KANSAS!

As the lifestyle magazine of Kansas, each issue celebrates the best of our state. It’s people, places, and spaces. For over 75 years, we’ve shared the stories of the Sunflower State, told by Kansans. Featured topics include a dynamic line up of culture, food, travel, outdoors, history, personalities, and communities.

KANSAS!

IT’S ALL IN THE “EXTRA” details

A hello FROM OUR EDITOR • As the summer season draws to a close, one word comes to mind: bountiful.

Cider Days • Kansas farms and cider masters perfect the taste of a traditional drink

Wheat Weavers • Kansas Association of Straw Artists preserve an art both ancient and contemporary

Honoring Gordon Parks • New display signs inform about and celebrate the Fort Scott locations where the famous artist filmed his masterpiece

Hunting Lodges • New locations expand the state’s rich offerings for hunting tourism accommodations

Fally Afani • A conversation with KANSAS! photographers about their lives in photography

Kansas Captured

Reasons We Love Kansas

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Black Squirrels of Marysville • Their appearance is shrouded in mystery, and covetous towns have attempted to kidnap them, but Marysville’s population of rare black squirrels has thrived for 110 years and will be honored at anniversary celebrations this fall

Reese’s Next Act • Farmer Frank Reese has long been a national leader in preserving and growing heritage turkeys and chickens; now his McPherson County farm seeks to shepherd genetically preserved poultry into the future

Farm to Table, again • The latest eating trend isn’t a trend at all, but a traditional way of dining—and living—that has come full circle or never gone away

Fred Harvey and the first golden overlap of farm-to-table and modernity

FLY BOY • A restaurant in the middle of our state taps local suppliers, a skilled chef, and great beer to draw in customers from surrounding counties and beyond

MEET THE Local Partners • Fly Boy Brewery & Eats features ingredients from several local suppliers, making it a true farm-to-table experience. Here are two of the restaurant’s biggest partners.

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