URBAVORE Urban FarM
Farmer(s): Brooke Salvaggio and Dan Heryer
Location: Kansas City, MO
Contact: [email protected], [email protected] or (913) 522-3458
Apprenticeship Opportunities: Paid and unpaid positions
Website, Facebook
Location: Kansas City, MO
Contact: [email protected], [email protected] or (913) 522-3458
Apprenticeship Opportunities: Paid and unpaid positions
Website, Facebook
Farm Overview
URBAVORE is a biologically diverse farmstead set on 13.5 acres in Kansas City's urban core. Farmers Brooke & Dan are committed to environmental integrity in all aspects of business & personal life. Energy efficient systems for food production, waste, water and shelter redefine sustainability to build community and ecology.
URBAVORE has delighted and satiated the palates of Kansas City’s food community for over a decade. Using a unique “no-till” growing method, the farm produces high-quality, nutrient-dense vegetables, fruits, eggs, and pork. Through minimal tillage, compost applications, cover cropping, deep mulch, and animal rotations, the farm builds biologically active soil. Food crops thrive in this living soil, and as a result, are never sprayed with pesticides or fungicides (including those approved for certified organic farms).
In addition to food production and land stewardship, URBAVORE owns and operates Compost Collective KC - Kansas City’s premiere residential compost service. Compost Collective services over 3000 households in the metro area, collecting food waste and bringing it to the farm where it is turned into finished compost that is applied to the fields. The farm takes in 25,000 pounds of food waste per week resulting in an unlimited supply of biologically rich humus.
History
Farmers Brooke & Dan are known for their tenacity, rebellion (yes...we’ve broken a few rules over the years!!), and unyielding commitment to sustainability. As urban pioneers and radical homesteaders, the couple fought the city to obtain 13.5 acres of raw land just five miles east of the Country Club Plaza in 2010. With no water, no housing, no fencing, and no electricity, this land posed a formidable challenge to its new stewards and set the stage for their life’s work: to build a family & farmstead that produces & creates more than it consumes. Today, after many years of blood & sweat (and quite a few tears), URBAVORE is an edible oasis unique to Kansas City.
To learn more about our farm, philosophy, and alternative infrastructure please visit www.urbavorefarm.com.
Learn more about URBAVORE'S Full-Time Apprentice, Volunteer Apprentice, and Hourly Crew Member opportunities HERE!
URBAVORE is a biologically diverse farmstead set on 13.5 acres in Kansas City's urban core. Farmers Brooke & Dan are committed to environmental integrity in all aspects of business & personal life. Energy efficient systems for food production, waste, water and shelter redefine sustainability to build community and ecology.
URBAVORE has delighted and satiated the palates of Kansas City’s food community for over a decade. Using a unique “no-till” growing method, the farm produces high-quality, nutrient-dense vegetables, fruits, eggs, and pork. Through minimal tillage, compost applications, cover cropping, deep mulch, and animal rotations, the farm builds biologically active soil. Food crops thrive in this living soil, and as a result, are never sprayed with pesticides or fungicides (including those approved for certified organic farms).
In addition to food production and land stewardship, URBAVORE owns and operates Compost Collective KC - Kansas City’s premiere residential compost service. Compost Collective services over 3000 households in the metro area, collecting food waste and bringing it to the farm where it is turned into finished compost that is applied to the fields. The farm takes in 25,000 pounds of food waste per week resulting in an unlimited supply of biologically rich humus.
History
Farmers Brooke & Dan are known for their tenacity, rebellion (yes...we’ve broken a few rules over the years!!), and unyielding commitment to sustainability. As urban pioneers and radical homesteaders, the couple fought the city to obtain 13.5 acres of raw land just five miles east of the Country Club Plaza in 2010. With no water, no housing, no fencing, and no electricity, this land posed a formidable challenge to its new stewards and set the stage for their life’s work: to build a family & farmstead that produces & creates more than it consumes. Today, after many years of blood & sweat (and quite a few tears), URBAVORE is an edible oasis unique to Kansas City.
To learn more about our farm, philosophy, and alternative infrastructure please visit www.urbavorefarm.com.
Learn more about URBAVORE'S Full-Time Apprentice, Volunteer Apprentice, and Hourly Crew Member opportunities HERE!
Photo Credits: KC Food Circle, Facebook, Brooke Salvaggio
feast magazine's "Feast TV: Urbavore"
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