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105<style id="wp-custom-css">
106.kt-full-slider .flex-caption {
107	background-color: rgba( 0,0,0,.1 )
108}
109
110.kt-full-slider .flex-caption-case .captiontitle {
111	position: absolute;
112	bottom: 35%;
113	left: 0;
114	right: 10;
115	background: rgba( 0,0,0,.6 );
116	font-size: 40px;
117	text-shadow: 1px 1px 8px rgba(0,0,0,.6) 
118}
119.kt-full-slider .flex-caption-case .captiontext
120{
121	position: fixed;
122	bottom: 30%;
123	left: 90;
124	background: rgba( 0,0,0,.6 );
125	font-size: 22px;
126	text-shadow: 1px 1px 8px rgba (0,0,0,.6)}
127	
128}
129.img-border img{
130	border: 1px solid #ddd;
131}
132.captiontitle { 
133font-weight: 50;
134}
135
136/* Increase dropdown navigation menu font size */
137#nav-main ul.sf-menu ul li,
138#nav-second ul.sf-menu ul li,
139#nav-main ul.sf-menu ul li a,
140#nav-second ul.sf-menu ul li a,
141.topbarmenu ul li .sf-dropdown-menu li a,
142.sf-menu ul li {
143  font-size: 18px !important;
144}
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
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155
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157
158
159
160
161
162
163
164
165/* ============================================
166   HARVEST TO MARKET GRANT - UI IMPROVEMENTS
167   ============================================ */
168
169/* Hero section mobile fix */
170@media screen and (max-width: 767px) {
171  /* Stack columns vertically */
172  body .stk-763009c-column {
173    flex-direction: column !important;
174    flex-wrap: wrap !important;
175    overflow: hidden !important;
176    margin-left: 0 !important;
177    margin-right: 0 !important;
178    max-width: 100% !important;
179  }
180  /* Text column - full width */
181  body .stk-be9ab3f {
182    width: 100% !important;
183    flex: 0 0 100% !important;
184    max-width: 100% !important;
185    overflow: hidden !important;
186  }
187  body .stk-be9ab3f .stk-column-wrapper {
188    padding: 24px 20px !important;
189    margin: 0 !important;
190    width: 100% !important;
191    box-sizing: border-box !important;
192  }
193  /* Hide image column completely */
194  body .stk-bb7e82e,
195  body .stk-bb7e82e * {
196    display: none !important;
197  }
198  body .stk-bb7e82e {
199    width: 0 !important;
200    max-width: 0 !important;
201    flex: none !important;
202    height: 0 !important;
203    overflow: hidden !important;
204  }
205  /* Prevent hero container overflow */
206  body .stk-763009c {
207    overflow: hidden !important;
208    max-width: 100vw !important;
209  }
210  body .stk-763009c .stk-row {
211    overflow: hidden !important;
212    width: 100% !important;
213    max-width: 100% !important;
214    margin-left: 0 !important;
215    margin-right: 0 !important;
216  }
217}
218
219/* Image block */
220.stk-b3491f1 {
221  position: relative !important;
222  overflow: visible !important;
223}
224
225/* KEY FIX: Set height on the wrapper — this is what Stackable uses to size the image */
226.stk-b3491f1 .stk-img-wrapper {
227  height: 440px !important;
228  width: auto !important;
229}
230
231/* Image fills the wrapper height, auto width for aspect ratio */
232.stk-b3491f1 .stk-img {
233  height: 100% !important;
234  width: auto !important;
235  max-height: none !important;
236  border-radius: 12px !important;
237  box-shadow:
238    0 20px 60px rgba(0,0,0,0.45),
239    0 8px 20px rgba(0,0,0,0.3) !important;
240  display: block !important;
241  object-fit: cover !important;
242}
243
244/* Warm glow behind image */
245.stk-b3491f1::before {
246  content: "" !important;
247  position: absolute !important;
248  inset: 8px !important;
249  background: rgba(232,160,32,0.18) !important;
250  border-radius: 20px !important;
251  filter: blur(28px) !important;
252  z-index: -1 !important;
253  transform: rotate(1.5deg) translateY(-4px) !important;
254}
255
256/* =============================================
257   4. APPLY HERE - "What It Is" section
258   ============================================= */
259.stk-mc001b3 .stk-button {
260  background: #E8A020 !important;
261  border-radius: 8px !important;
262  padding: 14px 32px !important;
263  box-shadow: 0 3px 12px rgba(0,0,0,0.18) !important;
264}
265.stk-mc001b3 .stk-button__inner-text {
266  color: #1a1a1a !important;
267  font-size: 17px !important;
268  font-weight: 700 !important;
269}
270
271/* =============================================
272   5. "Contact a Coach" - secondary ghost
273   ============================================= */
274.stk-cta001b .stk-button {
275  background: transparent !important;
276  border: 2px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.55) !important;
277  border-radius: 8px !important;
278  padding: 13px 26px !important;
279  box-shadow: none !important;
280}
281.stk-cta001b .stk-button__inner-text {
282  color: rgba(255,255,255,0.92) !important;
283  font-size: 16px !important;
284  font-weight: 600 !important;
285}
286
287/* =============================================
288   6. APPLY HERE - "Ready to Apply?" CTA
289   ============================================= */
290.stk-apply2btn .stk-button {
291  background: #E8A020 !important;
292  border-radius: 8px !important;
293  padding: 16px 48px !important;
294  box-shadow: 0 4px 16px rgba(0,0,0,0.3) !important;
295}
296.stk-apply2btn .stk-button__inner-text {
297  color: #1a1a1a !important;
298  font-size: 19px !important;
299  font-weight: 700 !important;
300}
301
302/* =============================================
303   7. FIX GREEN-ON-GREEN: "Ready to Apply?" deep dark
304   ============================================= */
305.stk-apply2cta {
306  background-color: #0f2a1e !important;
307  padding-top: 80px !important;
308  padding-bottom: 80px !important;
309  margin-top: 0 !important;
310}
311.stk-apply2cta::before {
312  background-color: #0f2a1e !important;
313}
314.stk-cta001 {
315  margin-bottom: 0 !important;
316}
317.stk-apply2cta .stk-block-heading__text {
318  font-size: 44px !important;
319  font-weight: 800 !important;
320}
321
322</style>
323<style type="text/css" title="dynamic-css" class="options-output">header #logo a.brand,.logofont{font-family:Lato;line-height:40px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-size:32px;}.kad_tagline{font-family:Lato;line-height:20px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;color:#444444;font-size:14px;}.product_item .product_details h5{font-family:Lato;line-height:20px;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-size:16px;}h1{font-family:"Average Sans";line-height:40px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-size:38px;}h2{font-family:"Average Sans";line-height:40px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-size:32px;}h3{font-family:"Average Sans";line-height:40px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-size:28px;}h4{font-family:"Average Sans";line-height:40px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-size:24px;}h5{font-family:"Average Sans";line-height:24px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-size:18px;}body{font-family:"Average Sans";line-height:22px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-size:18px;}#nav-main ul.sf-menu a{font-family:"Average Sans";line-height:24px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;color:#000000;font-size:20px;}#nav-second ul.sf-menu a{font-family:"Average Sans";line-height:22px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;color:#000000;font-size:20px;}.kad-nav-inner .kad-mnav, .kad-mobile-nav .kad-nav-inner li a,.nav-trigger-case{font-family:"Average Sans";line-height:20px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;color:#000000;font-size:16px;}</style>		<style id="site-designer-logo-constraints">
324			.wp-block-site-logo.is-default-size img {
325				width: auto;
326				height: auto;
327				max-width: 180px;
328				max-height: 80px;
329			}
330			.wp-block-site-logo img {
331				height: auto;
332			}
333		</style>
334		<link rel='stylesheet' id='ugb-style-css-responsive-css' href='https://heartlandfoodbusiness.org/wp-content/plugins/stackable-ultimate-gutenberg-blocks/dist/frontend_blocks_responsive.css?ver=3.20.2' media='all' />
335<style id="ugb-style-css-nodep-inline-css">
336/* Global Color Schemes (background-scheme-default-3) */
337.stk--background-scheme--scheme-default-3{--stk-block-background-color:#0f0e17;--stk-heading-color:#fffffe;--stk-text-color:#fffffe;--stk-link-color:#f00069;--stk-accent-color:#f00069;--stk-subtitle-color:#f00069;--stk-button-background-color:#f00069;--stk-button-text-color:#fffffe;--stk-button-outline-color:#fffffe;}
338/* Global Color Schemes (container-scheme-default-3) */
339.stk--container-scheme--scheme-default-3{--stk-container-background-color:#0f0e17;--stk-heading-color:#fffffe;--stk-text-color:#fffffe;--stk-link-color:#f00069;--stk-accent-color:#f00069;--stk-subtitle-color:#f00069;--stk-button-background-color:#f00069;--stk-button-text-color:#fffffe;--stk-button-outline-color:#fffffe;}
340/* Global Preset Controls */
341:root{--stk--preset--font-size--small:var(--wp--preset--font-size--small);--stk--preset--font-size--medium:var(--wp--preset--font-size--medium);--stk--preset--font-size--large:var(--wp--preset--font-size--large);--stk--preset--font-size--x-large:var(--wp--preset--font-size--x-large);--stk--preset--spacing--20:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);--stk--preset--spacing--30:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);--stk--preset--spacing--40:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);--stk--preset--spacing--50:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);--stk--preset--spacing--60:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);--stk--preset--spacing--70:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);--stk--preset--spacing--80:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);}
342/*# sourceURL=ugb-style-css-nodep-inline-css */
343</style>
344
345</head>
346<body class="blog wp-custom-logo wp-embed-responsive wp-theme-virtue tribe-no-js ctct-virtue wide">
347	<div id="kt-skip-link"><a href="#content">Skip to Main Content</a></div>
348	<div id="wrapper" class="container">
349	<header class="banner headerclass" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/WPHeader">
350	<div id="topbar" class="topclass">
351	<div class="container">
352		<div class="row">
353			<div class="col-md-6 col-sm-6 kad-topbar-left">
354				<div class="topbarmenu clearfix">
355								</div>
356			</div><!-- close col-md-6 --> 
357			<div class="col-md-6 col-sm-6 kad-topbar-right">
358				<div id="topbar-search" class="topbar-widget">
359					<form role="search" method="get" class="form-search" action="https://heartlandfoodbusiness.org/">
360	<label>
361		<span class="screen-reader-text">Search for:</span>
362		<input type="text" value="" name="s" class="search-query" placeholder="Search">
363	</label>
364	<button type="submit" class="search-icon"><i class="icon-search"></i></button>
365</form>				</div>
366			</div> <!-- close col-md-6-->
367		</div> <!-- Close Row -->
368	</div> <!-- Close Container -->
369</div>	<div class="container">
370		<div class="row">
371			<div class="col-md-4 clearfix kad-header-left">
372				<div id="logo" class="logocase">
373					<a class="brand logofont" href="https://heartlandfoodbusiness.org/">
374													<div id="thelogo">
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517                    <p>Stay tuned for the Harvest to Market Grant for local food and farm enterprises in rural Kansas and western Missouri. In the meantime, reach out for free business coaching support from a Heartland Food Business Coalition partner near you. </p>
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546                            February 24: Missouri Local Farm &amp; Food Advocacy Day 
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559                    <p>Family farmers, local food businesses, and community partners from across Missouri will join together Tuesday, February, 24, 2026, at the state capitol in Jefferson City. Missouri Local Farm and Food Advocacy Day is free and open to all interested in keeping family farmers on the land and putting good food on Missouri tables.</p>
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589                            How to build out a regional food system &#8230; Heartland Coalition is on it  
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602                    <p>Part of the difficulty in building up more regional food supply chains is related to the essential work of connecting farmers to wholesale buyers who need large quantities of produce. The Heartland Food Business Coalition is the ongoing effort of partners from five states to do that and more.</p>
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632                            Food as Medicine: Resource Roundup 
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636    <span class="postauthortop author vcard">
637    <i class="icon-user"></i> by  <span itemprop="author"><a href="https://heartlandfoodbusiness.org/author/pcantrell/" class="fn" rel="author">Patty Cantrell</a></span> |</span>
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645                    <p>A 20-year grassroots movement in the United States to connect healthcare with fresh and nutrient-dense food is gaining attention and investment. Opportunity exists to stake a claim for food produced by people, places, and regenerative agriculture practices that are critical to our food secure future.</p>
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674                            Iowa Business Builder: Solstice Farm and Paha Cider 
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678    <span class="postauthortop author vcard">
679    <i class="icon-user"></i> by  <span itemprop="author"><a href="https://heartlandfoodbusiness.org/author/pcantrell/" class="fn" rel="author">Patty Cantrell</a></span> |</span>
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687                    <p>“Adding the cider operation has made our farm a more resilient farm in that we now have income streams year-round and new opportunities to utilize our fruit crops,” said Solstice Farm co-owner Mark Westbrock.</p>
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717                            Kansas Business Builder: KCK Farmers’ Market 
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721    <span class="postauthortop author vcard">
722    <i class="icon-user"></i> by  <span itemprop="author"><a href="https://heartlandfoodbusiness.org/author/pcantrell/" class="fn" rel="author">Patty Cantrell</a></span> |</span>
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730                    <p>The KCK Farmers’ Market is on the Kansas side of Kansas City in Wyandotte County. It will use a Business Builder grant from the Heartland Regional Food Business Center to improve the market’s visibility and help vendors with marketing in this part of town with few grocery stores. </p>
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760                            Nebraska Business Builder: Robinette Farms 
761                        </h2>
762                    </a>
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773                    <p>Central Nebraska Robinette Farms is like a “farm to table grocery store.” Robinette Farms will use a new Business Builder grant from the Heartland Regional Food Business Center to further strengthen its marketing and delivery capacity.</p>
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797		Aug 2025	</div>
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802                            Cash flow help for Business Builder grantees 
803                        </h2>
804                    </a>
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806    <span class="postauthortop author vcard">
807    <i class="icon-user"></i> by  <span itemprop="author"><a href="https://heartlandfoodbusiness.org/author/pcantrell/" class="fn" rel="author">Patty Cantrell</a></span> |</span>
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815                    <p>To help Business Builder awardees with upfront costs, the Heartland Center has partnered with three lenders in the region that will offer “bridge loans” to cover out-of-pocket expenses that the grant reimburses. A training on Sept 3 will cover bridge loans and introduce lenders.</p>
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845                            Record year for Iowa food hub network 
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858                    <p>Seven food hubs in the Iowa Hub to Hub Network now work together to provide services that reduce time and costs for producers, get more local food to more markets, and help producers keep more of the final sales dollar. </p>
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