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‘Big Flour’ can’t recreate this stone-milled secret ingredient: the Kansas-grown artisan wheat in your favorite KC bakeries

January 2, 2025

Startland News’ Startup Road Trip series explores innovative and uncommon ideas finding success in rural America and Midwestern startup hubs outside the Kansas City metro. NEW CAMBRIA, Kansas — Artisan flour sourced from a network of Kansas growers not only takes any batch of baking up a notch, said Ben Mantooth; it makes a better

Tech takes active-shooter training beyond paper targets as deadly real-world threats rise

January 2, 2025
Power player-turned-poet Pasquale Trozzolo’s new goal: Write words worth a thousand picture

January 2, 2025
How a humble DIY upbringing sparked this streetwear designer’s minimalist aesthetic

December 27, 2024
Matt Baysinger: Choir Bar revival is just one note in Swell Spark’s chorus of experiences planned for 2025

December 27, 2024
I am Iron Man: Overland Park startup’s AI mouse brings voice-activated tech to your fingertips

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KC inventor rolls elevated litter box to market (and cats already are making the leap)

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Early success gave this young entrepreneur the credibility to bridge community, business gaps

December 26, 2024

At 21, Jonathan Pitallo is already an entrepreneur, real estate agent, and investor, he shared, but community engagement might be his biggest passion, he said. The Kansas City, Kansas, resident and Belton native founded Vive Promo and Print, is an agent at EXP Realty, and owns three properties, but he’s also an ambassador for the

Featured Stories

‘Big Flour’ can’t recreate this stone-milled secret ingredient: the Kansas-grown artisan wheat in your favorite KC bakeries

Tech takes active-shooter training beyond paper targets as deadly real-world threats rise

Power player-turned-poet Pasquale Trozzolo’s new goal: Write words worth a thousand picture

How a humble DIY upbringing sparked this streetwear designer’s minimalist aesthetic

Matt Baysinger: Choir Bar revival is just one note in Swell Spark’s chorus of experiences planned for 2025

I am Iron Man: Overland Park startup’s AI mouse brings voice-activated tech to your fingertips

KC inventor rolls elevated litter box to market (and cats already are making the leap)

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