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Online food directory aims to link Kan. farmers with consumers

Screen Shot 2016-01-05 at 3.43.03 PMWICHITA, Kansas (AP) — A Wichita native has developed an online directory of farmers in hopes of connecting them with digital consumers.

The Wichita Eagle reports that 31-year-old Mikel Bowyer started working on the ICT Food Circle project after joining a civic hacking organization that aimed to improve the community through public data projects.

The site currently allows consumers to browse and contact farmers based on what products they sell. In the future, Bowyer wants to offer consumers a look at each farms’ real-time inventory.

Bowyer has been working on ICT Food Circle as a side project to his part-time and full-time jobs. He hopes to eventually register the site as a nonprofit.

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