KBFA Updates

Stay updated with KBFA. We recommend you bookmark this page and check it often to stay update with KBFA news, upcoming events and to keep up with our blog!
KBFA Events
July 2023
June 2023
KBFA Blog
Hicks Selected To Judge Event
Mar 18, 2019
Edgar Hicks founder and consultant for KBFA have been selected to serve as a judge at the World Food Prize Nebraska Youth Insitute! Each year, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communication Department hosts the World Food...

JohnElla Holmes
Feb 7, 2019
JohnElla Holmes, President and Executive Director of KBFA will present at the Women Managing the Farm workshop on Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019. Her session titled "Soul Soil Sisters Kansas Style" will cover what the women of the Kansas Black Farmers Association are doing...

Edgar Hicks and Historic Nicodemus!
Mar 30, 2015
“Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother’s womb, and be born?” – John 3:4 Tucked away in the sprawling prairies of Northwestern Kansas is a town not unlike thousands of other rural communities spread...

Gil Alexander featured in Magazine
Mar 30, 2015
Gil Alexander 4th generation farmer in historic National Park Nicodemus, KS gets the opportunity to talk about the struggles of farming today and why he chooses to stay.

Sharyn Dowdell featured in Jet Magazine
Mar 2, 2002
Harvest Time: Sharyn Dowdell displays bags of flour milled and distributed by the Nicodemus, KS, Flour Co-op as the town's old one-room shcoolhouse stands in the distance...