Kansas City Food Circle Blog: Jan 13, 2010

Water Quality in Kansas City on KCUR FM 89.3 - THURSDAY, Jan 14th at 11am

Water Quality in Kansas City
on KCUR FM 89.3

On Thursday January 14 from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. KCUR will present a show on Water Quality. Please tune in if you are interested or concerned about the water quality in Kansas City.

Raw sewage often ends up on local streams, rivers and lakes. Kansas City has a combined sewer system that inherently causes raw sewage to occasionally end up in Brush Creek, the Blue River and the Missouri River. Raw sewage poses as a health risk for residents. There have been some recent large spills of raw sewage in the Kansas City area.

Please call into the program in support of Clean Water.

KCUR-FM, 4825 Troost, Ste 202
Kansas City, Mo, 64110
816-235-1551 kcur (@) umkc.edu

Thanks,

Claus Wawrzinek

Sierra Club

Thomas Hart Benton Group
http://missouri.sierraclub.org/thb/

KCCUA - Annual Meeting - Kansas City Center for Urban Agriculture - SATURDAY Jan 23rd, 2010

Annual Meeting - KCCUA
(Kansas City Center for Urban Agriculture)
Saturday, January 23rd, 2010
9am-12pm

PLEASE RSVP - see details below (scroll down)...

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From: Katherine Kelly
katherine (@) kccua.org
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Hello, all! Some final details on our Annual Urban Farmers and Friends meeting.

The meeting will be at the:

Master's Community Church
2548 42nd Street
Kansas City, KS 66106
from 9:00am to 12:00pm

MAP IT before you drive!
http://www.mapquest.com/mq/10-LtdvvHYD

We will:

Eat pie and drink coffee.
Talk to each other.

We like this event because we have structured conversations, peer to peer, experienced farmer to novice farmer, and community leader to emerging activist. Through our discussions, we learn from each other, we make connections, create partnerships, hatch plots, and brainstorm new and innovative approaches.

So, please bring the issues you'd like to discuss with other farmers/ gardeners/ community members. On the spot, we will organize discussion and learning groups. There are going to be some really smart people in the room (we estimate around 100 or so of them) and you can count on doing some good learning and thinking.

We'll also join together to CREATE A HEALTHY AND GROWING KANSAS CITY (in under three hours J). The local food scene and the urban landscape in Kansas City is changing, we want to spend some time thinking deliberately about how we can take the change process in our own hands and shape it!

PLEASE RSVP so we know we have enough pie and can set up the room properly!
And, let us know if you'll be able to bring pie or any type of food to share with others -

Looking forward to a wonderful morning with you -

Katherine Kelly and the KCCUA staff and board
Executive Director, Farmer
KC Center for Urban Agriculture
www.kccua.org

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Read KCCUA's "URBAN GROWN"
Newsletters ONLINE:
http://kccua.org/urbangrown.htm

Watch for KCCUA news and updates on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Kansas-City-KS/Kansas-City-Center-for-Urban-Agriculture/58338522414

Funky Friday Farmers Market at BADSEED - A MUST ON FRIDAYS IN THE CROSSROADS

Howdy Folks,

A great big "thanks" to any of you brave souls who risked your lives for local-organic goodness last Friday night despite the nasty weather. Unfortunately, most of our farmers didn’t make it as they were coming from long distances, but believe me….they were there in spirit! Lets hope for a more fruitful market (and a heck of a lot less snow) this Friday from 4-8 PM at the BADSEED.

Weather permitting, we will have the usual array of *Winter Wonders* including:

* Certified Organic Grass-Finished Beef

* 100% Grass Fed Lamb

* Farmstead Sheep’s Milk Cheese

* Free-Range Brown Eggs

* Gourmet Mushrooms in Shitake and Oyster

* Artisan Breads & Baked Goods from local/organic whole wheat flour

* Delicious Jams, Jellies, and various Canned Goods

* Local/Organic Bulk Grains

* Heirloom Pumpkins for pies, soups, and breads

* and last but not least, Organic/Fair-Trade/Micro-roasted Coffee Beans

So come on down and greet your local farmer!! Together we can build community and collective consciousness through the universal pleasure that comes from eating GOOD FOOD!! …..and when I say “good food” I mean food that is grown ethically, with love, and close to home.

Sincerely,

Brooke

-farmer and mistress of the BADSEED