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486over" srcset="https://heartlandfoodbusiness.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/a-vibrant-display-of-fresh-vegetables-including-peppers-and-cabbage-at-an-outdoor-market.-2252584-scaled-365x365.jpg 365w, https://heartlandfoodbusiness.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/a-vibrant-display-of-fresh-vegetables-including-peppers-and-cabbage-at-an-outdoor-market.-2252584-scaled-150x150.jpg 150w, https://heartlandfoodbusiness.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/a-vibrant-display-of-fresh-vegetables-including-peppers-and-cabbage-at-an-outdoor-market.-2252584-scaled-730x730.jpg 730w" sizes="(max-width: 365px) 100vw, 365px"> 487 <meta itemprop="url" content="https://heartlandfoodbusiness.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/a-vibrant-display-of-fresh-vegetables-including-peppers-and-cabbage-at-an-outdoor-market.-2252584-scaled-365x365.jpg"> 488 <meta itemprop="width" content="365"> 489 <meta itemprop="height" content="365"> 490 </a> 491 </div> 492 </div> 493 494 <div class="col-md-7 post-text-container postcontent"> 495 <div class="postmeta updated color_gray"> 496 <div class="postdate bg-lightgray headerfont"> 497 <meta itemprop="datePublished" content="2026-06-03T16:27:43-05:00"> 498 <span class="postday">8</span> 499 Apr 2026 </div> 500</div> 501 <header> 502 <a href="https://heartlandfoodbusiness.org/2026/04/08/harvest-to-market-grant/"> 503 <h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="name headline"> 504 Harvest to Market Grant 505 </h2> 506 </a> 507 <div class="subhead"> 508 <span class="postauthortop author vcard"> 509 <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> 510 511 <span class="postedintop"><i class="icon-folder-open"></i> posted in: <a href="https://heartlandfoodbusiness.org/category/funding/" rel="category tag">Funding</a></span> <span class="kad-hidepostedin">|</span> 512 <span class="postcommentscount"> 513 <i class="icon-comments-alt"></i> 0 </span> 514</div> 515 </header> 516 <div class="entry-content" itemprop="description"> 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> 518 </div> 519 <footer> 520 <meta itemscope itemprop="mainEntityOfPage" content="https://heartlandfoodbusiness.org/2026/04/08/harvest-to-market-grant/" itemType="https://schema.org/WebPage" itemid="https://heartlandfoodbusiness.org/2026/04/08/harvest-to-market-grant/"><meta itemprop="dateModified" content="2026-06-03T16:27:43-05:00"><div itemprop="publisher" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Organization"><div itemprop="logo" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/ImageObject"><meta itemprop="url" content="https://heartlandfoodbusiness.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/HFBC-transparent-background-no-edge-small.png"><meta itemprop="width" content="200"><meta itemprop="height" content="109"></div><meta itemprop="name" content="Heartland Food Business Coalition"></div> </footer> 521 </div><!-- Text size --> 522 </div><!-- row--> 523 </article> <!-- Article --> <article id="post-63208" class="post-63208 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-support tag-advocacy tag-missouri" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/BlogPosting"> 524 <div class="row"> 525 <div class="col-md-5 post-image-container"> 526 <div class="imghoverclass img-margin-center" itemprop="image" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/ImageObject"> 527 <a href="https://heartlandfoodbusiness.org/2025/12/29/february-24-missouri-local-farm-food-advocacy-day/" title="February 24: Missouri Local Farm & Food Advocacy Day"> 528 <img src="https://heartlandfoodbusiness.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/FF-Advocacy-Day-logo-365x365.jpg" alt="February 24: Missouri Local Farm & Food Advocacy Day" width="365" height="365" itemprop="contentUrl" class="iconh
528over" srcset="https://heartlandfoodbusiness.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/FF-Advocacy-Day-logo-365x365.jpg 365w, https://heartlandfoodbusiness.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/FF-Advocacy-Day-logo-300x300.jpg 300w, https://heartlandfoodbusiness.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/FF-Advocacy-Day-logo-150x150.jpg 150w, https://heartlandfoodbusiness.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/FF-Advocacy-Day-logo-768x768.jpg 768w, https://heartlandfoodbusiness.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/FF-Advocacy-Day-logo-730x730.jpg 730w, https://heartlandfoodbusiness.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/FF-Advocacy-Day-logo.jpg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 365px) 100vw, 365px"> 529 <meta itemprop="url" content="https://heartlandfoodbusiness.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/FF-Advocacy-Day-logo-365x365.jpg"> 530 <meta itemprop="width" content="365"> 531 <meta itemprop="height" content="365"> 532 </a> 533 </div> 534 </div> 535 536 <div class="col-md-7 post-text-container postcontent"> 537 <div class="postmeta updated color_gray"> 538 <div class="postdate bg-lightgray headerfont"> 539 <meta itemprop="datePublished" content="2026-01-06T11:35:34-06:00"> 540 <span class="postday">29</span> 541 Dec 2025 </div> 542</div> 543 <header> 544 <a href="https://heartlandfoodbusiness.org/2025/12/29/february-24-missouri-local-farm-food-advocacy-day/"> 545 <h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="name headline"> 546 February 24: Missouri Local Farm & Food Advocacy Day 547 </h2> 548 </a> 549 <div class="subhead"> 550 <span class="postauthortop author vcard"> 551 <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> 552 553 <span class="postedintop"><i class="icon-folder-open"></i> posted in: <a href="https://heartlandfoodbusiness.org/category/support/" rel="category tag">Support</a></span> <span class="kad-hidepostedin">|</span> 554 <span class="postcommentscount"> 555 <i class="icon-comments-alt"></i> 0 </span> 556</div> 557 </header> 558 <div class="entry-content" itemprop="description"> 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> 560 </div> 561 <footer> 562 <meta itemscope itemprop="mainEntityOfPage" content="https://heartlandfoodbusiness.org/2025/12/29/february-24-missouri-local-farm-food-advocacy-day/" itemType="https://schema.org/WebPage" itemid="https://heartlandfoodbusiness.org/2025/12/29/february-24-missouri-local-farm-food-advocacy-day/"><meta itemprop="dateModified" content="2026-01-06T11:35:34-06:00"><div itemprop="publisher" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Organization"><div itemprop="logo" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/ImageObject"><meta itemprop="url" content="https://heartlandfoodbusiness.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/HFBC-transparent-background-no-edge-small.png"><meta itemprop="width" content="200"><meta itemprop="height" content="109"></div><meta itemprop="name" content="Heartland Food Business Coalition"></div> <span class="posttags color_gray"><i class="icon-tag"></i> <a href="https://heartlandfoodbusiness.org/tag/advocacy/" rel="tag">advocacy</a>, <a href="https://heartlandfoodbusiness.org/tag/missouri/" rel="tag">missouri</a></span> 563 </footer> 564 </div><!-- Text size --> 565 </div><!-- row--> 566 </article> <!-- Article --> <article id="post-63091" class="post-63091 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-demand category-support category-usda-regional-food-business-centers tag-business-planning tag-technical-assitance tag-value-added-food-product" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/BlogPosting"> 567 <div class="row"> 568 <div class="col-md-5 post-image-container"> 569 <div class="imghoverclass img-margin-center" itemprop="image" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/ImageObject"> 570 <a href="https://heartlandfoodbusiness.org/2025/11/25/how-to-build-out-a-regional-food-system-heartland-coalition-is-on-it/" title="How to build out a regional food system … Heartland Coalition is on it "> 571 <img src="https://heartlandfoodbusiness.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/54251367685_0186d2217e_c-365x365.jpg" alt="How to build out a regional food system … Heartland Coalition is on it " width="365" height="365" itemprop="contentUrl" class="iconh
571over" srcset="https://heartlandfoodbusiness.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/54251367685_0186d2217e_c-365x365.jpg 365w, https://heartlandfoodbusiness.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/54251367685_0186d2217e_c-150x150.jpg 150w" sizes="(max-width: 365px) 100vw, 365px"> 572 <meta itemprop="url" content="https://heartlandfoodbusiness.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/54251367685_0186d2217e_c-365x365.jpg"> 573 <meta itemprop="width" content="365"> 574 <meta itemprop="height" content="365"> 575 </a> 576 </div> 577 </div> 578 579 <div class="col-md-7 post-text-container postcontent"> 580 <div class="postmeta updated color_gray"> 581 <div class="postdate bg-lightgray headerfont"> 582 <meta itemprop="datePublished" content="2025-11-25T11:14:05-06:00"> 583 <span class="postday">25</span> 584 Nov 2025 </div> 585</div> 586 <header> 587 <a href="https://heartlandfoodbusiness.org/2025/11/25/how-to-build-out-a-regional-food-system-heartland-coalition-is-on-it/"> 588 <h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="name headline"> 589 How to build out a regional food system … Heartland Coalition is on it 590 </h2> 591 </a> 592 <div class="subhead"> 593 <span class="postauthortop author vcard"> 594 <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> 595 596 <span class="postedintop"><i class="icon-folder-open"></i> posted in: <a href="https://heartlandfoodbusiness.org/category/demand/" rel="category tag">Demand</a>, <a href="https://heartlandfoodbusiness.org/category/support/" rel="category tag">Support</a>, <a href="https://heartlandfoodbusiness.org/category/usda-regional-food-business-centers/" rel="category tag">USDA Regional Food Business Centers</a></span> <span class="kad-hidepostedin">|</span> 597 <span class="postcommentscount"> 598 <i class="icon-comments-alt"></i> 0 </span> 599</div> 600 </header> 601 <div class="entry-content" itemprop="description"> 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> 603 </div> 604 <footer> 605 <meta itemscope itemprop="mainEntityOfPage" content="https://heartlandfoodbusiness.org/2025/11/25/how-to-build-out-a-regional-food-system-heartland-coalition-is-on-it/" itemType="https://schema.org/WebPage" itemid="https://heartlandfoodbusiness.org/2025/11/25/how-to-build-out-a-regional-food-system-heartland-coalition-is-on-it/"><meta itemprop="dateModified" content="2025-11-25T11:14:05-06:00"><div itemprop="publisher" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Organization"><div itemprop="logo" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/ImageObject"><meta itemprop="url" content="https://heartlandfoodbusiness.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/HFBC-transparent-background-no-edge-small.png"><meta itemprop="width" content="200"><meta itemprop="height" content="109"></div><meta itemprop="name" content="Heartland Food Business Coalition"></div> <span class="posttags color_gray"><i class="icon-tag"></i> <a href="https://heartlandfoodbusiness.org/tag/business-planning/" rel="tag">business planning</a>, <a href="https://heartlandfoodbusiness.org/tag/technical-assitance/" rel="tag">technical assitance</a>, <a href="https://heartlandfoodbusiness.org/tag/value-added-food-product/" rel="tag">value added food product</a></span> 606 </footer> 607 </div><!-- Text size --> 608 </div><!-- row--> 609 </article> <!-- Article --> <article id="post-63080" class="post-63080 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-demand" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/BlogPosting"> 610 <div class="row"> 611 <div class="col-md-5 post-image-container"> 612 <div class="imghoverclass img-margin-center" itemprop="image" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/ImageObject"> 613 <a href="https://heartlandfoodbusiness.org/2025/11/24/food-as-medicine-resource-roundup/" title="Food as Medicine: Resource Roundup"> 614 <img src="https://heartlandfoodbusiness.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/STWB-hickroy-county-market-SQUARE-365x365.jpg" alt="Food as Medicine: Resource Roundup" width="365" height="365" itemprop="contentUrl" class="iconh
614over" srcset="https://heartlandfoodbusiness.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/STWB-hickroy-county-market-SQUARE-365x365.jpg 365w, https://heartlandfoodbusiness.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/STWB-hickroy-county-market-SQUARE-300x300.jpg 300w, https://heartlandfoodbusiness.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/STWB-hickroy-county-market-SQUARE-150x150.jpg 150w, https://heartlandfoodbusiness.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/STWB-hickroy-county-market-SQUARE-768x768.jpg 768w, https://heartlandfoodbusiness.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/STWB-hickroy-county-market-SQUARE-730x730.jpg 730w, https://heartlandfoodbusiness.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/STWB-hickroy-county-market-SQUARE.jpg 828w" sizes="(max-width: 365px) 100vw, 365px"> 615 <meta itemprop="url" content="https://heartlandfoodbusiness.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/STWB-hickroy-county-market-SQUARE-365x365.jpg"> 616 <meta itemprop="width" content="365"> 617 <meta itemprop="height" content="365"> 618 </a> 619 </div> 620 </div> 621 622 <div class="col-md-7 post-text-container postcontent"> 623 <div class="postmeta updated color_gray"> 624 <div class="postdate bg-lightgray headerfont"> 625 <meta itemprop="datePublished" content="2025-11-24T15:56:20-06:00"> 626 <span class="postday">24</span> 627 Nov 2025 </div> 628</div> 629 <header> 630 <a href="https://heartlandfoodbusiness.org/2025/11/24/food-as-medicine-resource-roundup/"> 631 <h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="name headline"> 632 Food as Medicine: Resource Roundup 633 </h2> 634 </a> 635 <div class="subhead"> 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> 638 639 <span class="postedintop"><i class="icon-folder-open"></i> posted in: <a href="https://heartlandfoodbusiness.org/category/demand/" rel="category tag">Demand</a></span> <span class="kad-hidepostedin">|</span> 640 <span class="postcommentscount"> 641 <i class="icon-comments-alt"></i> 0 </span> 642</div> 643 </header> 644 <div class="entry-content" itemprop="description"> 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> 646 </div> 647 <footer> 648 <meta itemscope itemprop="mainEntityOfPage" content="https://heartlandfoodbusiness.org/2025/11/24/food-as-medicine-resource-roundup/" itemType="https://schema.org/WebPage" itemid="https://heartlandfoodbusiness.org/2025/11/24/food-as-medicine-resource-roundup/"><meta itemprop="dateModified" content="2025-11-24T15:56:20-06:00"><div itemprop="publisher" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Organization"><div itemprop="logo" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/ImageObject"><meta itemprop="url" content="https://heartlandfoodbusiness.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/HFBC-transparent-background-no-edge-small.png"><meta itemprop="width" content="200"><meta itemprop="height" content="109"></div><meta itemprop="name" content="Heartland Food Business Coalition"></div> </footer> 649 </div><!-- Text size --> 650 </div><!-- row--> 651 </article> <!-- Article --> <article id="post-63076" class="post-63076 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-funding category-supply tag-business-builder" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/BlogPosting"> 652 <div class="row"> 653 <div class="col-md-5 post-image-container"> 654 <div class="imghoverclass img-margin-center" itemprop="image" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/ImageObject"> 655 <a href="https://heartlandfoodbusiness.org/2025/11/24/iowa-business-builder-solstice-farm-and-paha-cider/" title="Iowa Business Builder: Solstice Farm and Paha Cider"> 656 <img src="https://heartlandfoodbusiness.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/solstice-mark-westbrock-365x365.jpg" alt="Iowa Business Builder: Solstice Farm and Paha Cider" width="365" height="365" itemprop="contentUrl" class="iconh
656over" srcset="https://heartlandfoodbusiness.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/solstice-mark-westbrock-365x365.jpg 365w, https://heartlandfoodbusiness.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/solstice-mark-westbrock-150x150.jpg 150w" sizes="(max-width: 365px) 100vw, 365px"> 657 <meta itemprop="url" content="https://heartlandfoodbusiness.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/solstice-mark-westbrock-365x365.jpg"> 658 <meta itemprop="width" content="365"> 659 <meta itemprop="height" content="365"> 660 </a> 661 </div> 662 </div> 663 664 <div class="col-md-7 post-text-container postcontent"> 665 <div class="postmeta updated color_gray"> 666 <div class="postdate bg-lightgray headerfont"> 667 <meta itemprop="datePublished" content="2025-11-24T15:34:51-06:00"> 668 <span class="postday">24</span> 669 Nov 2025 </div> 670</div> 671 <header> 672 <a href="https://heartlandfoodbusiness.org/2025/11/24/iowa-business-builder-solstice-farm-and-paha-cider/"> 673 <h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="name headline"> 674 Iowa Business Builder: Solstice Farm and Paha Cider 675 </h2> 676 </a> 677 <div class="subhead"> 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> 680 681 <span class="postedintop"><i class="icon-folder-open"></i> posted in: <a href="https://heartlandfoodbusiness.org/category/funding/" rel="category tag">Funding</a>, <a href="https://heartlandfoodbusiness.org/category/supply/" rel="category tag">Supply</a></span> <span class="kad-hidepostedin">|</span> 682 <span class="postcommentscount"> 683 <i class="icon-comments-alt"></i> 0 </span> 684</div> 685 </header> 686 <div class="entry-content" itemprop="description"> 687 <p>âAdding 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,â said Solstice Farm co-owner Mark Westbrock.</p> 688 </div> 689 <footer> 690 <meta itemscope itemprop="mainEntityOfPage" content="https://heartlandfoodbusiness.org/2025/11/24/iowa-business-builder-solstice-farm-and-paha-cider/" itemType="https://schema.org/WebPage" itemid="https://heartlandfoodbusiness.org/2025/11/24/iowa-business-builder-solstice-farm-and-paha-cider/"><meta itemprop="dateModified" content="2025-11-24T15:34:51-06:00"><div itemprop="publisher" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Organization"><div itemprop="logo" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/ImageObject"><meta itemprop="url" content="https://heartlandfoodbusiness.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/HFBC-transparent-background-no-edge-small.png"><meta itemprop="width" content="200"><meta itemprop="height" content="109"></div><meta itemprop="name" content="Heartland Food Business Coalition"></div> <span class="posttags color_gray"><i class="icon-tag"></i> <a href="https://heartlandfoodbusiness.org/tag/business-builder/" rel="tag">Business Builder</a></span> 691 </footer> 692 </div><!-- Text size --> 693 </div><!-- row--> 694 </article> <!-- Article --> <article id="post-63071" class="post-63071 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-funding category-supply tag-business-builder" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/BlogPosting"> 695 <div class="row"> 696 <div class="col-md-5 post-image-container"> 697 <div class="imghoverclass img-margin-center" itemprop="image" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/ImageObject"> 698 <a href="https://heartlandfoodbusiness.org/2025/11/24/kansas-business-builder-kck-farmers-market/" title="Kansas Business Builder: KCK Farmersâ Market"> 699 <img src="https://heartlandfoodbusiness.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/KCKFM_1-365x365.jpg" alt="Kansas Business Builder: KCK Farmersâ Market" width="365" height="365" itemprop="contentUrl" class="iconh
699over" srcset="https://heartlandfoodbusiness.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/KCKFM_1-365x365.jpg 365w, https://heartlandfoodbusiness.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/KCKFM_1-150x150.jpg 150w, https://heartlandfoodbusiness.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/KCKFM_1-730x730.jpg 730w" sizes="(max-width: 365px) 100vw, 365px"> 700 <meta itemprop="url" content="https://heartlandfoodbusiness.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/KCKFM_1-365x365.jpg"> 701 <meta itemprop="width" content="365"> 702 <meta itemprop="height" content="365"> 703 </a> 704 </div> 705 </div> 706 707 <div class="col-md-7 post-text-container postcontent"> 708 <div class="postmeta updated color_gray"> 709 <div class="postdate bg-lightgray headerfont"> 710 <meta itemprop="datePublished" content="2025-11-24T15:28:14-06:00"> 711 <span class="postday">24</span> 712 Nov 2025 </div> 713</div> 714 <header> 715 <a href="https://heartlandfoodbusiness.org/2025/11/24/kansas-business-builder-kck-farmers-market/"> 716 <h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="name headline"> 717 Kansas Business Builder: KCK Farmersâ Market 718 </h2> 719 </a> 720 <div class="subhead"> 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> 723 724 <span class="postedintop"><i class="icon-folder-open"></i> posted in: <a href="https://heartlandfoodbusiness.org/category/funding/" rel="category tag">Funding</a>, <a href="https://heartlandfoodbusiness.org/category/supply/" rel="category tag">Supply</a></span> <span class="kad-hidepostedin">|</span> 725 <span class="postcommentscount"> 726 <i class="icon-comments-alt"></i> 0 </span> 727</div> 728 </header> 729 <div class="entry-content" itemprop="description"> 730 <p>The KCK Farmersâ 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 marketâs visibility and help vendors with marketing in this part of town with few grocery stores. </p> 731 </div> 732 <footer> 733 <meta itemscope itemprop="mainEntityOfPage" content="https://heartlandfoodbusiness.org/2025/11/24/kansas-business-builder-kck-farmers-market/" itemType="https://schema.org/WebPage" itemid="https://heartlandfoodbusiness.org/2025/11/24/kansas-business-builder-kck-farmers-market/"><meta itemprop="dateModified" content="2025-11-24T15:28:14-06:00"><div itemprop="publisher" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Organization"><div itemprop="logo" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/ImageObject"><meta itemprop="url" content="https://heartlandfoodbusiness.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/HFBC-transparent-background-no-edge-small.png"><meta itemprop="width" content="200"><meta itemprop="height" content="109"></div><meta itemprop="name" content="Heartland Food Business Coalition"></div> <span class="posttags color_gray"><i class="icon-tag"></i> <a href="https://heartlandfoodbusiness.org/tag/business-builder/" rel="tag">Business Builder</a></span> 734 </footer> 735 </div><!-- Text size --> 736 </div><!-- row--> 737 </article> <!-- Article --> <article id="post-63061" class="post-63061 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-uncategorized" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/BlogPosting"> 738 <div class="row"> 739 <div class="col-md-5 post-image-container"> 740 <div class="imghoverclass img-margin-center" itemprop="image" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/ImageObject"> 741 <a href="https://heartlandfoodbusiness.org/2025/11/24/nebraska-business-builder-robinette-farms/" title="Nebraska Business Builder: Robinette Farms"> 742 <img src="https://heartlandfoodbusiness.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Robinette-Farms-365x365.jpg" alt="Nebraska Business Builder: Robinette Farms" width="365" height="365" itemprop="contentUrl" class="iconh
742over" srcset="https://heartlandfoodbusiness.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Robinette-Farms-365x365.jpg 365w, https://heartlandfoodbusiness.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Robinette-Farms-150x150.jpg 150w, https://heartlandfoodbusiness.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Robinette-Farms-730x730.jpg 730w" sizes="(max-width: 365px) 100vw, 365px"> 743 <meta itemprop="url" content="https://heartlandfoodbusiness.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Robinette-Farms-365x365.jpg"> 744 <meta itemprop="width" content="365"> 745 <meta itemprop="height" content="365"> 746 </a> 747 </div> 748 </div> 749 750 <div class="col-md-7 post-text-container postcontent"> 751 <div class="postmeta updated color_gray"> 752 <div class="postdate bg-lightgray headerfont"> 753 <meta itemprop="datePublished" content="2025-11-24T15:22:45-06:00"> 754 <span class="postday">24</span> 755 Nov 2025 </div> 756</div> 757 <header> 758 <a href="https://heartlandfoodbusiness.org/2025/11/24/nebraska-business-builder-robinette-farms/"> 759 <h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="name headline"> 760 Nebraska Business Builder: Robinette Farms 761 </h2> 762 </a> 763 <div class="subhead"> 764 <span class="postauthortop author vcard"> 765 <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> 766 767 <span class="postedintop"><i class="icon-folder-open"></i> posted in: <a href="https://heartlandfoodbusiness.org/category/uncategorized/" rel="category tag">Uncategorized</a></span> <span class="kad-hidepostedin">|</span> 768 <span class="postcommentscount"> 769 <i class="icon-comments-alt"></i> 0 </span> 770</div> 771 </header> 772 <div class="entry-content" itemprop="description"> 773 <p>Central Nebraska Robinette Farms is like a âfarm to table grocery store.â 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> 774 </div> 775 <footer> 776 <meta itemscope itemprop="mainEntityOfPage" content="https://heartlandfoodbusiness.org/2025/11/24/nebraska-business-builder-robinette-farms/" itemType="https://schema.org/WebPage" itemid="https://heartlandfoodbusiness.org/2025/11/24/nebraska-business-builder-robinette-farms/"><meta itemprop="dateModified" content="2025-11-24T15:22:45-06:00"><div itemprop="publisher" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Organization"><div itemprop="logo" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/ImageObject"><meta itemprop="url" content="https://heartlandfoodbusiness.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/HFBC-transparent-background-no-edge-small.png"><meta itemprop="width" content="200"><meta itemprop="height" content="109"></div><meta itemprop="name" content="Heartland Food Business Coalition"></div> </footer> 777 </div><!-- Text size --> 778 </div><!-- row--> 779 </article> <!-- Article --> <article id="post-47172" class="post-47172 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-funding category-support tag-business-builder tag-training" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/BlogPosting"> 780 <div class="row"> 781 <div class="col-md-5 post-image-container"> 782 <div class="imghoverclass img-margin-center" itemprop="image" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/ImageObject"> 783 <a href="https://heartlandfoodbusiness.org/2025/08/19/cash-flow-help-for-business-builder-grantees/" title="Cash flow help for Business Builder grantees"> 784 <img src="https://heartlandfoodbusiness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/IMG_0340-365x365.jpg" alt="Cash flow help for Business Builder grantees" width="365" height="365" itemprop="contentUrl" class="iconh
784over" srcset="https://heartlandfoodbusiness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/IMG_0340-365x365.jpg 365w, https://heartlandfoodbusiness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/IMG_0340-150x150.jpg 150w, https://heartlandfoodbusiness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/IMG_0340-730x730.jpg 730w" sizes="(max-width: 365px) 100vw, 365px"> 785 <meta itemprop="url" content="https://heartlandfoodbusiness.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/IMG_0340-365x365.jpg"> 786 <meta itemprop="width" content="365"> 787 <meta itemprop="height" content="365"> 788 </a> 789 </div> 790 </div> 791 792 <div class="col-md-7 post-text-container postcontent"> 793 <div class="postmeta updated color_gray"> 794 <div class="postdate bg-lightgray headerfont"> 795 <meta itemprop="datePublished" content="2025-09-03T16:22:57-05:00"> 796 <span class="postday">19</span> 797 Aug 2025 </div> 798</div> 799 <header> 800 <a href="https://heartlandfoodbusiness.org/2025/08/19/cash-flow-help-for-business-builder-grantees/"> 801 <h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="name headline"> 802 Cash flow help for Business Builder grantees 803 </h2> 804 </a> 805 <div class="subhead"> 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> 808 809 <span class="postedintop"><i class="icon-folder-open"></i> posted in: <a href="https://heartlandfoodbusiness.org/category/funding/" rel="category tag">Funding</a>, <a href="https://heartlandfoodbusiness.org/category/support/" rel="category tag">Support</a></span> <span class="kad-hidepostedin">|</span> 810 <span class="postcommentscount"> 811 <i class="icon-comments-alt"></i> 0 </span> 812</div> 813 </header> 814 <div class="entry-content" itemprop="description"> 815 <p>To help Business Builder awardees with upfront costs, the Heartland Center has partnered with three lenders in the region that will offer âbridge loansâ to cover out-of-pocket expenses that the grant reimburses. A training on Sept 3 will cover bridge loans and introduce lenders.</p> 816 </div> 817 <footer> 818 <meta itemscope itemprop="mainEntityOfPage" content="https://heartlandfoodbusiness.org/2025/08/19/cash-flow-help-for-business-builder-grantees/" itemType="https://schema.org/WebPage" itemid="https://heartlandfoodbusiness.org/2025/08/19/cash-flow-help-for-business-builder-grantees/"><meta itemprop="dateModified" content="2025-09-03T16:22:57-05:00"><div itemprop="publisher" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Organization"><div itemprop="logo" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/ImageObject"><meta itemprop="url" content="https://heartlandfoodbusiness.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/HFBC-transparent-background-no-edge-small.png"><meta itemprop="width" content="200"><meta itemprop="height" content="109"></div><meta itemprop="name" content="Heartland Food Business Coalition"></div> <span class="posttags color_gray"><i class="icon-tag"></i> <a href="https://heartlandfoodbusiness.org/tag/business-builder/" rel="tag">Business Builder</a>, <a href="https://heartlandfoodbusiness.org/tag/training/" rel="tag">Training</a></span> 819 </footer> 820 </div><!-- Text size --> 821 </div><!-- row--> 822 </article> <!-- Article --> <article id="post-46272" class="post-46272 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-supply category-support tag-food-hub tag-iowa" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/BlogPosting"> 823 <div class="row"> 824 <div class="col-md-5 post-image-container"> 825 <div class="imghoverclass img-margin-center" itemprop="image" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/ImageObject"> 826 <a href="https://heartlandfoodbusiness.org/2025/07/17/record-year-for-iowa-food-hub-network/" title="Record year for Iowa food hub network"> 827 <img src="https://heartlandfoodbusiness.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/IA-hubs-screenshot-3-365x365.jpg" alt="Record year for Iowa food hub network" width="365" height="365" itemprop="contentUrl" class="iconh
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