Growing Growers is a partnership program wherein apprentices engage in hands-on farm work at their host farm, receive 12-month access to an extensive online course, and attend a series of in-person workshops and farm tours throughout the growing season.
apprenticeship program
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Established in 2004, the Growing Growers apprenticeship program provides hands-on experience combined with reading, classes, and training that will give you the basics you need to get started farming.
Apprentices work on local, sustainably-run farms, where they experience the daily operations of a farm. They also take a non-credit online course and attend farm tours, meet new and experienced farmers, receive textbooks and obtain on-the-job formal training from their host farmers. Paid and unpaid positions are available, and they typically run March - October, depending on the host farm’s needs. LEARN MORE >> |
beginning farmer wholesale project
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The Beginning Farmer Wholesale Project presents a new opportunity for our region’s farmers to grow their business and the scale of local food production. The target audience for the project is a producer with no more than 10 years in operation, both urban and rural, with aspirations to expand in size and/or explore new market channels for their produce.
Farmer services include wholesale workshops, a Mentor Farmer Program, One-on-One Technical Assistance, Farmer-to-Buyer matching, a Video Series and the Demystifying the Wholesale Market Manual, and soon a Foodshed GIS Map. LEARN MORE >> |
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nEw Growth Beginning Farmers Project
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New Growth’s Beginning Farmer program is providing mini-scholarship opportunities for beginning farmers and ranchers with less than ten years of farm or ranch operation experience. Scholarships are offered in the range of $50 (minimum) up to $300 to assist in funding educational opportunities that will help with the success in farming or ranching. Please contact Katie Nixon with any questions.
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growerskc listserv
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The Growing Growers program hosts a listserv of hundreds of members to provide networking opportunities for growers, buyers, educators, Extension professionals, restaurant owners, Growing Growers apprentices and workshop participants to talk with one another.
This is a place to share ideas, answer questions, share grower information, share educational opportunities, and funding opportunities. This social network is important in keeping the local food system alive and connected. |
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2025 GraduAtes and Host FArms
full-farm track
Madeline Medina — Juniper Gardens
Tevin Taylor — BoysGrow
Jack Antonio Seymour — Pearl Family Farm
Jessica James — Young Family Farm
Kori Butler — BoysGrow
Jeff Nitsche — KC Farm School
Tevin Taylor — BoysGrow
Jack Antonio Seymour — Pearl Family Farm
Jessica James — Young Family Farm
Kori Butler — BoysGrow
Jeff Nitsche — KC Farm School
Explore farming track
Claire Moddrell — Drumm Farm
Josie Reynolds — 2 Birds Farm
Sunny Williams — Global One
Josie Reynolds — 2 Birds Farm
Sunny Williams — Global One
Non-kc apprentices
Grace Ford — Millsap Farm (Springfield, MO)
Joseph Harrison Jenson — Anchor Farm (Cheney, KS)
Haley Phillips — Misty Morning Farm (Mulberry, KS)
Rita Nyanzuh — Common Ground Producer and Growers, Inc. (Wichita, KS)
Joseph Harrison Jenson — Anchor Farm (Cheney, KS)
Haley Phillips — Misty Morning Farm (Mulberry, KS)
Rita Nyanzuh — Common Ground Producer and Growers, Inc. (Wichita, KS)
