Funky Friday Farmers Market at BADSEED

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

herbngardener (@) kc.rr.com

"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

rduf (@) copper.net

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

www.prairietrading.com

"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

www.badseedfarm.com

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

www.puddinheadcoffe.com

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

An Urban-Organic Farm & Market Celebrating
Local Food, Culture, and Community

1909 McGee

KCMO*64108

www.badseedfarm.com

Urban Chicken Growers Elicit Controversy - Local Govt. Responses Vary - Local Food Movement Gaining Momentum

Posted (Kansas City Star) on Sun, May. 10, 2009

David Crupper of Overland Park plans to petition the city for a special-use permit for these chickens.

Urban chicken movement
taking roost in KC area

By JOE LAMBE
The Kansas City Star

Chickens could be coming to roost in a backyard near you.

Across the country and the metropolitan area, people are joining the national urban chicken movement, sometimes turning outlaw to raise the birds.

The movement started with the rationale that raising chickens fits in with efforts toward local and pure foods, supporters say, and the eggs are fresh and flavorful. The animals also are entertaining pets, many say.

Today, Overland Park homeowner David Crupper will seek a special-use permit to house up to four chickens, even though he already has the birds and a homemade coop in his backyard.

No disrespect for the law was intended, he said, but he had to buy the chicks before a farm supply business stopped selling them for the year. Crupper, 25, a financial adviser, is far from a hippie, he said, but he wants to get great eggs from “the girls.”

“It’s a nice little hobby people can get behind,” he said, and he thinks his neighbors will support him.

Crupper has mailed certified letters to all of the neighbors within 200 feet and has posted a sign in his front yard advising them of the Planning Commission meeting.

But precedent isn’t on Crupper’s side. Four years ago, another Overland Park family tried to get such a permit. By a vote of 7-5, the City Council wouldn’t allow it.

Opponents said then that chickens did not belong in Overland Park. Some said the birds were unsanitary.

Overland Park City Councilman Jim Hix, who voted against the chickens in 2005, said this week that he would probably do so again.

“Wanting eggs is not unique,” he said. “It’s not a good idea to have chickens in a suburban area under normal circumstances.”

In Mission, the City Council recently sent to committee a proposal to change its law to allow urban chickens. Jerritt Dayhoff requested the change because her family would like to raise five or six chickens. She is a former Jackson County public defender who grew up on a farm, she said.

“Chickens are a heck of a lot quieter and cleaner than dogs,” said Dayhoff, 33. They make interesting pets, she said, and “It’s nice to tell your kids your breakfast came from Myrtle or Madge.”

But Councilman John Weber, 77, said he has seen the city grow out of farmland and sees no reason to go back.

“If we’re going to be residential, we ought to be residential,” he said.

Some cities on board

In 2004, Madison, Wis., was among the first of several cities to change laws to allow limited numbers of chickens, but usually not crowing roosters. New York City has long allowed chickens. The birds live in urban areas in Chicago; Albuquerque, N.M.; Portland, Ore.; Seattle; and other cities.

Many Web sites and Backyard Poultry magazine support the effort, which they say is still growing in this country, Great Britain and Canada.

BackYardChickens.com has 30,000 members — up from 20,000 last December — and it grows by 100 members a day, said its owner, Rob Ludlow.

KT LaBadie, an Albuquerque graduate student who started UrbanChickens.org, said people are tearing out lawns to grow vegetables, and chickens are a natural next step.

Some cities have changed their laws because so many people were keeping chickens illegally, she said.

Afoul of the law

In Kansas City, residents are allowed to have chickens only if they are 100 feet away from the nearest home or business, and the birds are not allowed to roam.

That hasn’t stopped two women in different Kansas City neighborhoods from raising chickens illegally, and they say they are doing it for the fresh eggs.

At one house, nine big chickens roam in a fenced backyard where a wooden chicken coop looks like a garden shed. The 28-year-old homeowner has given names to all nine of her chickens, and she has pictures of herself with each on her MySpace page. The hens produce about six or seven eggs a day, and she sells or trades any extra eggs to pay for feed.

In another Kansas City neighborhood, a 49-year-old woman raises just one chicken.

The hen, called simply Chicken, spends time in the garden this time of year, scratching up the soil and fertilizing it with its droppings. In winter, it lives in a coop in the basement. Chicken lays about five eggs a week.

Light enforcement

Both of the Kansas City women said their neighbors haven’t complained, and some are checking into getting chickens themselves.

So does that mean more chickens and lawbreaking are on the way?

Dave Marak, a supervisor with Kansas City animal control, said a crew recently took five illegal chickens to the animal shelter, something it does occasionally.

Few people retrieve chickens there because of a $25 pickup fee and $10 a day in expenses, he said, plus chicken owners could get fined.

The fine is up to $250, but judges generally don’t impose anywhere near that, and cases sometimes get dismissed, he said.

Animal control generally goes after chickens only when someone complains, he said.

“Usually if a complaint comes in, it’s because they’re letting them run loose or a new neighbor comes in,” he said.

Marak takes no position on the controversy other than to note that strong forces are in play.

“There’s nothing better than a fresh egg,” he said.

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@ For a video report, go to KansasCity.com.

To reach Joe Lambe, call 816-234-7714 or
send e-mail to jlambe (@) kcstar.com.

COMMENTS POSTED BY STAR ARTICLE READERS

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UPDATE:

Posted on Mon, May. 11, 2009

Urban chicken update: Planning Commission approves test permit

Urban chickens have their beaks in the suburban door.

In a victory for chicken supporters, the Overland Park Planning Commission on Monday afternoon voted to grant two brothers a test permit to raise chickens.

The special-use permit goes before the City Council on June 1 for a final decision on whether David and Bill Crupper can have four chickens at a residence on West 95th Terrace

The 7-4 Planning Commission vote came after split testimony from neighbors. The permit would last only one year.

Four years ago, the City Council voted down the last attempt by a family to get a permit for chickens.

But Plan Commissioner Michael Flanagan said the city and society have changed much since then.

“Four years ago I didn’t Twitter,” he said, “but I do now.”

| Joe Lambe, jlambe@kcstar.com

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See also:

"Chicken" found in KC Food Circle web pages and online documents

blue bird bistro - Badger Mountain Wine Dinner & Farmers' Table - Wednesday, May 13th

great gift for mother's day

organic wine - local food
Badger Mountain Wine Dinner
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
start with a glass of Badger Mountain Riesling,
one of the first organic wines that
blue bird bistro was able to share when we
committed to serve organic wine - be seated for
four courses of local food
the folks from Badger Mountain Vineyard,
Columbia Valley, Washington will be here
to introduce their wine with each course

$50 per person 6:30pm vegetarian/vegan option $50

reservations 816-221-7559 or www.bluebirdbistro.com

Good Natured Family Farm all natural beef marinated
in Western Hills Produce Farm herbs au jus
on a bed of Organic Way Farm arugula
Paired with Badger Mountain Merlot, 2007

Green Dirt Farm farmstead sheep's milk cheese bisque

with a floating beignet de pomme de terre
Paired with Montinore Estate Pinot Gris, 2007

Good Shepherd Turkey Ranch turkey breast stuffed
with Thane Palmberg Farm spinach in Minno Bernanam Farm butter,
encrusted with Missouri Northern Pecans and
drizzled with Elmer Gingrich Farm sorghum syrup
Paired with Montinore Estate Gewurztraminer, 2006

Campo Lindo Farm egg white merinque filled with
blue bird bistro garden rose mousse
Paired with Montinore Estate Muller - Thurgau, 2007

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The KC Food Circle celebrates the commitment shown by blue bird bistro to local growers throughout Greater Kansas City metro and surrounding areas.

see also:

KCFC Member Growers:

The Organic Way Farm - Milo, MO

Green Dirt Farm - Weston, MO

Campo Lindo Farms - Lathrop, MO

KC Food Circle member growers pages
(Know Your Grower) and more...

SEE STAN SLAUGHTER TODAY - Vermiculturist, natural soil expert, wordsmith and eco-troubadour... at the EarthFest, Saturday, May 9

EarthFest 2009 - Theis Park (was Volker Park?) just east of the Plaza (KCMO) ...scroll down for more...

Stan is not alone today, and the venue will be packed.

Bring family and friends to educate and have fun.

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Have fun while celebrating the earth at EarthFest in KC park

Sometimes spring feels so good, it makes you want to hug the earth.

If that’s you, then join revelers today as they celebrate the earth at Theis Park next to the Country Club Plaza and the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.

From 10 a.m. until 4 p.m., EarthFest will feature five green villages, crafts, puppet making, musicians, Esoke African Dance and Drumming, Stan Slaughter, Il Grupo Folklorico Atotonilco and Eco Elvis.

The day will be capped off with a giant interactive puppet parade at 3:30 p.m.

| Karen Dillon, kdillon (@) kcstar.com

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Re-posted care of KCFoodCircle

EarthFest / EarthWalk hosted by Bridging the Gap

BIKE WEEK!

BIKE WEEK 2009: May 9-16

It's that time of year to dust off your bike and walking shoes and start recruiting your friends, family and co-workers for Bike Week 2009! With dozens of events featuring bicycle commuting, recreation, trails, fitness, etc. - there's sure to be something for everyone.

* Classes on fixing your bike and riding it safely
* Rest stops on your way to work
* Press conference with KCMO Mayor Funkhouser
* Car Free Weekends on Cliff Drive
* KC Women on Wheels Bike Festival and Expo
* Group rides for all skill levels

CAR-FREE CHALLENGE

How many car trips can you replace with bicycling, walking, or transit? Whether to work or errands, keep of track of your trips and be eligible for great prizes. And we'll calculate your carbon emissions savings so you can see how your transportation choices impact the environment. Get a team together or go solo, just register online and get started today.

We have a Sierra Club team registered. Please consider joining us when you register.

Go to http://www.kcbike.info/bikeweek/ for details, calender of events, and registration.

Bike Week is brought to you by the City of Kansas City, Missouri, Mid-America Regional Council, the Missouri Bicycle Federation, KCBike.Info, and many local bike shops and community

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BROOKSIDE - The Community Farmers Market at Brookside (KCMO) - for Market Day (SATURDAY) May 9th, 2009

Greetings Market Friends,

Let the sun shine in! Finally, a bright ray of sun after all the rain. I think it will be a great weekend. We have a whole host of activities at the market this weekend. It is the Annual Herb Festival. Our vendors will have plenty from which to choose, as you will read below. It is also Mothers’ Day weekend. We have lots of great choices for gifts for mom. If my mother lived here, I just know she would love to receive a beautiful hanging basket filled with organic flowers—and I bet your mom would too. So, don’t disappoint her, and make sure you stop by to pick one up Saturday!

For your listening pleasure, we will feature Shindig—a duo comprised of local Brookside musicians, Doug Osburn and Benito Berado. I am excited to hear what sort of tunes they have be kickin’. Also I have been told that there is a strong possibility of appearances by balloon artist Greg Keller and Ziggy, a hoop (yes, hula hoop) dancer and studio instructor. So, it should be quite the action packed day at market.

Something else new this year, is that I am interested to get recipes from any of you who might want to share a recipe with the rest of the readers of the market newsletter. Keep in mind that the recipes should be for ingredients in season and that you can buy at our market. Please do share your secrets for how you make our market treasures tantalizing to the taste buds :) Send your recipes along with your name and a telephone number or e-mail address where you can be reached to franki@farmerscommunitymarket.com. And don't worry, your contact information will not be shared with anyone or up for purchase by any other list.

As always, we look forward to seeing you every Saturday in the heart of Brookside at 63^rd and Wornall from 8 a.m to 1 p.m. Also check us out at www.farmerscommunitymarket.com

See you Saturday!

Franki

Now from our vendors ….

From Bear Creek Farms:

Anyone know where the sun is? If so please send it my way! All the plants in the fields just sit and wait, and it's too muddy to do any planting so we are getting more than a little frustrated. Ah, but once it does start shining we are going to be happy farmers - and busy!

This week we will again be bringing lots of transplants for your gardens. The summer squash plants are ready so we'll have zucchini, yellow zucchini and patty pan squash starts along with tomatoes, peppers, herbs and more.

And we'll have asparagus, head lettuce, green onions, bok choi and kale - if we can wade through the fields to pick! Regardless - we'll see you all Saturday!

Robbins and Jim

From Blue Door Farm:

This week certainly started off well. My field plantings are just starting to wake up and realize it is spring. Nothing like a little sunshine to warm things up.

I will return with more swiss chard (thanks to all of you who complimented it last week!), as well as super crisp, refreshing pac choi heads. The smaller red choi is beautiful and the large joi choi heads are my absolute favorite for stir fry or raw snacking.

I'll also be bringing more of the ever popular spring garlic, salad and lettuce mixes, mild french breakfast radishes, garlic chives, and an abundance of head lettuce in all shapes, sizes and colors. The romaine heads should be ready this week, so prepare for Caesar salad. I had many requests for spinach last week, and will try to bring more bagged spinach, but the wet spring has not been kind to the spinach plants and I fear I will not be having the large spinach bunches I had last year. We shall see though - plants do have the great habit of growing. :)

I hope everyone takes a moment to appreciate your Mom this coming Sunday. I certainly do - mine was nice enough to wake at 5 am the last two Saturdays and help me at market. Thanks Mom!

If your mom is a flower or gardening fan, come by and see Blue Door's bright nasturtiums, pretty violas and flavorful herb transplants. Basil, thyme, chives, savory and more are waiting patiently for good homes in herb gardens everywhere. Vegetable transplants, including tomatoes and peppers, are also available.

Hope to see you Saturday!

Laura

From the KC Center for Urban Agriculture:

Well, what a nice change from last week. Before more rains will hit later this week, our fields had some time to dry up a little, and Alicia was even able to till some beds for planting. Tuesday was a gorgeous day to be outside and we had a group of volunteers from Associated Youth Services and Key Bank over here. They got down to business and helped us spread some compost, pull weeds, move straw bales heavy from being soaked with water. What a great help, and WE THANK THEM. And many thanks, of course, to Alicia who manages the work and people flow so expertly here at KCCUA.

This weekend we look forward to sharing some of the fruits of all this labor with you. The forecast is great for Saturday, so plan on coming out! On our tables you'll find more tasty root veggies like TURNIPS, BEETS, and CARROTS. We'll have SCALLIONS and RADISHES; beautiful HEAD LETTUCE and CHINESE CABBAGE. We'll also have our usual bagged greens like SPINACH, ARUGULA, LETTUCE and SPRING MIX. And at the other end of our booth we'll round it out with bunches of KALE, SWISS CHARD, CHINESE BROCCOLI and lovely fresh-cut HERBS (chives, garlic chives, rosemary, mint, tarragon and more).

There'll also be transplants of all kinds. Lots of tomatoes, peppers, eggplant and also cool season crops like kale, chard and cabbage and some herbs for your kitchen garden, so get ready to plant your garden.

As always, we look forward to seeing you and thank you for your support.

Katherine, and the rest of the fine crew

From Wells Family Farm:

Good Day Green Folks!

We are having a sale on Roast this weekend. Chuck roast to be exact! There are many options for this cut and there is a lot of it! We are expecting to be able to pick up our new stock this week, so will (or should) have all our cuts available. I have a fun treat to bring
along, art from the farm! A bit of whimsy you might say.

See you all Saturday,

Kim & Sharon

From Puddin’ Head Coffee:

Hello all,

Last Saturday was a fun market with all the extra traffic and met lots of new coffee lovers. This week we will have our Rainforest Blend, Ethiopia decaf and a new Peru coffee for sampling. Also some of our Blue Nile Blend for sale also.

See you there!

George and Vicki Hartman, Puddin' Head Coffee

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Farmers' Community Market at Brookside
Saturdays, 8am to 1pm

under the white tents at the
Border Star Montessori School
63rd & Wornall, Kansas City, MO 64113 << Map it!

The Farmers' Community Market at Brookside is Dedicated to
Creating a Unique Partnership between the Community and
Farmers who provide High Quality, Local and Organic Products
in an atmosphere that is mutually beneficial, wholesome and fun.
The Market also helps to support the Border Star PTA.

The Market is located in the Heart of Brookside where many Unique Shops and Restaurants are nearby to explore and spend a delightful Saturday afternoon.

The Market has a lively mix of Local and Certified Organic Farmers who provide Freshly-picked Vegetables, Fragrant Herbs, Juicy Sweet Fruit, Edible and Cut Flowers. Our Farmers use Sustainable and Humane practices to produce hormone and antibiotic-free Meat, Free-Range Eggs and Honey products.

The Market also features Organic Freshly-Prepared Artisan Food, including fresh hot Breakfast Burritos, and fresh hot fair-trade and locally roasted Coffee, Baked Goods including Pies, Assorted Breads, Cinnamon Rolls, Granola Cereals, Cookies, Brownies, Squares, including many Vegan varieties, Gluten-free and much more.

Organic Hand-Crafted Soap and Artists with unique handmade crafts complement our market.

There are weekly events at the market tent including live music, children's activities and cooking demonstrations by local chefs, which feature samples and seasonal recipes.

Tables and Chairs are here to Relax, enjoy some of our Tasty Breakfast Treats or Sit to Visit with your Friends.

Some Upcoming Special Events:

• Herb Festival is May 9
• Flower Festival June 27
• Tomato Festival is July 25
• Children's Festival is Aug. 15
• Fall Festival is Oct. 10
• Closing Day is Oct. 24

Thanks for your support of our market.

Earthfest / Earthwalk - TOMORROW - Saturday, May 9th

Join us this Saturday
at EarthFest and EarthWalk 2009!
EarthFest is free. Donations welcome.

EarthWalk Day-of Registration 8:30 AM
FREE Yoga in the Park with Boulevard Yoga 9:00 AM
EarthWalk starts at 10:00 AM
EarthFest 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM

At EarthFest you can:

	Visit five green villages to find out how to go greener where it counts most!
	Attend workshops on eating local, Five Green Things, recycling, economical driving and electric cars, or sign up to make your own rain barrel.
	See StoneLion Puppet Theatre’s new Down the Drain puppet show, Eco Elvis, Esoke African Drumming and Dance, Il Grupo Folklorico Atotonilco and Stan Slaughter on the main stage.
	Eat local and sustainable fare from Blue Bird Bistro, Local Burger, Boulevard Brewing Co. and the Sierra Club Lemonade Stand.
	Kids – Play in the Greener Play tent with activities from StoneLion Puppet Theatre, Wonderscope and The Magic Brush.

Read more about EarthFest

THURSDAY - New Farmers' Market in Leawood, KS - Mission Farms Farmers' Market

NEW Farmer's Market

GRAND OPENING May 07, 2009

4:00 PM - 8:30 PM

Leawood finally has an organic farmer's market and it's at Mission Farms. Come introduce yourself and get to know our local farmers with their fresh organically-grown produce, free-range meats, fruits and other locally grown products.

Our market is open every Thursday on the east end of the Mission Farms parking lot. Join in the fun.

Just East of I-435 & Roe
Just West of I-435 & State Line
at
10601 Mission Rd, Leawood, KS 66206
>> MAP INFO <<

GROWERS & VENDORS 2009 (produce available in-season):

Little Muddy Farm	Robert Jones	produce, sprouts, wheatgrass
Schenker Family Farms	Cherie Schenker	beef, pork, lamb, honey, brats
Pearly Gates Organic Soapery & Garden	Nancy Gordon	soap, body care, greens, produce
Bread of Life Bakery	Kathy Crowther	bread, produce, cane juice,
Camp Creek Farms	Rick Newson	eggs
Wild Goose Gardens	Ethan Jones	flowers, green plants
Hess Ranch	John and Susie Hess	beef
Mission Gardens	John Cook	produce, herbs
Foxfire Farm	Tammy Crandell	produce, herbs, sweet corn
The Organic Way Farm	Denise and Dan May	produce
Kay Peoples	Kay Peoples	organic dog treats
Gasper Family Farms	Pete	vegetable, fruits, meat, grains

www.Mission-Farms.com

WEDNESDAYS at the 39th Street Community Farmers Market - 39th & Genessee, 4:30p-7:30p

Good Day, Good People!

Today at 4:30pm begins the season of the 39th Street Community Market!

It appears that it will be a gorgeous spring day and we invite you to share it with us. Come by and meet the growers and get yourself some fresh...
salad mix
greens
sprouts
green onions
handcrafted dog treats
traditional jams
exotic jellies
almond and cashew cheeses
oyster mushrooms
baked sweets
breads
grass fed beef
barbeque sauce
hickory for smoked meats
garden starts
plants
More...

Remember that all goods at the 39th Street Market are sustainable produced and organically grown by local people. Stop by and meet the people who nurture the foods that bring health to your body. We'll be there every Wednesday from 4:30 to 7:30 in the Twisted Sister and Javanaut parking lot at 39th and Genessee in KC, MO.

See ya there!
Dave Bennett
Market Booster
www.39thstreetmarket.com

Join us beginning on May 6th, 2009 for local fruits & vegetables, free range meat, baked goods, artisan foods, live music, handmade art, kids' crafts and community on 39th.

The 39th Street Community Market is Kansas City’s only weekday market providing organic and sustainably grown produce and farm products to the midtown area. Stop by after work in the Volker neighborhood and talk with the farmers as you stock up for the week. If you live in the neighborhood, stroll on over and bring your kids!

We'll be there Wednesdays from 4:30-7:30, May 6th through October 7th.

Near KU Medical Center in the Javanaut parking lot along the 39th St. West shopping area.

BADSEED Funky Friday Farmers Market in the Crossroads...

Hello Famished Folk,

Thanks to all of you who made it out to our market opening last Friday night! Between all of us local food producers, the hoard of smiling customers, and the savored sounds of Checkered Past, we had a truly packed house. What a welcoming for all of this season's new vendors!

Well, its already time for another market for us BADSEEDs. If you didn't get a chance to meet the new cast of characters last week, come down and see the spectacle for yourselves. If you saw us last week, you know that this place is worth making into a habit. As I said to the person who told me they were using large exotic cats to keep their bamboo at bay, its weird.

This week promises a bit more good food than last week. Our baker apologizes profusely for his unexpected absence last week, and has promised to bring his delightful bread this week. We'll be getting more of that amazing feta cheese from Goatsbeard (The best feta that Brooke or I have ever tasted, including in Greece). And despite our farms being deeply mired in mud and muck, us crazy farmers will harvest a bit more than last week. Here's what our producers had to say:

Herb'n Gardener
Lew Edminsterr
Summit & Belleview on the West Side

i got abuncha green garlics, some not so very much sorrel, some fresh harvested eyetalian basil and a buncha bunches chives and that's no jive. transplants will be considerably less that last week. oh, and don't forget, my charming personage.

Platte Prairie Farms

Steve Mann

North KCMO

Steve will have his huge sweet potatoes this week, along with spinach and bamboo shoots, black raspberry plants, summer squash babies, kamut grass (trays and shots), and a selection of BULK Organic Grains including brown rice, oatmeal, raw almonds, raisins, and sprouting seeds. Yumm!

BADSEED Farm

Brooke Salvaggio and Daniel Heryer

West Bannister Neighborhood of KC

Brooke and I will have more succulent bags of BABY SPINACH, our deluxe SALAD MIX with edible flowers, the ever-longed-for STIR-FRY MIX, magnificent bunches of LEMON SORREL, and bunched HERBS like tarragon and chives. We will also have more plants for sale that will allow you to grow brilliant stuff on your own, including a selection of HEIRLOOM TOMATO PLANTS, eggplant, and countless herbs and flowers for the garden.

Root Deep Urban Farm

Sherri Harvel

19th & College St.

Sherri will have sweet radishes, greens and a variety of transplants for your garden. She might also have some other stuff she's not telling us about...

Puddin' Head Coffee

George and Vicki Hartmann

Kansas City, MO

Hi all you coffee lovers. Thanks for making our first night a success. We were overwhelmed by the customers wanting to buy cups of coffee and apologize for running out of coffee by the cup. That has never happened before and we just didn't anticipate the crowds for the summer. Not that we're complaining!

This Friday we will have our usual Rainforest Blend, Ethiopia decaf and a new Peru for you to sample in our pots. Some Blue Nile Blend will also be on hand for sale. See you there! George and Vicki Hartman.

Chris Glenn of Cafe Europa

KCMO

Incredible sourdough breads made from wild local yeasts and local/organic wheat flour, as well as loaves incorporating organic quinoa, cornmeal and spelt.

DON'T FORGET, we will also have Missouri's own fantastic hard, soft, and flavor-filled

LOCAL GOAT CHEESES from GOATSBEARD

and FREE RANGE EGGS from Alice and Marvin of Wellington, MO

So come down, support your growers, and if you BYOB, bring some extra Boulevard for us, too, would ya?

Speaking of Beer, it is your last chance to sign-up for the following "Urban Homesteading" Class:

The Art & Craft of Home BEER BREWING (Part 1 and 2)

Saturday, May 9 and Saturday, May 23

*For a full description and sign-up please visit www.badseedfarm.com*

Sincerely,

Farmer Dan

The Mister of BADSEED

BADSEED

An Urban Farm & Market
Celebrating Local Food, Culture, and Community
Fridays, 4:30 - 9:00pm, thru Nov 20th

1909 McGee*KCMO*64108

www.badseedfarm.com

Farmers' Community Market at Brookside -- for Market Day: May 2, 2009

Greetings Market Friends,

April showers bring May flowers. I learned that in grade school, and I hang on to that hope as we tough out the rainy week. Saturday, however, is supposed to be rain free. And it will make a great day for checking out the market to see what new treasures spring has given us. Also, the Brookside Annual Art Fair is this weekend. So, make a day of it and peruse the art and shop for your organic goodies. Just keep that in mind as you plan your driving route and parking this Saturday.

This week we will have another special treat: The zoo will be at the market tent this weekend talking about their efforts to preserve wildlife for future generations, and how you all can get involved. They will be handing out literature about the Zoo and its mission here in the Kansas City area. Good stuff.

As always, we look forward to seeing you each Saturday at 63rd and Wornall from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Visit us on the web at www.farmerscommunitymarket.com

See you Saturday!

Franki

Now from our vendors ...

From Bear Creek Farms:

Another wet week here but lots of signs of summer headed our way. The quail have started their bob-whiting, the bull frogs are in full chorus, the turtles are crossing the roads, and the lilacs are in full bloom - and full smell! The only worrisome thing - other than having fields too wet to farm - is that the whip-poor-wills have yet to arrive and usually they are here on the 14th of April. I wonder where they might have gone.

And - tis the time to plant tomatoes! We'll bring lots to the market. As always we are growing hundreds of varieties of heirloom tomato plants, so you'll have many to choose from - orange, yellow, red, pink, purple, black, green and striped. Nothing says summer quite like your own home grown sun-warmed tomato!

Along with plants we'll have asparagus, leeks, green onions and rhubarb. It's not a lot, but soon things will dry up and there will be a bounty of fresh vegetables at market!

See you all Saturday,
Robbins and Jim

From Blue Door Farm:

If only I had decided to grow umbrella plants this season, I'd be in clover. :)

Saturday is looking good though - so I'll be at market this Saturday with salad mix, more lovely swiss chard, golden frill mustard bunches, red (and green!) head lettuce, garlic chives (the perfect addition to scrambled eggs) and, best of all: the first of the spring garlic!

I'll also be back with more herb, vegetable and flower transplants for your garden, yard and patio. The nasturtiums won't stop blooming and I'll have more colorful hanging baskets. Gardeners - now is the time to plant those tomatoes, basil, peppers and eggplants! If you haven't planted your broccoli, cauliflower, kale, cabbage or then hop to - spring is underway and hot summer days are just around the corner.

Hope to see you Saturday!

Laura

From Bread of Life Bakery:

Hello Brookside Market,

We are in hopes of no rain this week but the forecast does not look good for Josiah to plant. The rain seems to keep coming. Maybe the rain will not come on Saturday at least.

Josiah will be bringing eggs this week since he will be able to sell at Brookside Market this year. We are raising a new batch of chickens to add or replace some of our old ones. Every March we love to get new chicks and raise them for our egg production. This year we will raise Rhode Island Reds, Delaware,Buff Orpingtons, Araucanas, and Barred Rock. It is fun to see the chicks grow and run around in the yard during the day pecking at the ground and chasing each other.

Thankfully the rain does not hinder our baking much, we just have to compensate for change of weather on the bread in other ways. This week we will have Vegan Brownies, Pretzels, Vegan Scones, Vegan Crumb Cakes, Cookies, and assorted breads. Asiago Spinach Cheese bread is great with a salad or a bowl of homemade soup. Our Meat Burritos will have Benedict Builders sausage,potaotes, onions and our farm fresh eggs. The Vegetarian Burritos will feature spinach and potato.

Come by and warm up with a cup of Puddin' Head Coffee. And say "Hi" to Luke and Chris.

Luke, Chris and Kathy

From the KC Center for Urban Agriculture:

Fish farming. We’re thinking about fish farming. And maybe rice. We’ve heard that rice grows well in big puddles of water like we’ve got at the bottom of our field. Alternatively, we could open up a spa that specializes in herbal mud wraps. Mmmmm, I bet running a spa is a much mellower activity than beating back the weeds in June.

On the other hand, rainbow chard is much lovelier than rainbow trout. I prefer my herbs chopped into a nice spring salad. And nobody eats better than a vegetable farmer, so I guess it is all a moot point. We’re vegetable farmers, for good, bad, and everything in between, so don’t come to the market looking for KCCUA fish, but do come looking for our spring veggies!

The harvest list is long- but I want to start out with the BROCCOLI RAAB. If you think of raab as being bitter, think again. These greens are wonderful. They will wake up your palate after a long winter of grocery store vegetables. Our SPRING MIX is also a delight, I’ve been eating huge bowls of it every night, with a bit of grated cheese and hard-boiled local eggs. And we’ve got CARROTS (we’ll harvest more this week so we don’t run out by 9:00) and BEETS and SCALLIONS and RADISHES and SWISS CHARD and KALE and ARUGULA (ditto on the harvesting more) and nice new baby TURNIPS. And we’ll have the first harvest of CHINESE BROCCOLI, a small heading broccoli that is great eating.

Oh, and we’ll have Oak Ridge Farm’s Shiitake Mushrooms, too! Alan said they are exploding out of the mushroom logs, with all this rain, and they are good-good.

Transplants- we have lots of plants that are just ready to get out into your home gardens. Tomatoes (we’ve got some really nice ones in gallon pots) and peppers and eggplant and herbs and more. We know the weather is going to dry up next week, so we’ll all be out madly planting to try to catch up. (What is the point of having the earliest tomatoes on the block if it is August??) Come and have faith that spring and summer will soon be here, and we’ll all be eating ripe tomatoes with a dash of salt and crunching our teeth through beautiful peppers!

See you Saturday,

Katherine, and the rest of the fine crew

www.kccua.org

From Wells Family Farm:

Hi Everybody,

Well I am not sure when we will dry out but it sure is growing around us. Beautiful and green as only spring can be! We will be at market on Saturday with our nutritious beef, Diatomaceous earth, soybeans (dried) and red clover/burdock seeds. Then to keep you out door time pleasant, our bug repellant, made with natural cold pressed oils and mineral oil really does work. And it has a pleasing scent to men and women both.

Come see us and enjoy a great day out with your local farmers.

Kim & Sharon

From Green Dirt Farm:

So much rain! In a few days the morels will be popping. The ewes are eating lush Brome grass and early clovers as well as new tender sprigs of nettle and locust and buck brush. Their forages give their milk and our cheese the flavor of spring. Come out to the market this Saturday and have a taste. We will have all of our aged cheeses and most flavors of our fresh cheese. We are low on lamb cuts, so email us if there is something specific that you'd like us to reserve for you. We hope to see you there!

Sarah
www.greendirtfarm.com

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Farmers' Community Market at Brookside
Saturdays, 8am to 1pm

under the white tents at the
Border Star Montessori School
63rd & Wornall, Kansas City, MO 64113 << Map it!

The Farmers' Community Market at Brookside is Dedicated to
Creating a Unique Partnership between the Community and
Farmers who provide High Quality, Local and Organic Products
in an atmosphere that is mutually beneficial, wholesome and fun.
The Market also helps to support the Border Star PTA.

The Market is located in the Heart of Brookside where many Unique Shops and Restaurants are nearby to explore and spend a delightful Saturday afternoon.

The Market has a lively mix of Local and Certified Organic Farmers who provide Freshly-picked Vegetables, Fragrant Herbs, Juicy Sweet Fruit, Edible and Cut Flowers. Our Farmers use Sustainable and Humane practices to produce hormone and antibiotic-free Meat, Free-Range Eggs and Honey products.

The Market also features Organic Freshly-Prepared Artisan Food, including fresh hot Breakfast Burritos, and fresh hot fair-trade and locally roasted Coffee, Baked Goods including Pies, Assorted Breads, Cinnamon Rolls, Granola Cereals, Cookies, Brownies, Squares, including many Vegan varieties, Gluten-free and much more.

Organic Hand-Crafted Soap and Artists with unique handmade crafts complement our market.

There are weekly events at the market tent including live music, children's activities and cooking demonstrations by local chefs, which feature samples and seasonal recipes.

Tables and Chairs are here to Relax, enjoy some of our Tasty Breakfast Treats or Sit to Visit with your Friends.

Some Upcoming Special Events:

• Herb Festival is May 9
• Flower Festival June 27
• Tomato Festival is July 25
• Children's Festival is Aug. 15
• Fall Festival is Oct. 10
• Closing Day is Oct. 24

Thanks for your support of our market.

Transition Kansas City - An Open Forum - Monday, May 4, 2009

A FORUM PRESENTED BY

THE GREENS OF KANSAS CITY

LAUNCHING "TRANSITION KANSAS CITY"

TRANSITION INITIATIVES:

• CREATING RESILIENT COMMUNITIES TO WITHSTAND THE SHOCK OF PEAK OIL AND CLIMATE CHANGE.
  
  
• THE FORUM WILL DISCUSS HOW PROACTIVE STEPS CAN MAKE ALL SYSTEMS, FROM INDIVIDUAL TO THE GLOBAL, MORE RESILIENT TO CHANGES AND SHOCKS FROM THE OUTSIDE.
  
  
• THE FORUM WILL ALSO CONSIDER FIRST ACTION STEPS IN LAUNCHING A TRANSITION INITIATIVE FOR KANSAS CITY.

// Monday, May 4, 2009 – 7 PM //

AQUARIUS BOOK STORE, 3936 BROADWAY, KCMO
(Park in back and use back stairs)


Panelists are:

John Fish Kurmann: Community Activist and Writer - member of the Climate Action Coalition

Katie Nixon: Small Farm Specialist -- West Central Region, Innovative, Small Farmers' Outreach Program, Lincoln University Cooperative Extension

David Lawrence: Local Food WebMinion

Mike Hoey: Community Activist and Networker

"Forces are converging very fast that make whether we choose to retain and enhance resilience, rather than just let it crumble, much more than a philosphical discussion....The move towards more localized energy-efficient and productive living arrangements is not a choice; it is an inevitable direction for humanity."
-- From Rob Hopkins'ground-breaking book,
The Tranistion Handbook -- From oil dependency to local resilence.

Free and open to the public For more information: call 816-767-8873

See also:

www.ReEnergizeKC.org

www.KawPermaculture.org

www.KCFoodCircle.org

http://TransitionUS.ning.com/

BADSEED Market - Opening Friday - FIRST FRIDAY - May 1st, 2009

Hey Hey Hungry People,

This is crazy Farmer Brooke here and man - I am starving! It has been a long and cold winter, an even LONGER and COLDER and WETTER Spring, and I cannot take it anymore!! I am ready for some earthly delights from the dirt. We all know the supermarket sucks, but have no fear folks, because the BADSEED Farmers Market is finally here with our GRAND OPENING for the season this FRIDAY, May 1, from 4:30 - 9 PM. Yay!

Before I rattle on too long and go into a lengthy and luxurious description of this season's vendors, lets get the "nutshell" version. This Friday, LOCAL ORGANIC DELIGHTS will include:

TRANSPLANTS Galore for Your Organic Garden

(heirloom tomatoes, orgasmic eggplant, sweet and hot peppers, culinary & medicinal herbs, bodacious brassicas, flowers, black raspberry plants, and companion crops to ward off those evil bugs!!)

GREENS, Glorious GREENS!

(like I said, Spring has been cold so supply is limited, come early for baby spinach, lemon sorrel, red lettuces, and edible flowers)

GOAT CHEESE from Goatsbeard Farm

(Aged and Fresh Varieties - I have died and gone to heaven, there is nothing more to say!!)

Succulent SPROUTS, Kamut Grass Shots, and Juicing Flats

(Kamut is a "sweet Egyptian wheat grass" - DIVINE!!)

Artisan BREADS & BAKED Goods!

(the sourdough Sicilian loaves from our baker will knock your socks off so don't wear any)

Micro-roasted Organic & Fair-trade COFFEE

AND MORE....

So, for me, Farmers are like Rock Stars! They are "larger than life" beings meant to be idolized. The only difference is, instead of making bad music, they grow food that nurtures and sustains the lives of others. I am honored to present this seasons cast of characters, who not only grow/produce sustainable food products, they all do so within the CITY LIMITS! BADSEED is truly an urban market. Here we go:

Herb"n"Gardener

Lew Edminster

West Side, KCMO

herbngardener@kc.rr.com

Lew is more like a old sailor than a farmer. He has this sea-faring way about him. However, he does not play in the waves, he digs in the dirt all day at his charming plot on 17th and Madison near Blue Bird Bistro. Lew grows gorgeous greens and flowers and a plethora of leafy madness to be munched on. This week he will have loads of transplants including lime green zinnias, dark chocolate nasturtium, colorful cosmos, veggies of course, and heirloom tomato plants. I want to be more like Lew when I grow up.....

Root Deep Urban Farm

Sherri Harvel

East Side, KCMO

rduf@copper.net

Sherri is a force not to be reckoned with. She works by night and farms by day. (What a schedule!) Sherri grows wicked potatoes, the best in town, and whole slew of other seasonal goodness. Her flower strewn plot brightens the neighborhood east of downtown KC. This week Sherri will have various greens and of course a variety of transplants. (Her hot peppers are hotter than most)

Platte Prairie Farms

Steve Mann (aka Squash Father)

North Side, KCMO

www.prairietrading.com

I love the Squash Father! As a grower Steve is an example to me. He employs "permaculture-minded, no-till madness" on his urban farm nestled in the loess bluffs and rich creek bottoms of KC's Northland. Steve has a love and respect for nature that many farmers have abandoned in their need for control and high yields . His cultivation practices aim to imitate nature rather than work against it. He is a true steward of the land. This week he will have sweet potatoes, spinach, black raspberry plants, summer squash babies, kamut grass (trays and shots), and a plethora of BULK Organic Grains including brown rice, oatmeal, raw almonds, raisins, and sprouting seeds.

BADSEED Farm

Brooke Salvaggio and Daniel Heryer

South Side, KCMO

www.badseedfarm.com

Yeah, yeah...you know the deal with me. Funny, little, tattooed chick, who saved her soul through organic farming! Well guess what, I am not alone anymore. Fell in love with another young farmer somewhere in between diggin' potatoes and pickin' beans and now we are going at it together! We have been busy on our 2 Acre Backyard Farm at 95th and Stateline Rd. We have put in an Urban Orchard, a massive tea garden, expanded our annual vegetable and herb beds, got 26 laying hens, and 3 dairy goats are on the way!!! This week we will have an impressive variety of outrageous medicinal and culinary herb transplants and flowers including russian tarragon, pink sunday sage, german thyme, multi-colored nasturtium, african marigolds, peppermint, purple opal basil, thai basil, lime basil, lemon balm, calendula, chamomile, and more.....not to mention baby spinach, lemon sorrel, and edible flowers.

Denise Scott (the Sprout Lady)

KCMO

tap8@sbcglobal.net

Denise is new to the scene and we are happy to have her and her lovely organic SPROUTS and other healthful goodies. This week she will have a greens & legume mix of Adzuki bean, red clover, china radish, red cabbage, and red lentil - YUM! As well as broccoli sprouts, and sprouted, dried salted almonds for snacking....

Chris Glenn from Cafe Europa

BREAD BAKER Extraordinaire!!!

KCMO

www.cafeeuropakc.com

This Boy knows how to bake! And as a foodie and connoissuer of fine artisan loaves, I am sold on this one. I have been all over Sicily from town to town, and bakery to bakery, tasting the local breads - a passion of mine. The (lost) craftsmanship of the old world and the wood-fired oven impart a taste and a texture that cannot be described and can certainly not readily be found in Kansas City, that is until I met Chris. I am absolutely ecstatic to offer his breads at BADSEED - and he will be using local organic flour just for us!!!

Puddin' Head Coffee

George and Vicki Hartmann

KCMO

www.puddinheadcoffe.com

Hurray for our local roasters!!! Here is what they had to say:

"Hello organic coffee lovers. We are very excited to attend this summer market for the first time.

The winter market was a blast!

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.

On hand 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.

Hope to see you there!"

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Wow! What a "mouth watering" mouthful. I am worn out just from typing and hyping all this urban organic insanity. So enough talk. Come see us this Friday in the Crossroads from 4:30 to 9 PM. Live music from Checkered Past and live entertainment from a renegade crowd of funky farmers, and of course GOOD FOOD!

FYI - Upcoming "Urban Homesteading" class Wednesday, May 6 -

Build Your own Worm Compost Bin

A Compact and Odorless System for the Urban Dwelling

For sign-up and a full list of classes and descriptions please visit 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
1909 McGee*KCMO*64108
www.badseedfarm.com

BADSEED Workshop Tonight - Sunday, April 6th - Rain Barrels...

Sunday, April 26th (6-7 PM) -

Make a RAIN BARREL!

Join Bridging The Gap’s Beau Baker for an evening in Rain Barrel madness!!

Students will construct and take home a fully functioning 55 gallon finished barrel (23” in diameter and 36” tall), as well as the confidence and know how to make more!!

Rain Barrels are beneficial for a number of reasons including:

• bring first-rate water directly to your garden. NO Chlorine, NO calcium carbonate
  
  
• divert water away from your house that might otherwise leak into the foundation
  
  
• Cut down on your city water consumption
  
  
• Demonstrate water conservation to family, friends, and neighbors
  
  
• Keep water right where it is getting used, rather than sending it away for unnecessary treatment

Students can sign up to make more than one barrel.

Cost of Class: $45 per barrel
For the latest details on all BADSEED Workshops, see:
http://www.badseedfarm.com/classes.html

Download Schedule and Descriptions
http://www.badseedfarm.com/2009_Course_Schedule.pdf

Download Course Registration Form
http://www.badseedfarm.com/Course_Registration.pdf

or,

http://groups.google.com/group/KCFC-Bulletin-Board/web/workshops

Missouri Locavores, UNITE!

http://www.ShowMeLocalFood.org

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The Show Me Local Food Coalition is a cooperative effort among rural and urban Missourians that is building a new approach to producing, processing and marketing food in the state.

Our vision is to support the growth and development of the food economy by investing public resources in projects and programs that increase access to high-quality, locally-raised food products at affordable prices.

We believe that this approach increases the number and profitability of farms, expands job creation through local entrepreneurship and improves the health of consumers by increasing consumption of fresh, nutritious food.

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Please take a moment to sign our letter
to Governor Nixon and
join our effort to build a new approach to producing, processing and marketing food in the state!

Show Me Local Food Coalition

28th N 8th Street, Ste. 102

Columbia, MO 65201

573-303-5810