Let the glorious flavors of midwestern SUMMER
save your oh so hungry SOUL!!
save your oh so hungry SOUL!!
The BADSEED Farmers Market can help you out this "first" Friday from 4:30 - 9 PM with organically grown goodies from our gregarious gang of urban growers. This food is grown in your very own KC stomping grounds!!! Talk about reducing the miles from seed to plate, huh! Food less traveled is fresher and it TASTES BETTER. Nothing like getting in touch with your KC roots by eating food pulled from city dirt.
So what does this city dirt have to offer, you ask? Well - EAT THIS:
From BADSEED FARM (KCMO - South Side)
*Heirloom Tomatoes in Green Zebra, Yellow Mystery, Japanese Black Trifle, Brandywine, Cherokee Purple, & Woodle Orange
*Heirloom Eggplant in Rosa Bianca, Black Beauty, Listada De Gandia, and Ping Tung to name a few....
*Varietal Summer Squash including French Scallop, Costata Romanesca, Golden Zucchini, and Lebanon
*Onions, Garlic, & Shallots
*Gourmet Potatoes freshly dug!!
*Kale and Rainbow Chard and bodacious BEETS
*Pole Beans in Dragon's Tongue and Rattle Snake
*Culinary Herbs like Purple Ruffles Basil, Genovese Basil, Sage, Thyme, Oregano, Tarragon and Savory
*and last but not least foot long CHINESE RED NOODLE BEANS !!! (you must try these suckers - they are off the hook!! CHECK OUT THE PICS BELOW!!)
From Herb "n" Gardener (KCMO - West Side)
*Gorgeous ZINNIAS in retro fuchsia pink, lime green, burnt orange, and salmon!!!!!
*Heirloom Tomatoes in equally as enticing colors...
*Aromatic Herbs & more!!
From Root Deep Urban Farm (KCMO - East Side)
*Crisp and Luscious Cabbage
*Fingerling Potatoes!!!
*Heirloom Tomatoes and Sweet Cherries...
*Herbs galore
From Platte Prairie Farms (KCMO - North Side)
*Squash! Squash! and more Squash!!!....from the "Squashfather", himself
*POTATOES in red and yellow and creamy goodness...
*Tart and Tasty CRAB APPLES
*and more homegrown goodies...
Other weekly delights will include fresh and aged GOAT CHEESE from Goatsbeard Farm, Free-Range EGGS and Baked Goods from Bread of Life Bakery, and fresh-roasted (organic and fair-trade) coffee from our buddies at Puddin' Head!!!!!
Special Guests this week:
Debbie Borel with YUM TUM !!!!
"Yum Tum offers gourmet delights lovingly gathered, prepared and preserved for ongoing enjoyment. We make old-fashioned herbal jellies and jams using no commercial pectin and made in small batches with fruit gathered from friendly backyards, farms and orchards of Missouri. Some of our offerings include apple geranium and apple marjoram/pineapple sage jelly, wild strawberry and mulberry fruit spread, peach and rose petal jam, pear honey and old fashioned apple butter."
This week Deb will have Peach Rose Petal Jam, Zucchini Relish, Geranium & Marjoram Jelly made with crab apples, and Fire Roasted Salsa.....mmmmmm!
Also, musical stylings by the brother/sister duo Luna Cantera.
What a night!!! My tummy is rumbling already.
OK, my famished friends, SEE YOU FRIDAY!!!!
Yours Truly,
Brooke (farmer and mistress of the BADSEED)
BADSEED
An Urban-Organic Farm & Market
Celebrating Local Food, Culture, and Community
Celebrating Local Food, Culture, and Community
1909 McGee*KCMO*64108
See you this Friday from 4:30 to 9 PM
Vendor Links:
BADSEED FARM
ROOT DEEP URBAN FARM
HERB'N GARDENER
PLATTE PRAIRIE FARMS
BREAD OF LIFE ORGANIC BAKERY
GOATSBEARD FARM
PUDDN' HEAD COFFEE
CURIOUS CANINE (link pending)
BADSEED FARM
ROOT DEEP URBAN FARM
HERB'N GARDENER
PLATTE PRAIRIE FARMS
BREAD OF LIFE ORGANIC BAKERY
GOATSBEARD FARM
PUDDN' HEAD COFFEE
CURIOUS CANINE (link pending)
