Howdy Friends, Locavores, and "Oh So Picky" Eaters,
This is your ruthless and exhausted Farmer Brooke here trying to remain "peppy" for the next few minutes so that I can write you an absolutely convincing and inspiring "market e-mail" aboutthis Friday's Farmers Market extravaganza full of renegade farmers and freaks and local-organic FOOD at BADSEED from 4:30 to 9 PM!!
Staying dry? I sure as hell am not. What a spring! Dan and I spent the off-season in Italy working on a small goat dairy. It was our "working" marriage/honey moon. It rained every single day for two months! Needless to say we were excited to get our soggy selves back to the ole' midwest and begin what we assumed would be a much dryer farm season. Low and behold, we brought the rain with us.
BADSEED Farm Up-Date:
Well, Dan and I are still standing (barely). However most of our crops are not. We have experienced natures "wrath" this year with a domino effect of mishaps. First we lost half of our production when we had to abandon a piece of land dedicated to storage crops, then we basically lost the remainder of our production to standing water, slugs, and no sun or warmth to counteract them. Such situations can be hard on a new marriage, a business, and one's soul (for that matter). We are physically, emotionally, and spiritually drained having given all of ourselves in the process of trying to salvage those precious plants in that soggy ground. We are hoping for a turn-around with our summer crops, so please bare with us!!! But......
Don't despair. Local organic delights are still abound as the BADSEED Market's gang of urban growers are here to save the day with their glorious greens, tenacious transplants, and otherspring goodies. Not to mention artisanal GOAT CHEESE from Goats Beard Farm, Free-Range Eggs with Burnt Orange Yolks, and Kombucha "Mushroom" Tea!! Oh My!
This week from our Green-Thumbed Misfits:
Herb"n"Gardener
Lew Edminster
West Side, KCMO
"Hooray! This week i'll have some actual mixed salad greens, a combination known only to myself and a few garden gnomes. Some arugula could appear as well providing the sun appears this week for more than three hours....."
Root Deep Urban Farm
Sherri Harvel
East Side, KCMO
Sherri will have gorgeous transplants including heirloom tomatoes, herbs, and flowers. As well as freshly pulled easter egg radishes, and a plethora of earthly greens.
Platte Prairie Farms
Steve Mann (aka Squash Father)
North Side, KCMO
"Friday I will have a new product - Cat Grass from Platte Prairie Farms in three inch clay pots - Vibrant, green, growing Kamut Grass.
"Cats in Ancient Egypt enjoyed Kamut Grass that was planted by the Farmer of the Priestess of Isis in the Temple Gardens." Now your cat can receive the health benefits of this ancient grain.
I will also have salad greens mix, sweet potatoes, squash babys, bamboo plants, shoots and canes."
BADSEED Farm
Brooke Salvaggio and Daniel Heryer
South Side, KCMO
This week we will have a variety of righteous medicinal and culinary herb transplants and flowers including russian tarragon, pink sunday sage, german thyme, oregano, dill, african marigolds, purple ruffles basil, lemon balm, calendula, chamomile, and gorgeous cockscomb. We will do our best to swim out and harvest the few veggies wearing life jackets.....(haha)
Puddin' Head Coffee
George and Vicki Hartmann
KCMO
Horray for our local roasters!!! They keep me awake at market!!!
"For those of you who aren't familiar with our company, we are a local micro-roaster offering organic and fairly traded coffees, much of which are shade grown.Friday we will have Rainforest Blend, Ethiopia Blue Nile Blend and Decaf Peru. Free samples available as well as coffee sold by the cup. We will also be serving organic hot tea and Vicki's organic hot cocoa. For the home roaster we will have raw green coffee beans available."
So come on down this Friday and bring your smiling face ( I really need to see one) and your empty belly. Fill up on local-organic goodness grown ethically, with love, and close to home!!! Oh and quit doing those silly rain dances will ya!
Up-Coming "Urban Homesteading" Class:
Saturday, May 23rd (10-1 PM) - Preserving With Solar Dehydration
*For full class description and to sign-up please visit www.badseedfarm.com*
See you Friday!!
Yours Truly,
Brooke (failing farmer and mistress of the BADSEED)
BADSEED
4:30-9:00pm this Friday
4:30-9:00pm this Friday
An Urban-Organic Farm & Market Celebrating
Local Food, Culture, and Community
Local Food, Culture, and Community
1909 McGee
KCMO*64108
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