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KC Food Hubs, Missouri Executions, Mariachi Pioneer Dies

Mariachi Estrella in 1979: From left to right: Rachel Galvan (Sangalang), Dolores Galvan, Consuelo Alcala, Teresa Cuevas (director), Linda Scurlock, Lola Carmona. Not pictured: Isabel Gonzalez.
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Mariachi Estrella in 1979: From left to right: Rachel Galvan (Sangalang), Dolores Galvan, Consuelo Alcala, Teresa Cuevas (director), Linda Scurlock, Lola Carmona. Not pictured: Isabel Gonzalez.

Food Hubs Try To Grow Local Farms

Restaurants across the country have jumped on the local food bandwagon. They’re trying to source more of their produce from nearby farms, but it's not easy. As a potential solution, “food hubs” are popping up across the country. These food processing and distribution centers make it easier for restaurants, grocery stores and others to buy local food.

A Look At The Food Hub Trend In Kansas City

The popularity of locally-grown produce and locally-raised meat in Kansas City continues to grow. But it can be difficult for a small farmer in the region to produce enough at a competitive cost for a whole restaurant, grocery store, school or hospital. That’s why food hubs are taking off around the country. Hear about existing local food distribution networks, and plans to build more food hubs.

Investigation: Missouri's Execution Drug Source Raises Legal, Ethical Questions

In an investigation spanning the past few months, St. Louis Public Radio and the Beacon has discovered the state of Missouri may be ignoring its own laws in carrying out the death penalty by buying execution drugs from a pharmacy not licensed to do business in Missouri.

Remembering Kansas Mariachi Pioneer Teresa Cuevas

Mariachi musician and founder of a groundbreaking all-female mariachi band, Teresa Cuevas, died late last year at the age of 93. We listen back to a story about her life, and hear from her grand-daughters, who are carrying on her musical tradition in their band, Maria the Mexican.

Sylvia Maria Gross is storytelling editor at KCUR 89.3. Reach her on Twitter @pubradiosly.
Matthew Long-Middleton has been a talk-show producer, community producer, Media Training Manager and now the Community Engagement Manager at KCUR. You can reach him at Matthew@kcur.org, or on Twitter @MLMIndustries.
Every part of the present has been shaped by actions that took place in the past, but too often that context is left out. As a podcast producer for KCUR Studios and host of the podcast A People’s History of Kansas City, I aim to provide context, clarity, empathy and deeper, nuanced perspectives on how the events and people in the past have shaped our community today.

In that role, and as an occasional announcer and reporter, I want to entertain, inform, make you think, expose something new and cultivate a deeper shared human connection about how the passage of time affects us all. Reach me at hogansm@kcur.org.
A native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Susan admits that her “first love” was radio, being an avid listener since childhood. However, she spent much of her career in mental health, healthcare administration, and sports psychology (Susan holds a PhD in clinical psychology from the University of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania and an MBA from the Bloch School of Business at UMKC.) In the meantime, Wilson satisfied her journalistic cravings by doing public speaking, providing “expert” interviews for local television, and being a guest commentator/contributor to KPRS’s morning drive time show and the teen talk show “Generation Rap.”
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