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Growing Growers is a decentralized 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.
GROWING GROWERS APPRENTICESHIP
Sankara Farm Tour
Sullivan's Greenhouse Tour
Apprentices at Sullivan's Greenhouse Tour

grower resource needs assessment

Growing Growers is looking to develop resources for beginning farmers. Learn more here!

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.
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beginning farmer wholesale project

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. ​
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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. 
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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 Bridget Luff with any questions.
Apply HEre

growerskc listserv

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.
JOIN THE LISTSERV HERE
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2024 GraduAtes and Host FArms

full-farm track

Elizabeth Collier — Urbavore
Avrey Bachmann Fetzer — Dirt Beast
Alexandria G. Davis — Morningside Blooms
Jessica James — Young Family Farm
Spencer Rosenbaum — Adams ORAC 
Sandra Manchin — KC Farm School
Stacy Bennewitz — Pendelton's
Jeff Box — KC Farm School
​Micah Quinn — KC Farm School

​Explore farming track

Madison Pilla — Splitlog Farm
Amy Gordon Ames — KC Farm School
Maxine Baxter — Young Family Farm
Ashley Bath — KC Farm School
James Forsyth — JCCC's Open Petal Farm
Sookhee Fenimore — Two Birds Farm

Non-kc apprentices

Felicity Mitchell — Misty Morning Farm (Mulberry, KS)
Rachael Lynch — Misty Morning Farm
​Emily Judd — Legacy Garden Works (Wichita, KS)
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  • Home
    • About >
      • Organizing Committee
      • Contact
  • Apprenticeship
    • Application
    • Find an Apprenticeship
    • Host Farms
    • Host Farm Map
    • Graduates
  • Online Course
  • Workshops and Events
  • GROWERSKC listserv
  • Resources
    • GROWER RESOURCE NEEDS ASSESSMENT
    • KSCGA GROWER/MARKET DIRECTORY
    • NEW GROWTH BEGINNING FARMERS PROJECT