KCK Farmers Market is the result of combining two long-running farmers market organizations: KCK Farmers’ Market (est. 2006) and Rosedale Farmers Market (est. 2009).
The two organizations began discussing combining in late 2018 to reduce duplication and share resources to better serve Wyandotte County. In 2019 the organizations operated in partnership under a Memorandum of Understanding and shared a Market Manager. In 2020 the organizations officially merged as KCK Farmers Market.
We aim to...
Increase access to nutritious locally grown food through food assistance education, promotion of farmers and nutrition education.
Provide food assistance benefits to lowest income populations (we are currently the highest redeemers of food assistance benefits in the entire metro area).
Stimulate the local economy by providing support for growers and entrepreneurs to sell their products in a stable, high-traffic, market with income-based booth rates and multilingual business management resources.
Partner with organizations and businesses to create inclusive multicultural programming through neighborhood engagement opportunities.
Market Manager
Corien Shaw has been the manager of the KCK Farmers market for the past 3 years. In her first full year as market manager she increased the market metrics (attendance, transactions, and food assistance) by 25% and again in the second. She is a student of economics and sociology at the University of Missouri Kansas City. Corien also organizes free mindful movement and yoga classes for the community, one being Mindful Movement Mondays (a senior chair yoga class) for 2 years in the Merc Co+Op classroom and a grant funded winter series in 2025, Chill Together:Yoga & Connection. Corien has a history of entrepreneurialism running her own business as a professional makeup artist for nine years in both Kansas City and California, but has recently switched her priorities to public service, community organizing, civic agriculture and food security.
Sarah Langston received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing at Truman State University and completed her Master’s in Public Health at A.T. Still University. She has worked at The University of Kansas Health System for the past 19 years: first in the Neuroscience ICU as a Registered Nurse and now with the Comprehensive Stroke Program as Stroke Outreach Coordinator. In this role, she leads community outreach including community blood pressure screenings and stroke risk assessments, works with transferring hospitals and EMS to streamline stroke patient admissions, and teaches courses surrounding stroke care.She is a Board Member for the KCK Farmer’s Market and the American Stroke Foundation and serves as the Education Chair for the American Association of Neuroscience Nursing.
Elizabeth J. Graham began her career in education as a high school teacher in her rural hometown before relocating to Kansas City, Kansas, where she now lives and works on Strawberry Hill. For the past four years, she has worked in nonprofit organizations and within the local food system, supporting community-based agriculture and food access initiatives. She is a graduate of the Growing Growers Farmer Apprenticeship program and has managed social media, education, and outreach for New Roots farmers, helping connect local growers with their communities and expand awareness of culturally rooted food systems.
Theresa Moten live and manage the Righteous Roots Community Garden in Kansas City’s historic Quindaro Bluffs neighborhood, known as a stop along the underground railroad and for its African American heritage. They started their farming journey in 2018 after completing a Master Gardening class with the goal of eventually selling and donating fresh fruits and vegetables to their community, as well as using the community garden space as a classroom for youth education.
Bruce Givens born 1965 in Washington DC private school and public school, educated military veteran moved to Kansas City in 1995 as part of the UNOI to rebuild the Quindaro Kansas City, Kansas area, and still a part of the revalidation efforts today. Professional trade CDL Truck Driver, and part owner of a family owned beverage business Lemonade Llamas.
