to us, wanting to support and help us as our season begins. We’ve opened the greenhouse and are planting the first seeds of the year! If you are interested in...
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CSA Sign Up NOW Available!!
The time has arrived to sign up for a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) with New Roots farmers! This is a rare opportunity to connect with New Roots farmers, support a family, and learn from those...
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Market Season
Check out the MARKETS that New Roots farmers and graduate farmers are selling at this year!Markets have begun across KC metro, and farmers are in full swing planting, maintaining, and harvesting crops...
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2018 CSA Sign-Ups OPEN
CSAsign-ups are now open for returning CSA customers. Fill out the form HERE. Details are attached to the email. We will keep the sign-ups open until the end of April. If you are interested in setting...
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