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Mickey Gallagher
Nutritious Soil at Farmyard KC “One of the things we’ve lost is the ability to know where our food is coming from,” said Farmyard KC’s Mickey Gallagher. “The current U.S. food system has done a great job with distribution, getting food to almost everywhere it needs to go.” But in the pursuit of profit, what […]
Lydia Nebel
The Prairie Solution: Lydia Nebel and KC Farm School “People know we need to protect forests and oceans, but so few know how important the prairie ecosystem has been for the entire world,” said Lydia Nebel, farm director of KC Farm School. “We’re a force for addressing climate change, and people don’t even know it. […]
Rachel Russell
Passionate Advocate for Medicaid Expansion “I believe a lot in system change. I want to be a part of that change, so being involved in the community, showing up for school board meetings, engaging with local electeds — civic engagement — is important to me.” Rachel Russell is passionate about many things in her community […]
Jake Johannes
Farmer Jack-of-All-Trades: Jake Johannes and Sacred Sun Farm “The market is one of the oldest bastions of civilization,” said Jake Johannes, the owner of Sacred Sun Farm in Kansas City and a regular presence at the Saturday Brookside Farmers Market. “It’s where people traded their wares. The market is as old as civilization itself.” After […]
John Steyer
Life Interrupted After A Stroke “There is nothing you can’t accomplish if you just learn to figure it out,” said married father of four John Steyer of a traumatic year of lost employment and stress for his whole family. The experience, he said, “made me bolder; it was the right thing to do.” In 1995, […]
Nadine Long
What Mothers Need to Thrive: A Kansas Story About Pregnancy, Work, and Care Nadine Long was offered a new job when she was pregnant with her first child. “I want to be up front with you,” she said. “I’m expecting, and will have to take time off. I don’t know what that looks like, but […]
Chandra Dickson
A Life Lost to Gaps in Care: A Kansas Story About Medicaid “Expanding Medicaid is an important fight for me because of what happened with my mother,” said Kansan Chandra Dickson, whose mother died of non-Hodgkin lymphoma, a curable cancer if diagnosed and treated in time. Neither happened with Dickson’s mother. Spring 2026 marks the […]
Mike Hursey
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