Sankara Farm Tour

It can be challenging to start and grow a business in rural communities. New Growth Mo connects both farm and non-farm businesses in our west central Missouri region to resources they may not know about so they can succeed faster, creating jobs, strengthening our communities, and connecting our rural roots.

New Growth MO

Urban Farm Tour & Farmer-to-Farmer networking

7419 Murkins Rd

Join New Growth Mo Food Systems as we host a special Farm Tour at Sankara Farm at 4pm with farmer-to-farmer networking opportunity at 3pm where we'll share about New Growth's Beginning Farmer program (less than 10 years experience), mentorships, funding sources, and other regional farm and food business connections and market opportunites.Sankara Farm, a 27-acre, Black Family owned and operated Agroecological farm positioned in the natural beauty of the Little Blue River Valley in the unceded Ancestral lands of the Osage, Otoe-Missouria, Kaw and Kansa PeoplesThe farm hosts a wide range of AfroEcological programming and operates as the organizational hub of several local projects directly engaged with Black food sovereignty and Agroecology.We aspire to uphold the traditional ecological knowledge of our ancestors and create radical socioecological interventions that benefit people and planet.Our on farm workshops and education focus on Food Sovereignty, Agroecology and Cultural production.The Returning Generation Black Farmer Fellowship, Community Soil Science Cooperative and Black Emancipatory Agriculture Asset Map each are an innovative approach to uplifting soil health, Black Agrarian traditions and envisioning a future for Black farmers.What to see/expect on the farm: • Agroecological production beds • Perennial Pollinator Habitats • Mutulu Shakur Herbal Garden • AgTech demonstrations: Microcontrollers and sensors • Culturally relevant agrotourism • Art and cultural production • Walking trail &amp; PondsCurrently under construction: • Agrovoltaic production demonstration • Perennial test beds - Kernza • Soil remediation with mushrooms • Ecological waste and greywater managementLearn more about Sankara Farm at <a href="https://www.sankarafarm.com/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR17JmTOBK6c8t0LNrcE5L4sJnJNnnJuyDJa1VtgxzG4Y8bHgYeoMq7j3eY_aem_AdXBLAOhGoWHOUTM26CtYlxxTVPQf6HuLf7ilCPCUTHp4XBF909rOAdhKI0bzA34LsXIc-WSNbMLyCeASyzx23CK" title="https://www.sankarafarm.com/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR17JmTOBK6c8t0LNrcE5L4sJnJNnnJuyDJa1VtgxzG4Y8bHgYeoMq7j3eY_aem_AdXBLAOhGoWHOUTM26CtYlxxTVPQf6HuLf7ilCPCUTHp4XBF909rOAdhKI0bzA34LsXIc-WSNbMLyCeASyzx23CK" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.sankarafarm.com/</a>For more information on this event, email Bridget Luff, New Growth's Food Systems Farm Outreach Coordinator at bluff@wcmcaa.orgAlso see https://www.newgrowthmo.org/event/farm-tour-sankara-farm

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