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Missouri Business Alert: KC nonprofit increases deliveries to food deserts by nearly 1,200%
June 16, 2020 – Kanbe’s Markets, a Kansas City nonprofit that distributes fresh produce to food deserts, has increased its distribution volume nearly twelvefold in just two months. READ MORE >>
KCUR: Kansas City Non-Profits And Chefs Band Together To Give Away 100,000 Pounds Of Food Per Week
June 11, 2020 – Maxfield Kaniger has recently started referring to his warehouse as “The Core.” It’s a lofty nickname, but the enterprise that started three years ago determined to eradicate Kansas City food deserts has earned it. READ MORE >>
Startland News: UMKC contest awards $35K+ to winners, feeds student-community innovation
May 5, 2020 – One startup’s winnings from Friday’s Regnier Venture Creation Challenge are expected to have a near-immediate, tangible impact on Kansas City — helping Kanbe’s Markets provide produce in one of its corner markets for an entire year. READ MORE >>
Copaken Brooks Newsletter: COVID-19 inspires effort from two Copaken Brooks tenants
April 30, 2020 – As a nonprofit on a mission to serve and eliminate the food deserts in Kansas City, Kanbe’s Markets was poised and ready to extend that mission to help local residents hit the hardest by the pandemic. READ MORE >>
KSHB: Kanbe’s Markets provides fresh produce for students in need
April 22, 2020 – Right now, families are juggling online learning, working from home and making sure kids are fed. School districts across the metro are stepping in to provide free meals throughout the day. Kanbe’s Markets, a local nonprofit that works to provide fresh produce in food desert areas, is doing its part to help families in need as well. READ MORE >>
State Your Line Podcast Episode 42: Kanbe’s Markets founder Max Kaniger
February 17, 2020 – Welcome in to State Your Line, voted the Best Local Podcast in Kansas City in The Pitch Magazine and 435 Magazine! This week the Ritz brothers sit down with the founder of Kanbe’s Markets, Max Kaniger. Kanbe’s Markets provides access to fresh, healthy foods in the areas of Kansas City designated by the USDA as a “food desert”, where residents lack consistent access to healthy and affordable food. LISTEN HERE >>
KSHB: Kanbe’s Markets grows produce offerings in East Kansas City
November 25, 2019 – One man’s mission to provide quality food is expanding. In East Kansas City, convenience stores like the “One Stop” on Truman Road between Cypress and Elmwood avenues are quite common. But among the chips, sweets and fountain drinks, some of those stores now offer fresh produce. READ MORE >>
In Kansas City Magazine: An Oasis in the Food Desert
September 21, 2019 – Max Kaniger did not design the business model for Kanbe’s Markets to enter into a philanthropic endeavor, per se. Like any entrepreneurial businessman, his intention in 2016 was to meet a market need, to find paying customers. In this case, for the lack of access to affordable fresh fruits and produce in lower income neighborhoods of Kansas City. READ MORE >>
Foodtalk Podcast: Maxfield Kaniger’s Kanbe’s Markets: A Piece for the Food Insecurity Puzzle
April 18, 2019 – On “Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg,” Executive Director of Kanbe’s Markets Maxfield Kaniger talks about the market’s model to reduce food waste and food insecurity. LISTEN HERE >>
In Kansas City Magazine: Venue Restaurant Makes a One-Night Only Comeback For Charity
January 29, 2019 – Long before Café Trio was Café Trio on the Plaza, another restaurant ruled the roost in that space through much of the 80s. For many Kansas City foodies, it was their first foray into contemporary American cuisine. (Read that: upscale, innovative dishes.) READ MORE >>
Fox4 News: Metro nonprofit delivers fresh produce to urban areas considered ‘food deserts’
October 30, 2018 – People tend to eat food that’s convenient to eat. Studies show convenience often leads to the food choices people make, and that’s certainly true in one area of the metro. Neighbors there complain there’s no fresh produce, and junk food is easier to find and prepare. READ MORE >>
Civil Eats Blog: Kanbe’s Markets and the Movement to Bring Groceries to a Gas Station Near You
July 26, 2018 – Inside the BP gas station at 4501 Cleveland Avenue on the east side of Kansas City, Missouri, customers can purchase 10-cent tomatoes, 25-cent lemons, and 50-cent asparagus bunches. “People love this,” says Mehmood Mian, who runs the station with other family members and sources produce through local nonprofit Kanbe’s Markets. “By 5 o’clock, everything is gone. [Customers] don’t need to go to a separate grocery store.” READ MORE >>
Feast Magazine: Kanbe’s Markets Will Bring Fresh Produce to Kansas City’s Food Deserts
January 18, 2017 – Growing up as the son of a local chef in Kansas City, Maxfield Kaniger never had to worry about what was on his plate. Yet after returning home after traveling through Europe, India and Australia, he realized that not everyone had the same access to convenient fresh, seasonal produce. READ MORE >>
