Dearest Connoisseurs of Local Organic Delights -
This is your "badseed" Farmer, Brooke, and man ooooooh man am I pooped! It is 10:45 at night.....I dragged my old bones in from the field around 9:00.....made pasta from scratch with my honey......and now I have this dang "market e-mail" to write!! I know I am supposed to be all cute and clever and make y'all wanna jump for joy while supporting local farms and eating ethically produced food, BUT I simply don't have it in me this week. Will you forgive me???? If you'd like some inspirational "agrarian rantings" check out my monthly column, "Homegrown Revolution" in Tastebud Magazine. I guarantee it will inspire the "dirt worshiper" within you and make your mouth water all the while.
Every year around this time (spring planting....) I get a little burnt-out and I NEED my darling customers to rejuvenate me. You will have your chance this Friday night from 4-9 PM at the BADSEED Farmers Market!!.....and if my tired ole' booty isn't enough to lure you, then maybe this week's totally delicious farm-fresh fantasia of goodness will be. Read on....
New Farmer Alert!!!
Everybody please welcome our newest full-season vendor
Stan & Carmern Biggs with Bigg Blue Farm in Mosby, MO
Stan began growing vegetables at the age of 10 as a 4H project. He fed his entire family of 7 for many years, and has continued to grow delicious & wholesome foods ever since. Carmen grew up on a 1500 acre fruit and vegetable farm in Romania. This farm had been in her family for 6 generations, and like Stan, Carmen's family lived entirely off the foods produced on the land. The farm operated until 1988, until the communist government took their land to build an airport. Today Stan and Carmen organically grow on 7.5 acres in Mosby, Missouri and you can enjoy the fruits of their labor every Friday. This week they will have:
Green onions in red, white and yellow, Spinach, Red Siberian Baby Kale, Radishes - cherry belle, white icicle (hotter than hell!!), French Breakfast & more tasty heirlooms, Rhubarb in limited quantity, Mustard Greens, and Herbs (Sweet Marjoram & Sage)
From the usual gang of gregarious growers:
BADSEED Farm, Brooke Salvaggio & Daniel Heryer (South KC) www.badseedfarm.com
*Heirloom Transplants (voluptuous eggplant, hot peppers, culinary herbs, edible nasturtium flowers and more....)
*Sex in A Bowl (badseed's signature SALAD MIX with chocolate mint, herbs, and chive blossoms)
*Asian Invasion (a spicy salad mix or stir-fry mix with tasty asian greens and mustards)
*Radishes (in easter egg and cherry belle)
*Spring Garlic (totally outrageous)
*Fresh Chives, Oregano, Thyme, Mint, Savory, and Russian Tarragon
*Farm-Fresh Eggs
Herb"N"Gardener, Lew Edminster (Westside, KCMO)
*Transplants including heirloom tomatoes, sweet and hot peppers, eggplant, flowers, etc.
*Peppery & Perfect Arugula
*Gourmet Salad Mixes
*Chives, Sorrel, Green Garlic.....
*Kale & Chard !!
Platte Prairie Farms, Steve Mann (North KC) www.prairietrading.com
*Spinach
*Arugula & other mean greens....
*Bamboo Shoots
*Black Raspberry Plants, Tomato Plants, & Bamboo Tomato Trellises
PJ's Mushroom Farm, Paul & Judy Miller (Warrensburg, MO)
P & J may not make it this week, but if they do, they will be bringing down the house with:
*A whole lotta' Shitake Mushrooms
*Oyster Mushrooms
*Brown Eggs
*Cornish Hens
*Hand-made crafts (compliments of Judy) from recycled materials
Parker Farms, Tom and Paula Parker (Richmond, MO) www.parkerfarmsmeats.com
*A variety of 100% grassfed beef and all natural pork including:
pork chops, country breakfast sausage, Chipotle brats, pork bratwurst, pre-cooked franks, chili-cheese links, T-Bones, Rib steaks, KC strip steaks, stew meat, ground beef patties, and Beef Kabob meat
*Homemade soy based candles and gourd birdhouses (compliments of their lovely girls who grew the gourds on the farm!!)
Bread Of Life Bakery, The Crowther Family (Stewartsville, MO) www.breadoflifebakery.net
*sandwich breads
*savory breads
*sweet breads
*specialty treats
**ALL MADE FROM 100% Locally Grown, Organic Wheat!!!!
Puddin' Head Coffee, Harry Lee, (Raytown, MO) www.puddinheadcoffee.com
*Only the BEST fair-trade/organic/micro-roasted coffee in town!!
I won't drink anything else. Get yourself some beans or grab yourself a mug.
....and lets not forget about the green stuff!!! WHEAT GRASS SHOTS & TRAYS from the lovely Angela Hoffman. This is hard red winter wheat and it is oh so sweet and oh so good for you. Take a shot and feel the difference.
Other organic offerings include:
ARTISAN GOAT CHEESE from Goatsbeard Farm
Only the most sophisticated goat cheese in the midwest. This healthy herd of 50 gorgeous goats in Harrisburg, MO are eating plenty of fresh pasture so that they can bring you delicious Aged & Fresh varieties including Moniteau Blue, Prairie Bloom, Walloon, Taum Sauk, Osage Orange, Herb Crusted, Feta, and more....
Certified Organic Flour from Heartland Mill
An impressive selection will be available each week including all purpose, whole wheat, whole wheat pastry, golden buffalo, malted (for peak crust coloration), and blue cornmeal!! An artisan bakers dream......
and Kombucha Mushroom Tea (Brooke's home brew)
Sip while you shop!
Up-coming Urban Homesteading Classes for June -
CANNING & PRESERVING WORKSHOPS At BADSEED
Not just a fad, but a way of life for many, preserving our food also helps preserve our health! Learn how to make the many canned goods you buy at the market and wonder…”how do they do that”? From sweet strawberry preserves to smooth tomato puree to multi-purpose pepper relish, organic farmer, Tom Ruggieri, and local foodie, Emily Akins, will show you how. Students will be instructed on canning science, safety, and technique while making some tried and true (oh so delicious) recipes—family secrets that are meant to be shared. At the end of this 5 hour intensive, hands-on course students will take home 1 flavorful jar of the day’s accomplishments. **All ingredients are organic, and produce is from local farms.
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Preserves and Jellies -
*Sunday, June 6th, 1-6 pm at the BADSEED Market, 1909 McGee, KCMO, 64108
There are many ways to make preserves and jellies, and each “canner” has their favorite way. We will prepare these sweet treats using 4 methods, so that students can experience them all. We will make jams and jellies using pectin, sugarless pectin, no cook pectin, and finally the old fashioned way of cooking the fruit and sugar down until it sets into a wonderful preserve!!
Planned recipes (depending on fruit availability) include strawberry preserves, mint jelly and orange marmalade. Come ready to taste the delectable differences and decide on the method you like best. *Water bath
Cost of Class - $50
Oyster Mushroom Cultivation Workshop
*Sunday, June 27th, 1-3:30 pm at the BADSEED Market, 1909 McGee, KCMO, 64108
Join Tena Bellovich, Mushroom Aficionado and owner of Shroom Heads Organic Farm, and learn the magicalprocess of growing gourmet Oyster Mushrooms on logs. Students will engage in a short discussion on the process of mushroom cultivation including cloning and making spore prints, transferring the mycelium from agar to grain, and from grain to wood dowels.
Students will then get a hands-on experience as they receive a log, oyster plugs, cheese wax, and a demonstration on how to plug your logs. Everyone will take home their (newly plugged) oyster mushroom log, and enjoy the wonderful world of fungi first-hand!! Bring your own drill with a 5/8 inch drill bit.
Cost of Class - $30
For a full list of classes and to download a registration form please go to www.badseedfarm.com
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
Fridays, 4-9pm
