As the nation celebrates National Agriculture Week, Extension would like to recognize area agriculture producers who use the latest technology to adapt to the encroachment of urban life, and who contribute to the community in many other ways. The following is a description of area producers and their unique farming operations or contribution to the community. These producers are available for interview. She has over 600 laying hens that all lay brown eggs.
Brown eggs are lower in cholesterol than the common white egg.
She has many customers that drive to her farm to buy the eggs. Many are residents in Prairie Village, Overland Park, Kansas City, Kansas, and many other locations. Cion is also involved sheep production. All of the lamb produced is marketed directly to consumers as butcher lambs. Many people from north of the KCI airport and Kansas City, MO come to buy the lambs.