About
What is Huns Garden?
Huns Garden is a transitional organic farm that is operated by Pov and Chaxamone Huns (husband and wife), whom grow specialty vegetables and herbs. Huns Garden is in its third year in Kansas and operates on 3.95-acres plot located in urban Kansas City, Kansas. We produce specialty vegetables that have medicinal value, as well as other Asian greens that are hard to find. Huns Garden serves a diverse customer base including immigrants from Africa, the Middle East, South America, the Caribbean, Asia and the Pacific Islands, as well as locals interested in healthy eating.
Pov and Chaxamone are Hmong farmers, who moved to Kansas City from Fresno, California, where they've had extensive experience in growing specialty vegetables and herbs since 1984. In Kansas City, they have found a large demand for their specialty vegetables, and are working to find ways to increase production and extend the production season to meet the demands of their customers.
What is Growing There?
We are growing fresh organic bitter melons and other tropical greens such as Flower Pac Choi (a remedy for allergies), Bitter Eggplant (a remedy for menstrual and post-partum cramping), Lemon Grass (a remedy for the common cold), Melokhiya (a remedy for chronic fatigue), and many other Asian greens.
We serve a diverse immigrant population from Asia, Africa, the Middle East and others interested in adding new items to their diet. Consumers who are committed to eating locally and seasonally are welcome to join our Community Support Agriculture (CSA) groups.
In our 2006 and 2007 seasons, we received a grant from North Central Region SARE Organization to explore the posibility of growing Bitter Melons in high tunnel systems to extend the season for this tropical plant. While this proposed project addresses one crop, We expect that the season-extension approach being explored in this project may also be applied to many of the specialty leafy green crops mentioned above.
