Justus Drugstore- Featured Eat Local (& Organic!) Dining Card Restaurant

The Eat Local (& Organic!) Dining Card entitles members of the Kansas City Food Circle  to a one-time 10% discount at some of the best sustainably sourcing restaurants in the Kansas City Area. They were invited to join our program because of their public commitment to sourcing ingredients from local, organic, free-range farmers. We meet with them several times throughout the year for updates to their list of farmers.

To become a member,  click here.

This week's featured Restaurant is Justus Drugstore.

106 West Main Street
Smithville, MO 64089
(816) 532-2300

DINING HOURS
Wednesday – Thursday 5:30pm to 10pm,
Friday and Saturday 5:30pm to 11pm,
Sunday 5:30pm to 9pm

We believe real food raised with painstaking care by local small farm producers, prepared lovingly by skilled artisans served in an ambient beautiful space is an experience everyone should enjoy. If we can’t make it from scratch, we won’t serve it.

See also: www.kcfoodcircle.org/restaurants

and our group page in Facebook 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/EAT.LOCAL.ORGANIC.KCFOODCIRCLE

blue bird bistro - FARMERS' TABLE - Saturday, February 23rd, 2013

we will be offering our full menu plus our farmers' table menu on Saturday  farmers' table    Saturday, February 23rd  start with an aperitif and hors d'oeuvres as you mingle and visit with    Caroline and Ryan from Two Sisters Farm, Fred from Nature's Choice Farm and Robert from The Little Muddy Farm   be seated for five courses of all local culinary delight special seating at 7:30pm for anyone wanting to dine with the farmers  house smoked Windhaven Farm ham and Skyview Farm prairie cheese blintz  vegetarian option-house smoked Thane Palmberg Farm sweet potato and   Skyview Farm prairie cheese blintz  Two Sisters Farm kale  tossed with Amigoni Urban Winery Rose and sprinkled with honeyed Missouri Northern pecans  house made ravioli filled with Nature's Choice Farm Jerusalem artichoke and house made ricotta  from Good Nature Family Farm milk accented with blue bird bistro garden basil oil  Thane Palmberg Farm fingerling sweet potato stacked with Good Nature Family Farm all natural beef tenderloin  vegetarian option - Thane Palmberg Farm fingerling sweet potato stacked with    Beau Solias Farm oyster mushrooms  finish with blue bird bistro garden sage and Most Wanted Gin cake  wednesday night table  'a communal dining experience'   every Wednesday at 7:30pm      reservations are not necessary as long as space is available  menu posted to wednesdaynight.bluebirdbistro.com  also at www.bluebirdbistro.com    816-221-7559  blue bird bistro thanks you for all your support through the years!!!

blue bird bistro | 1700 summit | kansas city | MO | 64108

Renee Kelly's Harvest needs MORE growers/veggies for 2013

http://www.chefreneekelly.com/

Harvest is looking for more farmers! We are running out of every bit of food each week.

I'm looking for arugula, kale, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, hard squash, chard, cucumbers, beets, peppers, carrots, micro greens...

Contact:
Chef Renee Kelly 
chef (a) chefreneekelly . com 
913-961-0687

IN GOOGLE MAPS
https://plus.google.com/115266027815015869621

ON FACEBOOK
https://www.facebook.com/ReneeKellysHarvest

FÜD - Featured Eat Local (& Organic!) Dining Card Restaurant

The Eat Local (& Organic!) Dining Card entitles members of the Kansas City Food Circle  to a one-time 10% discount at some of the best sustainably sourcing restaurants in the Kansas City Area. They were invited to join our program because of their public commitment to sourcing ingredients from local, organic, free-range farmers. We meet with them several times throughout the year for updates to their list of farmers.

To become a member,  click here.

This week's featured Restaurant is FÜD.

813 W. 17th St.
Kansas City, MO 64108
816-785-3454

FÜD (aka FUD, pronounced fōōd) is a restaurant in the Kansas City Westside neighborhood, which opened in April of 2010, focusing on organic, local, all vegan food. Vegan. Local. Organic. Delicious. 

We are an all plant-based vegan sustainable restaurant with an emphasis on hearty "super" food and raw-living cuisine. We make our own cheeses and ice cream from cashews, sunflower and hemp seeds.

Our selection of rainbow raw and cooked dishes are comfort food and provide for a variety of healthy diets. We create almost everything from scratch--including over 25 sauces and 10 fillings fresh every day. Our hand-crafted recipes are tasty, fun and super satisfying. We are flexible and understand the needs of our customers, so we can accommodate a variety of needs including raw, gluten-free, soy-free, nut-free and garlic- or onion-free choices too!

Our sustainable practices include fluoride-free filtered water, composting, recycling, biocompostable to-go packaging and cutlery, buying local organic produce and providing the lowest impact food on the environment and the most SuperFüd impact on you!

Treat your body right: Eat the Rainbow.

See also: www.kcfoodcircle.org/restaurants

and our group page in Facebook 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/EAT.LOCAL.ORGANIC.KCFOODCIRCLE

WORKSHOP - Heartland Renewable Energy Society - Sunday, Feb 17 @1pm

HRES Workshop: Williams-York Residence
Deconstruction Reconstruction... It's Complete!!

Sunday, February 17, 1:00 pm 

9219 Wenonga Rd, Leawood, KS (click here for map)

The Williams York Residence has been on previous HRES Energy Solution Tours as construction was progressing.  Now, this is your chance to see it completely done!

This project was a very innovation "Deconstruction-Reconstruction" project (new home built on old site).  You might call it an "extreme construction recycle project."  Even the old foundation was ground and used again.   Some of the features include

• Passive solar solarium room.
• Photovoltaic 4kW system.
• Structural Insulated Panels walls and roof.
• Ground-source heat pump with de-superheater (water).
• E-coated windows.

Sincerely, 

Craig Wolfe, President  

info@HeartlandRenewable.org or 913-299-4474

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Support the cause of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency.  Support the Mission of the Heartland Renewable Energy Society.  Join forces with us.  Join HRES!!

www.heartlandrenewable.org/Join.html 

https://www.facebook.com/HeartlandRenewable

SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL FOOD INITIATIVES - TEDxManhattan - SATURDAY, Feb 16, 2013

http://www.tedxmanhattan.org/

TEDxManhattan
“Changing the Way We Eat”
will take place SATURDAY, February 16, 2013, in New York City.

LIVE VIDEO ONLINE
You can watch the event live online
from 9:30 to 4:45 CST at
http://new.livestream.com/tedx/manhattan2013

DAY-LONG AGENDA for SATURDAY
http://www.tedxmanhattan.org/event/

TWITTER GIVEAWAYS
Twitter prizes: Using the #TEDxMan hashtag* during TEDxManhattan automatically enters you for a chance to win one of our Twitter giveaways.  Several of these are specific to the speakers who donated the items; there will also be one overall Twitter prize awarded to a random tweeter from throughout the day. (find this text and all the listed prizes at http://tedxmanhattan.org/tedxmanhattan-giveaways/)

* add @KCFoodCircle ... @CultivateKC ... @FarmsTourKC ... to your tweets to engage and support us on Saturday, too!!  

www.TWITTER.com/KCFoodCircle

www.TWITTER.com/CultivateKC

www.TWITTER.com/FarmsTourKC

MARKET GARDENING WORKSHOP - Lawson, MO - April 13, 2013 - Building and Managing Healthy Soils

Building and Managing Healthy Soils


Watkins Mill State Park – Visitor’s Center
26600 Park Road North, Lawson, MO 64062
alternate directions:
Look for VISITOR CENTER signs near
NE 161 St, Kearney, MO 64060

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Saturday, April 13, 2013
9:00 am-2:00 pm

Soil is both the literal and figurative foundation of your farm.  There is far more to soil than meets the eye. Because soil management is  an integral skill on successful sustainable farms, producers should develop an understanding of basic soil principles and implement soil management practices that maximize soil biology, structure, and nutrition. This workshop will present agricultural soil basics and cover cropping specifics, complemented by a showcase of real-world sustainable soil management practices on a local farm. New and existing specialty crop producers should attend.

9:00-10:00 Introduction to Basic Soil Health ~~ Doug Peterson, State Soil Health Conservationist, Missouri NRCS

10:00-10:15 Break

10:15-11:15 Incorporating Cover Cropping Strategies into your Farming Operation ~~ Greg Stegner, Resource Conservationist, NRCS and Cover Crop Practitioner

11:15-12:00 An Overview of the Soil Management Activities at Fair Share Farm ~~ Tom Ruggieri, Co-Owner/Operator Fair Share Farm. 

12:00-1:00 Lunch (provided) and travel to Fair Share Farm

1:00-2:00 Tour of Fair Share Farm with Discussion Specific to Soil Management

This workshop is being brought to you by University of Missouri Extension, a partner of the Growing Growers program. 

Cost to attend this workshop is $30. To register, fill out the form below and mail with payment by April 5.  
The original .PDF + form is found at this link: http://extension.missouri.edu/platte/documents/grape/2013HealthySoilsWorkshop.pdf

If you have questions, or for further information, contact 
Marlin Bates, MU Extension Horticulture Specialist 
at (816)270-2141
or email  batesma (a) missouri . edu

Market Farming 101 - GROWING GROWERS Workshops 2013

Growing Growers Market Farming Workshops 2013

Our workshops are open to the public and are appropriate for anyone interested in growing.  We try to offer a range of workshops covering "Market Farming 101" topics, plus a few more advanced topics.  We focus on practices and a scale of production suitable for a market farmer.  Participants typically include apprentices, new or experienced growers and others who are interested in the particular topic or who are considering trying to farm. 

Have questions or want to register for a workshop?

Contact information for each workshop follows the workshop listing. 

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Tomato Grafting: Benefits and Technique (Hands-On)
includes demonstration and "hands-on" practice at grafting tomatoes
Monday, February 25 
4:00 pm to 7:00 pm

Location: Rosedale Development Association, 1403 Southwest Blvd, Kansas City, KS
Cost: $15

Ever heard of grafted vegetables? Interested to learn how and why people are doing this?  We'll discuss the benefits of grafting with rootstocks that confer disease resistance and increase plant vigor and yield. We'll also talk about the details of the grafting process, and what it takes to do your own grafting in addition to a demonstration.  Audience participants will also get to try their hand at grafting and plants and supplies (knives, clips, etc.) will be provided.

For more information or to register: crivard@ksu.edu

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Other Upcoming 2013 workshops:

Monday, Mar. 18
4 pm to 7 pm
Production Planning and Plant Propagation
(Belton, MO)   * core workshop
For more information or to register: crivard@ksu.edu

Saturday, Mar. 23
9 am to 2 pm
Advanced Irrigation Methods for Market Growers
(Kansas City, MO)
For more information or to register: nixonk@lincolnu.edu

Saturday, April 13
9 am to 2 pm
Building and Managing Healthy Soils
(Kearney, MO) * core workshop
For more information or to register: batesma@missouri.edu

Monday, May 13
4 pm to 7 pm
Post—Harvest Handling and Food Safety
(Lawrence, KS) * core workshop
For more information or to register: smithjen@ksu.edu

Monday, June 10
4 pm to 7 pm
Drip Irrigation and Small Farm Equipment
(Olathe, KS) * core workshop
For more information or to register: crivard@ksu.edu

Saturday, July 13
9 am to 2 pm
Weed, Pest and Disease Management
(Kansas City, KS) * core workshop
For more information or to register: nixonk@lincolnu.edu

Monday, Aug. 5
4 pm to 7 pm
Successful Microclimate Modification in Difficult Climates
(Olathe, KS)
For more information or to register: crivard@ksu.edu

Monday, Aug. 24
4 pm to 7 pm
Introduction to Fruit Production
(Kingsville, MO)
For more information or to register: batesma@missouri.edu

Saturday, Sept. 14
9 am to 2 pm
Farm Business Planning and Management
(Kansas City, MO) * core workshop
For more information or to register: alicia@cultivatekc.org

Growing Growers is a cooperative effort of K-State Research and Extension, University of Missouri Extension, Lincoln University Cooperative Extension, Kansas City Food Circle, Kansas Rural Center and Cultivate KC.

Contact us at: growers@ksu.edu or (816) 805-0362

Stay in touch with Growing Growers in Facebook at
 www.facebook.com/pages/Growing-Growers-Kansas-City/421550087915118

Eden Alley Vegetarian Cafe- Featured Eat Local (& Organic!) Dining Card Restaurant

The Eat Local (& Organic!) Dining Card entitles members of the Kansas City Food Circle  to a one-time 10% discount at some of the best sustainably sourcing restaurants in the Kansas City Area. They were invited to join our program because of their public commitment to sourcing ingredients from local, organic, free-range farmers. We meet with them several times throughout the year for updates to their list of farmers.

To become a member,  click here.

This week's featured Restaurant is Eden Alley Vegetarian Café.

707 West 47th Street

Kansas City, MO 64112

(816) 561-5415

Eden Alley Cafe,  a Kansas City vegetarian restaurant,  offering divine flavor for the conscious eater, with a blend of traditional, organic, synthetic-free and local ingredients, in the creation of vegetarian, vegan, soy and gluten free menu items, including daily specials.

See also :www.kcfoodcircle.org/restaurants

and our group page in Facebook 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/EAT.LOCAL.ORGANIC.KCFOODCIRCLE

Missing Your Favorite Farm To Market Bread from the Waldo Market?

Quick notes about what you will find at the market.  Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Craving a Farm to Market Specialty Bread?      Stony Crest Urban Farm is proud to announce that your favorite Farm To Market specialty bread purchased at the Waldo Farmer's Market last summer can now be ordered on a weekly basis in conjunction with Stony Crest's Cool Seasons Vegetable Program.           Place online orders at http://stonycresturbanfarm.csasignup.com/store/farm-to-market-bread Fridays through 7 PM Tuesdays. Orders are baked Wednesday night. Pick-up is Thursdays, 4 PM - 6:30 PM. The pick-up location is the parking lot behind One More Cup Coffee Shop, 7408 Wornall where Rodger or Diane from Stony Crest will greet you at their large yellow van or red Ford truck. The pick-up time and location coincides with pickups by members of Stony Crest Urban Farm's Cool Season Vegetable Program. For detailed ordering information and a list of available specialty breads, visit  http://stonycresturbanfarm.csasignup.com/store/farm-to-market-bread. Online ordering arrangements will run through April 2013. ONLY 3 MONTHS 'TIL MARKET OPENING DAY MAY 1st!  For the latest information about market happenings, follow us on   https://www.facebook.com/waldofarmersmarket Copyright © 2013 Waldo Farmer's Market, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you indicated your interest in a Waldo Farmer's Market e-mail when you signed up for the weekly market drawing. Our mailing address is: Waldo Farmer's Market 8740 Brooklyn Kansas City, MO 64132 Add us to your address book Website: www.waldofarmersmaketkc.com  unsubscribe from this list | update subscription preferences | view email in browser

CONVENIENTLY NATURAL - KCFC Featured Eat Local (& Organic!) Dining Card Restaurant

Our Eat Local (and Organic!) Dining Card entitles members of the Kansas City Food Circle  to a one-time 10% discount at some of the best sustainably-sourcing restaurants in the Kansas City Area. These local eateries were invited to join our program because of their public commitment to sourcing ingredients from local, organic, free-range farmers. We meet with them several times throughout the year for updates to their list of farmers.

To become a KC Food Circle member,  click here.
http://www.kcfoodcircle.org/membership/eater-signup-form/

This week's featured Restaurant is
Conveniently Natural.

3711 Southwest Trafficway
Kansas City, MO 64111
913-766-2312
email: info (a) convenientlynatural . com

Conveniently Natural was born out of the idea that life (especially a healthy life) just doesn’t have to be that hard.  We are dedicated to providing the Kansas City community with healthy wholesome food at an affordable price so that you won't be spending hours of time in the kitchen or at the grocery store. We value the idea of sustainability and supporting local businesses in order to improve the entire community – physically, mentally, and financially.  Our goal is to always provide more value than that which we take.  Our efforts will always consider ways to reduce the environmental impact of our business.  

SEE ALSO: www.kcfoodcircle.org/restaurants

and our group page in Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/EAT.LOCAL.ORGANIC.KCFOODCIRCLE