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FB FOR engineering effective Echo Chambers to separate the JURY OF THE PUBLIC - [UFG Humbly Reports 2020](https://theurbanfarmingguys.com/ufg-humbly-reports-2020) - Happy New Year, 2020 Shook the Earth… So much so that WE CANCEL Ourselves and are Burning the Brand in Protest of corruption Here. - see the story. We love you! Our Mission continues! UFG’s Report humbly 2020 BY THE NUMBERS: -We thankfully kept 100% of our employees and subcontractors fully employed during 2020… - [2019 Year in Review](https://theurbanfarmingguys.com/ufg-year-in-review-2019) - Lots of great summer updates below, including 6 houses saved, Greenhouse aquaponics build out & Job skills training happening at UFG. 10 year crime stats in! - [How's it Going? Covid-19](https://theurbanfarmingguys.com/hows-it-going-covid-19) - People are asking how are we doing? That makes us smile, because that's what we want to ask you! HOW are you doing? We love hearing of all the brave, creative, and ingenious ways people are coming together to adapt to this crisis. ADAPTING UFG was made for times like these, but we have - [30 Days $20K Matching Donation Campaign](https://theurbanfarmingguys.com/30-days-20k-matching-donation-campaign) - Follow campaign here: http://bit.ly/MatchingDonationUFG - [$1 House Transformed](https://theurbanfarmingguys.com/1-house-transformed) - [UFG Goes to INDIA Aquaponics](https://theurbanfarmingguys.com/what-happened-in-india) - The Urban Farming Guys go to extreme east India to establish an aquaponic fish farming project at an Orphanage in Imphal. See what Happens. - [Composting Guerrilla Style](https://theurbanfarmingguys.com/composting-guerrilla-style) - How to use Guerrilla Tactics to get Several Tons of Free Compost (BLACK GOLD) with very little effort. We are Taking Compost to the Next Level! Here's to having the best soil on the planet! Go Get it! - [DIY Laundry Soap 20 cents a gallon](https://theurbanfarmingguys.com/diy-laundry-soap-20-cents-a-gallon) - How to make your own Laundry soap. For under $2 and three ingredients you can make 10 gallons of laundry soap, enough for 160 Loads. - [How to Grow Morel Mushrooms! At HOME!](https://theurbanfarmingguys.com/how-to-grow-morel-mushrooms-at-home) - [Cleaning up the block](https://theurbanfarmingguys.com/cleaning-up-the-block) - [Tilapia Spawning for the Self Sustaining](https://theurbanfarmingguys.com/tilapia-spawning-for-the-self-sustaining-community) - Tilapia will lay 300 to 1000 eggs a month! This Blows Rabbits out of the Water! - [UFG Summer Rewind & Sneak Peek](https://theurbanfarmingguys.com/ufg-summer-rewind-sneak-peek) - [Smart Aquaponics Build](https://theurbanfarmingguys.com/smart-aquaponics-build) - [Farmin' in the HOOD 2](https://theurbanfarmingguys.com/farmin-in-the-hood-2) - [4X Donation Match to Launch Makerspace & Tour](https://theurbanfarmingguys.com/4x-donation-match-to-launch-makerspace-tour) - http://eepurl.com/cakAAT - [Our Story](https://theurbanfarmingguys.com/our-story) - And Making a Difference! Epic story of about 20 families that uprooted from suburbia and made their homes for good in one of the most blighted neighborhoods in the U.S. Lykins Neighborhood 64127 Inner City KCMO. And the game is changing! Together as Lykins Neighborhood we believe there is hope. Crime is dropping! 21% over the last 2 years and the adventure continues. Follow the story at TheUrbanFarmingGuys.com Featuring Aquaponics, Neighborhood Transformation, Permaculture, Urban Farming and lots of fun taking back the neighborhood. - [EMPOWER...Grassroots in Action!](https://theurbanfarmingguys.com/it-gets-real-in-the-hood-crazy-ufg-update) - [Part 2: UFG Goes to India!!](https://theurbanfarmingguys.com/part-2-ufg-goes-to-india) - [Part 3: UFG Goes to India](https://theurbanfarmingguys.com/part-3-ufg-goes-to-india) - [SOLAR AQUAPONICS DIY](https://theurbanfarmingguys.com/diy-solar-aquaponics-ibc) - Today, we're going to show you how to go off-grid with your aquaponics, to make an IBC tote aquaponics system, powered by the sun for under $400. This is scalable. - [Christmas Tree Safety!](https://theurbanfarmingguys.com/christmas-tree-safety) - [Mexico Aquaponics Build](https://theurbanfarmingguys.com/mexico-aquaponics-build) - [Aquaponics How To](https://theurbanfarmingguys.com/aquaponics-how-to) - Welcome to our phase one greenhouse aquaponics system, set up to grow 1,000 fish. We've got six of these tanks plumbed together, each holding various rates of growth of fish for continuous harvest. - [How to grow Shiitake Mushrooms](https://theurbanfarmingguys.com/iphone-timelapse-of-shiitake-mushrooms-how-to-grow) - Today, we are inoculating Shitake mushroom logs. I have harvested four-foot segments of red oak from our tree. And they have been waiting for three weeks. Now they have been hydrated in a water bath and we are ready to drill and inoculate. - [Boogie The Urban Goat](https://theurbanfarmingguys.com/boogie-the-urban-goat) - Nigerian Dwarf Goats produce milk 300 days out of the year. - [Ladybugs - Organic Pest Managment](https://theurbanfarmingguys.com/test-post) - Video of organic pest control using beneficial insects - [So Whats Next...](https://theurbanfarmingguys.com/so-whats-next) - [The Culture of Loving BIG!](https://theurbanfarmingguys.com/the-culture-of-loving-big) - [Making Jelly from all those Mulberries!](https://theurbanfarmingguys.com/making-jelly-from-all-those-mulberries) - So, I've got half-pint jars of mulberry jelly. There's a couple ways to seal them. The way that we have sealed these is with a paraffin wax. Your pour it on the top & it makes an airtight seal. - [The MOTHERLODE! 210 Morels on one Hill](https://theurbanfarmingguys.com/the-motherlode-210-morels-on-one-hill) - [Vortex Filter DIY - Organic Fertilizer on Demand](https://theurbanfarmingguys.com/vortex-fiters-organic-fertilizer-dispensers) - These guys right here are our vortex filters. Retail, they'd be about $4,000 apiece...DIY version, about $100..You might be able to do it for cheaper. We've got a 55-gallon drum, with a cone built into it, down into a shower drain. - [Mammoth Sunflower POWER!](https://theurbanfarmingguys.com/mammoth-sunflowers-from-seed-to-harvest) - So, the problem with mammoth sunflowers is they grow so fast that they end up falling over on their side almost 100% of the time..& I just refuse to stake them. But, we found another way. - [How to make a Fruit Fly Trap under 60 seconds](https://theurbanfarmingguys.com/how-to-make-a-fruit-fly-trap-under-60-seconds) - We have a homemade fruit fly trap. We brought some bananas home from the store & ended up with some fruit flies. - [Lykins Crime Outreach – Fun in the Rain](https://theurbanfarmingguys.com/test-4) - [Methane Biodigester – How To](https://theurbanfarmingguys.com/methane-biodigester-how-to) - How to build a simple Biodigester to harvest methane fuel and fertilizer for your garden. - [Boogie The Urban Goat Has Triplets!](https://theurbanfarmingguys.com/boogie-the-urban-goat-has-triplets) - {EAV_BLOG_VER:e200a3e55a22ad13} - [The Young Trale Lewous](https://theurbanfarmingguys.com/the-young-trale-lewous) ## Pages - [About](https://theurbanfarmingguys.com/about) - The Urban Farming Guys is a band of pioneers, farmers, and fans. We believe that entire communities can be transformed from the inside out… from bust and blight to thriving and sustainable places to raise the next generation. - [Join](https://theurbanfarmingguys.com/join) - We aim to be sustainable in every way, including financially. Our organization is built to sustain and reproduce itself without relying on donations, but right now your donations are vital in expanding our capacity to make a wider impact , it cannot be done without you. - [Donate](https://urbanfarmingguys.networkforgood.com/projects/81151-donate-2020-ufg-programs) - [UFG Return Policy](https://theurbanfarmingguys.com/ufg-return-policy) - Return & Refund Policy Thanks for shopping at The Urban Farming Guys. If you are not entirely satisfied with your purchase, we're here to help. Returns You have 30 calendar days to return an item from the date you received it. To be eligible for a return, your item must be unused and in the - [Programs](http://theurbanfarmingguys.com/volunteer---collaborate.html) - [Maker Classes](https://theurbanfarmingguys.com/maker-classes) - Maker Classes are going on all year round at the makerspace. Here is the variety of things you can learn at the makerspace. If you would like to teach a new class or attend a class please contact us here. *Laser Cutter 101 *3D printing 101 - printing an action figure in your own likeness *Aquaponics - [International Missions](https://theurbanfarmingguys.com/international-missions) - International Missions Program Hundreds of communities around the globe have requested us to come and help build the much-needed systems that would help their community survive and thrive. So far we have been able to go to both an orphanage in east India, and another orphanage in the southern tip of Mexico to build - [UFG Campus](https://theurbanfarmingguys.com/ufg-campus) - DONATE Contact us about volunteering, sponsoring, interning or visiting here: or come to one of our Saturday volunteer days 9-1 am every Saturday. - [Tool Library](https://theurbanfarmingguys.com/tool-library) - UFG's Mission is to help disadvantaged communities rebuild from within. We dont need 5000 skill saws to get that done... just a tool library, some love, and some community. Currently we have hundreds of tools in our neighborhood tool library. Big things have happened with these tools, from homeless housed to air bnb's in - [Robotics Team](https://theurbanfarmingguys.com/robotics-team) - We are so excited to have a neighborhood robotics team that will be going to competition fall!! Team TURF (The Urban Robotics Farm)...the name the kids have chosen for the team. Home of the Farm Team.... the next generation of robotics talent. Robotics is a great foundation for kids to learn marketable job skills, from - [Robotics Space](https://theurbanfarmingguys.com/robotics-space) - UFG now has an inner city robotics team! The second floor of the Makerspace is the new home for Team Turf (the name the kids have chosen for the team). The Urban Robotics Farm. Home of the Farm Team.... the next generation of robotics talent. For now the robotics team will share classroom space on - [Sewing and Textiles Lab](https://theurbanfarmingguys.com/sewing-and-textiles-lab) - We are excited to teach everything from basic sewing skills to working with patterns & creating your own designs. And we already have a space half finished. This will be one more place where youth of one of the most disadvantaged neighborhoods in the US will now have an abundance of mentors and avenues to - [Open Source Project Node](https://theurbanfarmingguys.com/open-source-project-node) - UFG Lykins Campus serves as an open source project node, open workspace and laboratory that serves to document and broadcast low tech, appropriate technologies and best practices at work. It is a place where global contributors to open source projects can apply to come and work in our Makerspace and live locally for the duration - [Nutrition Kitchen](https://theurbanfarmingguys.com/nutrition-kitchen) - We are halfway finished building an after-school nutrition kitchen that will serve our after-school programs with nutrition and cooking classes and hands on experience. From the garden to the plate... the seed first passing through the hands of the youth to the ground. This fits right alongside our greenhouse classroom and community gardens. This is - [MakerSpace Classrooms](https://theurbanfarmingguys.com/makerspace-classrooms) - The Makerspace is a large 20k sq ft building with still some unfinished space to grow into. After much work we now have occupancy for the first floor. We are already in need of 2 more classrooms that will access from the main room and utilize current unfinished space. These classrooms will allow for expansion of our - [CSA](https://theurbanfarmingguys.com/csa) - Welcome! What is a CSA? CSA’s (Community Supported Agriculture) are a popular option for consumers interested in buying seasonal food and produce directly from a local farmer. How does it work? We, “the farmer”, offer a certain number of shares to the public. A "share" is a box of our highest-quality, locally-grown produce. Interested consumers - [After School Art](https://theurbanfarmingguys.com/after-school-programs) - The children of today are the leaders of tomorrow (for better or worse). This is why we started an after school art program in 2011. Many children in the urban core only have two adults who know them by name: Their mother and their teacher . This is just not enough in the gangland of today's - [ADA Bathroom](https://theurbanfarmingguys.com/ada-upgrades) - We fought hard to gain occupancy to the makerspace and we made it!... Increasing this bathroom will increase our codes capacity by double. Additionally this upgrade will provide disability access. Budget $15,000. Donate or track progress of the bathroom campaign here Contact us about volunteering, sponsoring, interning or visiting here: or come to one of - [Community Gardens](https://theurbanfarmingguys.com/community-gardens) - Community gardens are one of the quickest and easiest ways to begin to decrease crime and build bonds within the community. The benefits pile on from there. Our health begins with education and what better way to begin than getting your hands dirty. Everyone can relate to the common language of food, from the - [Greenhouse Classroom](https://theurbanfarmingguys.com/greenhouse-classroom) - This 4500 sq ft greenhouse will serve as a cutting edge educational classroom behind our Makerspace, as well as as creating a couple jobs, and 100s of thousands of pounds of good food, fish and veggies, in one very disadvantaged food desert in Urban KC. Starting July 1 to July 31. Alongside the large aquaponics build, we are going to - [Code Camp for Kids](https://theurbanfarmingguys.com/code-camp-for-kids) - Code Camp for Kids Moving into the space July 2017! We have teachers lined up and neighborhood kids excited to be a part. NEEDS Volunteers, Teachers, Mentors Laptops DONATE HERE Contact us about volunteering, sponsoring, interning or visiting here: or come to one of our Saturday volunteer days 9-1 am every Saturday. - [Building Upgrades](https://theurbanfarmingguys.com/building-upgrades) - We worked hard the last 2 years to occupy this building and we finally made it. Programs are launching, and the dream is coming true. We now have after-school Robotics, a new location for our after-school Art class, and a new program for after school coding in our new computer lab. That said we still - [Volunteer Skills Needed](https://theurbanfarmingguys.com/skills-needed) - Do-ers Makers Artists Ambassadors Sketchup Designers & CAD Wiki Documentation Documentarians Video Editors Muralists Teachers, Coaches, Mentors Tool Mentors Change Makers Grant Writers Corporate Sponsorship Ambassadors Project Managers Farmers Engineers Scientists Sponsors Email us about collaborating on the team Donate Here - [Internship](https://theurbanfarmingguys.com/internship) - The UFG Internship is a four-week volunteer experience working in the Lykins Neighborhood community of Kansas City. 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