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Walnut Pond Agricultural Discovery Center is caught in a standoff with the City of Lenexa over future development and code compliance.

"If there is something that is standing in front of your face, and it's important, then it's worth fighting for," said Shawn Lagemann, the farm operator at Walnut Pond.

Walnut Pond is a nonprofit organization that is an fully functioning farm raising chickens, beef cattle, hogs, and other specialty crops.

The goal of the nonprofit is to educate the public on where their food comes from. About 75% of the nonprofits educational demonstrations happen off the farm, and the other quarter is by reservation only.

"You don't come out here unless you can get around," Lagemann explained. "Nobody is left unattended."

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