Rows of peppers, tomatoes, eggplant, and other vegetables now grow where more than a dozen Kansas City lots once sat vacant.
The essence of Dirt Beast Farm is seeded in this soil, creating the ecosystem through which Jameson Hubbard has spent nearly a decade turning open land into food, flowers, and a space for neighbors to gather.
“I’ve always wanted to have my own farm,” said Hubbard, whose produce operation is now a local farmers market staple. “I wasn’t really into the whole renting scenario. So the land bank really helped out big time.”…