In The News 

Diana Endicott, founder and director of Good Natured Family Farms' alliance, has been featured in Successful Farming, The Furrow, Rural Cooperatives, Small Farm Today, The New American Farmer, and other publications focused on women and sustainable agriculture.

Ms. Endicott is a recipient of the national Agriculture Hall of Fame’s Honor Acre, the Small Business Research Innovation Tibbett’s Award and was named a ‘Trailblazer’ by the Kansas City Star.

Studies & Publications

The story of the Good Natured Family Farms, and in particular Diana’s efforts to transform the way America grows its food and transports it from farm to table, has been published in Women and Sustainable Agriculture - Agents of Change and The Status of Women in Agriculture in Kansas - Institute for Women's Policy Research, among others.

Links: 

Study: National Institute of Food and Agriculture, USDA/Small Business Innovation Research, Phase II - "Good Natured Food Campus - An Economic And Cultural Engine For The Northside Regeneration Plan" (2015-2017)

Study:  Abstract - National Institute of Food and Agriculture, USDA/Small Business Innovation Research, Phase I - "Good Natured Food Campus - An Economic And Cultural Engine For The Northside Regeneration Plan" (2014)

Study:  USDA/Good Natured Family Farms Group Gap Pilot Study (2012)

Publication:  National Institute of Food and Agriculture, USDA/Small Business Innovation Research, Phase II: Final Report, "A CSA Model to Bring Locally Grown Foods to The Corporate Workplace, Inner City Households and Schools Utilizing a Supermarket Infrastructure" (2009-2012)

Publication:  Bistro Kids Farm 2 School Program – Bringing Healthy, Locally Grown Food to the Next Generation (2011)

Publication:  USDA New Technologies for Ag Extension project; GNFF Meat Processing Plant (2008)

Publication:  Innovative Models: Small Grower and  Retailer Collaborations  Good Natured Family Farms and Balls Food Stores (2008)

Publication:  National Institute of Food and Agriculture, USDA/Small Business Innovation Research, Phase I: Final Report:  A Marketing Model For Small Family Farms Selling Niche Products To Supermarkets (2007)

Publication:  Diana Endicott as Research Reference - ATTRA Small-scale Poultry Processing (2003)

Publication:  National Institute of Food and Agriculture, USDA/Small Business Innovation Research, Phase I: "A Test Case To Evaluate The Efficacy Of The Usda Quality System Certification Program (Qscp) For Small Beef Producers And Processors" (2002)  

Publication:  Research developed under Diana Endicott, mentor, Cattlemen's Day at Kansas State:  "Quality and Display Life of Chilled or Frozen All-Natural Beef and Beef-Buffalo Frankfurters", Authors: Limsupavanich, R.; Kropf, Donald H.; Hachmeister, K.A.; Loughin, T.M.; Boyle, Elizabeth A. E.; Boland, Michael A.  (2000)

Publication:  National Institute of Food and Agriculture, USDA/Small Business Innovation Research, Phase I:  "A Guide for USDA ISO-9000 Based (QSCP) Quality System Certification Program" (1999)

Media

Good Natured Family Farms works to bring fresh, healthy, local food available to as many people as possible through grocery stores, workplace CSAs, and mission driven projects.  Its many efforts in the Kansas City metro area and beyond have worked to make farm fresh food accessible to vulnerable populations.

Media:  Kansas City Star News Article:  Small farms band together to grow their connections to consumers who hunger for local food (2015)

Media: Good Natured Family Farms: Farmer meets chef, Head Start kids win (2014)

Media:  In Ivanhoe, Food Helping Neighborhood Rebuild (2014)

Media:  Local Meat Distribution: Kansas City Style by firsthandfoods (2012)

Media:  Press Release - House Committee on Agriculture:  Subcommittee Reviews Healthy Food Accessibility and Strategies to Increase Availability (2010)

Media:  National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition - Press release: "Mid-sized Farmers Brief Congress on Economic Benefits of Producing for Local and Regional Markets", Interview with Diana Endicott, (2010)

Media:  Farm co-op aims to raise money, capacity (2009)

Media:  Wallace Center National Good Food Network Announces Advisory Council (Diana Endicott) (2008)

Media:  Diana & Gary Endicott, Rainbow Farms Banding Together to Build an Alternative Meat Market (2008)

Media: Diana and Gary featured in the SARE book: The New American Farmer, 2nd Edition. (2005)

Media: (Rodale Institute) Small farms band together to grow their connections to consumers who hunger for local food (2000)