Whew Wee!! I am beat. I started my day at 7 am, planted/seeded/weeded until the heat subsided, then harvested like a mad woman until 9:15 at night. After preparing supper for the boys, it is now 11:35 pm and I am only just beginning the god forsaken "market e-mail". Heaven help me...I feel like I could literally keel over. I'm sure breast-feeding an 11 month old baby all day long certainly doesn't contribute to my energy level. "Drained" takes on a whole new meaning!
Anyway, enough venting! LIFE IS HARD...blah, blah, blah. Who cares! The good news is, we have more freaking produce than we can freaking get out of the ground!! That's why I'm out there on a Wednesday night harvesting for a Friday market! There's just too much stuff to cram into our normal harvest schedule. New URBAVORE goodies this week will include "baby beets", Gold Ball (buttery) Turnips, and a plethora of tangy & tasty Asian greens. I could go on and on, but alas, I MUST STOP!!! I gotta go to bed and do this all over again. So, in conclusion, GET YOUR (organic loving) BOOTIES DOWN TO THE BADSEED THIS FRIDAY from 4-9 pm. Experience the "Food Revolution" in the flesh and STUFF YOUR FACE. See you Friday...or else.
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Okay, this time I'm not messing around...it really is your LAST CHANCE to sign-up for Chris's totally awesome class:
Monday, May 21st, 7-9 pm
As
a self-described bread obsessive, Chris Glenn of New Traditionalist
Bread thinks that the experience of starting with simple flour and water
and creating something beautiful and edible can be magical and super
fun. Join Chris as he breaks down the basics of materials, techniques,
terminology, and many other resources to send you on your way toward
full-fledged “Bread Head” status. Students will also experience hands-on
demonstrations of mixing, shaping and baking, and, if all goes well, we
will end the class with a lovely loaf to share.
Cost of Class - $30 (including samples and some sourdough “starter” to take home with you!!!)
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RECIPE OF THE WEEK
Have
you ever cooked lettuce?? "Sacrilege" you say! Well, not so fast. My
wonderful "foodie friend" & BADSEED groupie, Emily Akins, was brave
enough to try and as a result she has a wonderful recipe to share.
Chomp down on some URBAVORE lettuce heads in the form of Braised Lettuce & Peas.
YUMMY...(not slimy)...YUMMY!
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Sexy Veggie of the Week
This week's Runner-Up is the wicked and wild PURPLE PAC CHOY. What can I say...if Prince were a vegetable, this would be it! So from now on, I'd better refer to Purple Pac Choy as the vegetable formerly known as Purple Pac Choy. Alright, enough joking around. This stuff has some SERIOUS flavor. It can be stir-fried, steamed, sauteed, or eaten raw while wearing a purple g-string and listening to Purple Rain. Okay...now I'm just being gross. Sorry. Never mind all that. This stuff is the BOMB (!!) and it is the last week I will be harvesting it. Get wid' it.
This week's Grand-Prize-Winner is the eye-catching Easter Egg Radish. I don't know how to begin describing the sheer beauty of these crisp little "dirt devils". (Check out the photo!). These delightful & refreshing radishes come in a stunning variety of colors from plum purple, to cotton candy pink, to deep fuchsia, stark white, and red scarlet. They are a pleasure to harvest and I get such a kick out of piling them high on the market table. Look for the glowing mountain of color this Friday. You cannot miss em'!!!
Pictures are attached. You know the drill - print them out, blow them up, and plaster them all over the men's room!!
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THIS WEEK'S ORGANIC OFFERINGS -
URBAVORE Urban Farm
A project of BADSEED - Brooke Salvaggio & Daniel Heryer
5500 Bennington Ave., Kansas City, MO 64129
Welcome
to URBAVORE - an off-grid, diversified, urban farmstead in the heart of
KCMO. Born in 2011, URBAVORE is working towards the creation of an
“edible oasis” that brings organic growth, sustainable life, and
creative solutions to a city neighborhood. We grow an extensive variety
of heirloom vegetables noted for their unique appearance and extraordinary flavor, as well as an array of culinary/medicinal herbs and edible flowers.
URBAVORE is a non-certified, beyond organic operation dedicated to
respecting both the health of the individual and the environment. It is
our aim to build community and collective consciousness through the
universal pleasure that comes from eating good food.
OFFERINGS:
VEGGIES -
*SEX IN A BOWL - Gourmet Salad Mix
*EUROPEAN MESCLUN MIX
*SPINACH (the last of it!)
*"SIAMESE DRAGON" Stir-Fry Mix
*Purple Pac Choi!!!!
*Giant JAPANESE RED MUSTARDS & Osaka Purple Mustards
*ARUGULA
*HEIRLOOM LETTUCE HEADS (Buttercrunch, Red Sails, Red Romaine, Pirat)
*RADISHES in French Breakfast, Easter Egg, and Cherry Belle
*Ruby Red GOURMET TURNIPS
*Oasis SALAD TURNIPS
*Gold Ball Buttery Cooking Turnips
*BABY BEETS!!!!
*FRESH HERBS: CILANTRO & DILL
*FREE-RANGE EGGS
Herb'n Gardener
Lew Edmister
17th and Belleview, Kansas City, MO 64108
For the “meanest greens” in town, check out Lew's gourmet selection of urban-grown goodies. He grows a mouthwatering array of lettuces, spicy mustards, arugula, and gourmet salad mixes on KC’s west side. Other tasty morsels include heirloom tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, okra, and filet beans. New For 2012 - RUSTIC BREAD straight from Lew’s hand-built wood-fired oven. YUM!
OFFERINGS From The Lips of Lew:
"okay
now kale heads, i guess four types wasn't impressive enough for you to
wipe me out last week, so this week ,i'm upping the mess to five.
there's winterbor, ripbor, blue scotch, white russian and of course, red russian. come and get it!
the swiss chard is still looking fabulous, a new patch of arugula will be harvested , mesclun mix is again on the table as well as another round of kale salad mix. fennel fiends can relax a bit because i'll have a small offering as well as some beautiful pink or purple zinnias
fresh cut from the herb plot will be italian flat leaf parsley, bunches of thyme and small bunches of celery tasting lovage.
not to forget the yumminess of real wood fired oven baked sourdough crunchy bread. you kinda have to be early for it.
see you friday."
JJ Farms
John & Judy Kaiahua
8531 E. 81st Terrace, Raytown, MO 64138
816-356-3938
John
has been growing organically since 1984!! He plants, weeds, and
harvests all his own crops on urban land that has been chemical free for
over 20 years. Produce includes a wide array of vegetable offerings as well as apples, peaches, and pears
in season. John is originally from the far off lands of Hawaii where
he comes from a long line of pearl divers!! Now he spends his days out
of the ocean and in the dirt, growing righteous foods for the Kansas
City community. Lucky us!
*Red & Green Lettuce Heads
*SPINACH!!
Rocky
Creek Valley Farms Elizabeth & Gary Rayville, MO
www.rockycreekvalley.com Lizzy is an herbalist turned farmer who
cultivates glorious acreage north of Richmond, MO. Lizzy's diversified
farmstead includes organic vegetable & herb production, free-range
laying hens, and dairy goats. Lizzy also offers classes in sustainable
gardening and herbalism. OFFERINGS: *FRESH HERBS: cilantro, Russian
& French tarragon, French sorrel, lemon balm, young horseradish
leaves, rosemary, spearmint, peppermint, catnip, chives, thyme *New
Zealand Spinach *Corn Salad *Heirloom Micro Greens!! *French Breakfast
Radishes *Green Onions *Chard *Kale *Flower Seeds *Herbal Teas *Herbal
Soaps *Healing Salves *Herbal Tinctures *Free-Range Eggs
Parker Farms All-Natural Meats
Tom & Paula Parker
Richmond, MO
"We produce all-natural gourmet beef, lamb, pork, poultry, and eggs.
All of our beef and lamb is 100% grassfed. They are never fed any
grain, animal by products, antibiotics, or injected with growth
hormones. We have been practicing Management Intensive Grazing since
1997. It is our goal to care for all of the livestock that we have been
blessed with, in as natural and humane a manner as we can. Our chickens
for meat and eggs are also raised on pasture with green grass under
their feet as much as the weather in this part of the world allows. Our
hogs are fed grain, but do live outdoors with dirt under their feet.
We do not use any petroleum based pesticides or fertilizers on our
pastures. We believe that healthy people, and healthy animals start with
healthy plants and a healthy, biologically active, soil community. Our
meats are available at the BADSEED Market or through our Community
Supported Agriculture shares."
OFFERINGS:
*Ground Beef & Patties, and many gourmet cuts
*Pork Products: Chops, Brats, Breakfast Sausage, Italian Sausage, & Spare Ribs
*Lamb Cuts: Ground Lamb, Shoulder Steaks, Rib Chop (butterfly cut, loin chops), Leg (bone in whole, shanks, lamb liver)
**Pastured Chickens !!!!
*Tea Towels, Hand-made Teas, Candles, and Gourd Bird Houses from the lovely Parker Girls!!
Green Dirt Farm
Jacqueline Smith & Sarah Hoffman
Weston, MO
"Life is too short to eat grocery store cheeses! Green Dirt Farm, LLC invites you to try our HANDCRAFTED ARTISANAL SHEEP CHEESES created with milk from our very own PASTURED ewes. You can be assured of a richness and depth of flavor unique to the rolling bluffs of Weston, MO. Also on the menu is 100% GRASS-FED LAMB which is of unsurpassed quality, tenderness, and flavor."
OFFERINGS:
*Grass-Fed Lamb
*Artisan Sheep's Milk Cheese in aged and fresh varieties including:
Dirt
Lover, Woolly Rind and Wee Woollys, and *maybe* a few Bossa ... and all
flavors of fresh sheep's milk cheeses (Plain, Rosemary, Garlic &
Peppercorn, Lovage, Nettle and Spicy Chilis)
New Traditionalist - Artisan Bread
Chris & Cara
Kansas City, MO
Hand-made
small batch breads made from local organic ingredients and natural
Kansas City Sourdough, what could be finer? Chris and Cara bring you
classic european loaves and variations based on what's new and what's
fresh. We can't wait to share with you.
OFFERINGS:
*FENNEL RAISIN LOAVES
*RUSTIC WHITE LOAVES
*Sunflower Loaves
*COOKIES!!
Hippie Chow Granola
Lexie Johnson
Suburban Kansas City
www.eathippiechow.com
Small-scale
producer of high-quality, high-character natural foods. Our gourmet
granola is handcrafted in small-batches with 100% natural ingredients
including organic Kansas oats and local wildflower honey. Peace. Love.
Granola.
*CHERRY WALNUT (new!!)
*Original Mix
*Cafe Blend
*Chai Spice
*Peanut Butter Banana
*Mocha Hazelnut
Soda Vie & Manos Chocolates
Zachary Manos
Kansas City
"At
GetReal Food Company, we’re committed to creating incredible beverages
made with real foods that are naturally brewed. Hand-crafted by real
people who truly care about the details, from what they make to how they
make it, from what they put in their bodies to what you put in yours.
The result is a series of beverages that create a new expression of soft
drinks and mixers."
OFFERINGS:
*Kombucha (all flavors)
*Micro-Brewed, All-Natural SODA!!
*RAW VEGAN CHOCOLATES FROM MANOS (dark chocolate & not-quite-white!)
THIS IS THE BEST STUFF ON EARTH!!!!
Mission, KS
OFFERINGS:
**new SCRUB BAR soap made with ODDLY CORRECT coffee!!
Other goodies include:
The new shipment has arrived and we have a full assortment of artisan flours locally grown and milled. A bakers dream....
Remember:
LIVE NUDE VEGETABLES!! and other organic delights...
EVERY FRIDAY AT BADSEED
Yours Truly,
Brooke
-farmer and mistress of the BADSEED
Brooke
-farmer and mistress of the BADSEED
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