Through Kansas City’s land bank program, Jameson Hubbard bought 16 small lots along Highland Avenue and turned them into farmland. He sells produce at the Overland Park Farmers' Market and through a CSA program.

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.”

Through Kansas City’s land bank

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