KSCGA Grower/Market Directory
Revised & Enhanced Version Up and Running—Please Check It Out and Update Your Grower/Market Information Displayed
With input from growers across the state, we—with the above-and-beyond efforts of our database/directory developer, WaterGrass—have rolled out a greatly enhanced KSCGA Grower/Market Directory. The new enhanced version offers growers the opportunity to search for other growers across the state and in your area, what they are growing, and to connect growers with market venues and sales/distribution points (and vice versa)—with growers, market venues, and sales/distribution points (and any combination of these) showing in different colors on the map.
Given the support of the USDA.KDA Specialty Block Grant program, funding from Kansas Center for Sustainable Agriculture and Alternative Crops, along with the membership dues contribution of over 150 growers and markets across the state, we have the non-members format as seen by clicking on the image above or at: https://johnsoncountyextensioneducationfou.my.salesforce-sites.com/KSCGAMemberPortal?cid=003VX000010wu69&VToken=50fc1d2d16b35964121b712a865b7e1b5d4c5357228a143ba8bbaedbee0856b9. Please share this with your fellow growers and markets you have a relationship with—and encourage them to get on the map (see below).
Format accessible for dues-paying KSCGA members will show member benefit information and direct contact info as available for growers and markets.
When you submit a Grower/Market Profile Form (see below), you will receive a confirmation notice with a link to the directory map unique to your account in our system—reflecting your membership status.
To get your growing and market operations on the directory map and/or update the information showing for your farm, market, or sales/distribution operations, please see information and link to the Grower/Market Profile Update Form by clicking below or at: www.kscga.org/update-your-information-for-directory.
The KSCGA Grower/Market Directory is for connecting growers with other growers and market and sales.distribution points. Only dues-paying KSCGA members will have access to any direct contact information provided. Use of our directory platform for direct vendor solicitation and/or marketing is prohibited. If you encounter any marketing solicitations, please contact us and report it.
Using the Directory
To Search the Directory:
The new enhanced format allows you to search by:
Growers—by crops grown/produced and location (by distance from you)
Buyers (including market venues) for your products
Searching by Crops:
Information on Crops grown has been gathered from our growers through a text-entry format. Given the sheer number of crops that are being grown, creating an inclusive pick-list of crops/products available is impractical. So—in searching for a crop/product, type in what you are looking for in the search field—one item per search. It will link beginning with the first three letters entered. For example, if you are looking for who’s growing apples, type in a-p-p-l-e-s, and up pops the growers who are growing that item. The search is engine is spelling-sensitive—but if you are having trouble with that, know that the search engine will do a search with a minimum of three (3) letters. So, for example, type in z-u-c, and you’ll see those growing zucchini.
Searching by Location:
The new version has location search by distance from your location.
Markets and Sales/Distribution Points:
Markets and sales/distribution points show on the map by different colors: Market Venue in Blue, direct Buyer in Yellow. We have data on what type of sales/distribution point (wholesale, processor, school, other institution, etc.), and our gathering more through the Grower/Market Profile Update Form—which will be added to the search capacity as more data is gathered.
NEED HELP?
Contact us at: info@kscga.org.
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