North Central Honorable Mention

At Growing Power's Community Food Center, every inch of space is utilized for growing a variety of crops all through the bitter lakeside winter. This is a highly productive space selling different kinds of greens to individuals and restaurants. One of the crops grown is water crest, which can be sold for $17 per pound.

Category: Land and Water Stewardship

Brooke Salvaggio

North Central Honorable Mention

This photo is a self-portrait. Summer is over. It is getting cold here. I am holding the last of the sun-kissed peppers.

Category: The Diverse Sustainable Agriculture Community

North Central Honorable Mention

Biodiversity conservation farming: a partnership with nature's workforce.

Category: Land and Water Stewardship

Teresa Webb

North Central Honorable Mention

Teff, a grain and forage crop native to Ethiopia, has been grown in test plots in the Nicodemus area for two years. Funding through a Conservation Innovation Grant (CIG) will provide the Kansas Black Farmers Association (KBFA) with the opportunity to prove the crop’s ability to maximize the use of precipitation and soil moisture in a market-based crop rotation while increasing the annual income for dryland farmers in Kansas.

Category: Land and Water Stewardship