AMEN ANKH URBAN FARM
For Urban Families
Call us For Appointment: (816) 281-7704
Welcome to Urban neighborhood! We own an Urban Farm right "in da hood" of Kansas City, MO. There are so many green opportunities to live locally in the Urban communities of Kansas City. It is so important that Afrikan Americans are models of successful families and property owners.
We highly advise growing your own plant based fruits and vegetables as well as produce like eggs, bees and small animals whenever possible. This way you can build local nutrient-rich organic soil and adhere to sustainable gardening practices for highest food quality. Also, it is often better to purchase foods from local organic farmers markets or from small scale farms as opposed to large chain supermarkets.
A study in 1936, first reported the alarming rate of mineral depletion that modern mono-crop agriculture is having on our food supply. Unfortunately, it takes quite a bit of time to rebuild the soil once it is stripped of essential nutrients, in addition to the fact that it is not "cost-effective" for most big farming operations to invest in mineral supplementation
Today we have much less mineral content in mass-produced foods than we did 50 years ago due to other factors besides poor farming practices. Now, environmental pollutants as well as things like acidic rain are making it harder to replenish our foods (and livestock who eat them) with the minerals we need for our health and well-being.
So this is the best time to live in an urban neighborhood. With the Green Urban Agricultural transformations, growing food is an opportunity to support green economic development. Being able to grow a tomato right on your property, and sell that tomato to your neighbor, is empowering. This cultivates more vocational and positive entrepreneurial skills in our youth, as well as giving access to local, nutritious, healthy, naturally grown foods. The morning invites the neighborhood to stop by the farm. People are walking their dogs, or heading to work, It is a pleasure to be able to share my porch with someone who just walked down the street, and be able to offer a cup of coffee, tea, a smoothie, or a slice of zucchini bread fresh from the oven, or to converse with a driver who slows down, to ask about a tomato or pepper that caught their eye. At the Amen Par Ankh(Sacred House of Liiving), we share wholistic Healing, Stress and Health counseling, Life Coaching, STE+A+M Education, like growing techniques, Foraging, Food Preservation, Wellness, Jewelry, Mandalas, Yoga Classes, Meditation and Massage Therapy for wellness in our Indigo community.
As an educator in the Kansas City public schools, I had often enjoyed the convenience of walking or using the bus or riding my bike, to get to the local school where I worked. My students and their parents always knew me from the neighborhood. Living in the city also made it easy to be involved and to support school sport games and activities, not only for my own children, but my students as well. In the mornings my neighbors will see me working on the farm, watering herbs and food, in our lot and front yard, while students pass by, on their way to school. I have actually had people drive up to the farm and pay for their order of food right from their cars. Students have often stopped by my home for tutoring and counseling. I even get visits from graduates who show me their newborns. By being in the metropolitan area, my daughter, Grandson and I love to visit the local shops, museum of art, libraries and other attractions. There are still a few Afrikan American Cafes, restaurants, events, concerts and a lot of local, small farmer's markets.
Chapter 88-312 is the urban farm ordinance for Kansas City
Facing a stalemate between the food movement and real estate
developers, Eastside representatives turned to alternative systems for aid. Former
State Representative and City council
member, Sharon Sanders Brooks- along with Melba Curls, Cindy Circo and Terry
Riley all saw the positive impact that less restrictive ordinances would
provide for their constituents and supported amended ordinances, as a part of a
10-3 favor for reducing unemployment, and Community security. This also
provided employment for Local At Risk Youth, the prison reentry populations
and the elimination of food deserts. These community leaders looked to the mainstream food movement advocates to assist local “Agriculturalist and Green
community advocates to oppose the real estate developers who were more
concerned with the market value of real property and Re-gentrification.
Facing major economic development issues, eastside leaders
leaned to the side of less regulation to create a pro-business environment.
Many Urban Agricultural
Businesses, on the southwest side of urban Kansas City ran into difficulties,
in past with Residential codes and maintaining a successful business.
It has become difficult for supervisors to instruct residential code inspectors to acknowledge
and incorporate Urban Agricultural presence that has been passed since 2010, and
still continue to write code citations on chapter 49 and Chapter 52 codes.
Their lack of receptiveness to Urban Farms that are growing in residential
neighborhoods, now that they are covered by 88 ordinances, can be daunting.
We
have been successful in referring and identifying many herbs and naturally growing
plant that were once considered as rank weeds, like Plantain, Poke Root,
Clover, Lambs Quarter and Dandelion off their violation list. Since the
inspectors only have jurisdiction and training on residential codes as residential
properties, they are not referring these urban farms to the planning and zoning
department that would cover the appropriate ordinances for this area as a home based business, or home cottage industry. These ordinances have only been challenged by
the few disadvantaged Black farmers and growers, who are virtually ignored by
city prosecutors and Judges. This results in needless court dates, fines, and
possible warrants on fledgling urban farmers who are already working diligently
to emerge and compete in the already competitive food and growers market. This
also creates an anti-business environment in the already devastated low
economic development areas of 64127 -28 on the eastside of Kansas city,
contrary to the support of the urban plans and downtown city hall leadership
and representatives of Kansas City.
This makes it extremely difficult for activists and
advocates to provide hope for distressed and disadvantaged at-risk youths,
trying to escape underground economies and a failing job market.
We are also working to remediate water usage, using rain
barrels and conserving gray water for reuse in the growing fields. We are using and installing IT tech assistance for optimal growth, food security, and automation. We are also Installing Solar alternative energy. We look to
the future, where it is commonplace to incorporate urban agriculture in the
cycle of urban residential living.
As an educator in the Kansas City public schools, I had often enjoyed the convenience of walking or using the bus or riding my bike, to get to the local school where I worked. My students and their parents always knew me from the neighborhood. Living in the city also made it easy to be involved and to support school sport games and activities, not only for my own children, but my students as well. In the mornings my neighbors will see me working on the farm, watering herbs and food, in our lot and front yard, while students pass by, on their way to school. I have actually had people drive up to the farm and pay for their order of food right from their cars. Students have often stopped by my home for tutoring and counseling. I even get visits from graduates who show me their newborns. By being in the metropolitan area, my daughter, Grandson and I love to visit the local shops, museum of art, libraries and other attractions. There are still a few Afrikan American Cafes, restaurants, events, concerts and a lot of local, small farmer's markets.
We need more Afrikan American families to stand their ground to rebuild an urban community and then to, encourage our children to inherit wealth of land and property investment, by perpetuating and returning to their family homesteads, instead of starting from scratch, every generation. It is important to teach our children about financial literacy and green vocational and entrepreneurial career paths. We need to change our perceptions from telling our children to "get out of the ghetto," instead, to encourage them to get their education to return to their communities to infuse and reinvigorate their neighborhoods with new green solutions for the future. We need to pursue more green economic sustainable development for the future of the next generation.
Kandaki-Ma Nuta Beqsu (Adenike Amen-Ra)
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I hope you have enjoyed our presentation. Amen Par Ankh is our Outreach ministry. Please support our initiatives...
(c) All rights reserved. No part of this Blog may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without prior permission in writing from the author; Nuta Beqsu Adenike AmenRa
We are available for Lectures, Panel Discussions, Conferences, and Workshops, along with an Af-Ra-Ka-N Centered curriculum for youth STE-A-M homeschooling, Workshops, and Itinerate Tutoring. https://Amen-Ankh.blogspot.com
We
live in our ancient KMT Spiritual systems to serve our community in
Libations, Griot Spoken Word Presentations, KMT Wedding, Naming and
ReBirth, Personal consultations for Nia (Purpose), Health, Career and,
Relationship, and Ascension officiant, Salutations and Blessings for new
beginnings, (Home and Businesses blessings), Afrikan Storytelling. Amen
Par Ankh is a Sacred Temple of Life- We are a KRST conscious Community.
We Grow Food to restore balance in our relationship with the cosmos,
earth, and our Natural communities by increasing awareness of Life,
Health, and Environment. We are a Maafia a "Healthy Place To Live" Amen
Ankh Urban Farm’s Mission is to produce, promote, and perpetuate food,
resources, and comfort and to grow local healthy Indigenous Foods in
environmentally, respected, earth gentle ways. Call Us-816-281-7704 Contact: amen.parankh@gmail.com or amen.ankh@live.com
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Amen Par Ankh (Sacred House of Life) and Amen Ankh( Sacred Life) Urban Farm; is a local Urban Farm nestled around a Spiritual Center in the heart of midtown Kansas City, Missouri. Contact Us and become a member as We Celebrate the Cycles of Life!Email: amen.parankh@gmail.com , amen.ankh@live.com Call: 816-281-7704 Sign-up for courses and support: https://www.gofundme.com/f/amen-ankh-edible-memorial-gardens , information: http://amen-parankh.blogspot.com , Look for us on FaceBook and Twitter. We celebrate the Cycles of Life, Wellness and Balance in our everyday existence on earth. We assist in Wellness for Physical Fitness, Mental Health, and Spiritual Attainment - to realize the fullest capacities of life, health, prosperity and strength. We provide Whole Life Coaching, Energy work, A Par Ankh Reading Room, Org-Ankh Electric food Boxes, an Herbal Tea House and Juice bar, Outdoor Experiences, classes such as Cultural Head-wrapping, Natural Hair Braiding, beading and Lox twisting, ASCAC (The Association for the Study of Classical African Civilization), Art Healing Mandalas, Jewelry Making, Gentle Yoga, Canning and preserving food, Health and Wellness Study Courses, Gifts, Accessories, Cultural Ceremonies, Workshops and special events. Amen Par Ankh means sacred House of Life. We acknowledge creation. We provide a space for your own personal discovery with quiet reflection and time for internal work, as well as an active space for expressions of our original ways of life.Ceremony, Counseling, Coaching, Cultivation Cleansings, and Classes Amen Ankh Urban Farm is an urban agricultural enterprise with the goal of achieving environmental justice and sustainability by Healthy local food production and improving local neighborhood access to healthy Foods. We run Aquaponic Systems of farm raised fish, Herbs and micro-greens. We sell Org-Ankh Electric Food Boxes! We also provide Farm-a-See tours of successful Local Farmers.We grow selected local indigenous Herbs, Fruits, Vegetable and plant life of the Three Sisters: Corn, Beans, and Squash and cruciferous vegetables: Cabbage, and Kale, With Wheat Grass and other Sprouts, Herbs: Basil, Sage, Chives, Rosemary, Parsley, Peppers and Moringa nutritional drink supplements, -From our foods we produce Baked Goods, cosmetics, & liniments to provide Healing and Sovereignty: Through the inspiration of Kujichagulia (Self determination) All Original people. Dua (Th-ankh you!) ♥. Https://nuta-ankh.blogspot.com
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