| This is the time of year that local food makes the most sense. This mild summer has slowed growth a bit, but more is popping out of the earth every day. The39th Street Market this week will feature... Oyster Mushrooms Tomatoes Peppers Cucumbers Okra Squash Onions Honey Baked Goods Smoking Hickory Wood Jams Vegan Cheeses Grass Fed Beef Blackberries Eggplant Basil Hand Made Art Caricatures Marimba Music Mimosa Starts Friends and Neighbors It will likely be lovely weather and a good wholesome time, so stop buy for a visit and go home with the freshest food available! Dave Bennett - 39th Street Market === Get some green and stay healthy! 39th St. Community Market www.39thStreetMarket.com  |
39th Street Community Farmers' Market - WEDNESDAYS -
BROOKSIDE - The Community Farmers Market at Brookside (KCMO) - for Market Day (SATURDAYS)
Greetings Market Friends,
I will miss market this week, because we are going back East to celebrate our Grandfather’s 90th birthday and to attend a cousin’s wedding. That should be big fun. But, from what I read below, it looks like I am going to be missing out on some good fixins’ for some good eatin’! (Sorry, had to prepare for my trip and my Southern speak back in practice.)
This week Shindig will provide some tunes for your musical enjoyment. They will also perform next week at our Annual Tomato Festival. I won’t give it all away in this email, but we will have lots in store for you for this event. Stay tuned….
As always we look forward to seeing you every Saturday from April through October from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in the heart of Brookside at the corner of 63rd and Wornall. Also, check us out at www.farmerscommunitymarket.com.
See you Saturday!
Franki
Now from our vendors:
From Blue Door Farm:
Tis' the time of the tomatoes.... Wow. I'll be at market with plenty of salad tomatoes and big reds too. A bi-color variation of the heirloom variety called "Mortgage Lifter" has also started ripening up. Despite the commerce oriented name, the looks are great and the flavor better - big, 1+ lb tomatoes in a swirl of red and gold with a surprisingly bold, sweet taste. Nummy. :)
The yellow squash continues to produce well, and I wanted to give a nutritional shout out to this veggie, which sometimes pales in comparison to it's more brightly colored table mates. A few customers have wondered out loud if it is "good for you". Lisa Markley, a nutritionist, big supporter of local food and a recent squash purchaser, reports that squash contains abundant lutein, a phytonutrient and carotenoid that is important for maintaining healthy eyes. So yes, darn it, it is good for you. It also tastes great. (And if I used any of those big words incorrectly it's my fault, not Lisa's).
I'll also be bringing: Potatoes, Garlic, Zucchini, Onions, Kale, and (woohoo!) more sweet roasting peppers. I had to laugh last week as customers cleaned out my small container of Carmen peppers within minutes of market opening.
I don't know yet if I'll be bringing any broccoli this week, but I'll do my best. I want to give it a taste test first as the heat may have edged it into bitterness.
Hope everyone is having a great week - see you Saturday!
Laura
From Ambrose Bee Farm:
We are a small apiary with a limited supply of local raw clover honey. The bees are raised by natural methods only, so we do not add any foreign substances to the beehives. All honey is pure and from our hives in Kansas City and Independence. Warming of honey (for packaging) is done below 105 degrees F. (If you are interested in unheated honey (solid) please contact us).
From Green Dirt Farm:
At the market this week we will have all of our cheeses, including our new
cheese, Prairie Tomme. This is a pasteurized sheep's milk cheese that I learned
to make while I was in France. It is a harder cheese with a washed rind. It has a
nutty flavor with a touch of sharpness. I will have a raw milk version ready to
come out of aging at the end of August.
cheese, Prairie Tomme. This is a pasteurized sheep's milk cheese that I learned
to make while I was in France. It is a harder cheese with a washed rind. It has a
nutty flavor with a touch of sharpness. I will have a raw milk version ready to
come out of aging at the end of August.
Our lamb cuts this week include shoulder cuts, some half leg roasts and lamb
shanks cut Osso Bucco style.
shanks cut Osso Bucco style.
Ask us about our cheese tasting event on July 25th. We will be featuring local
cheeses and paired with local beers.
cheeses and paired with local beers.
Hope to see you!
Sarah
Sarah
From the KC Center for Urban Agriculture:
How does TOMATILLO, HEIRLOOM TOMATO, PURPLE SWEET PEPPER, FRESH GARLIC and ONION salsa with a bit of BASIL sound? A definite twist on the run-of-the-mill, tried and true, dull and boring, out-of-a-jar red something salsa… But where would a person get all that stuff to make that crazy-delicious salsa? At the Brookside Farmers’ Market this Saturday at the KCCUA stand, of course! Stop by and you will find even more---this week we’ll also have EGGPLANT, GREEN BEANS, TRI-COLOR BEANS, SUMMER SQUASH,CUCUMBERS, OKRA, tasty and cute CHERRY TOMATOES, SALAD GREENS and MICROGREENS, SWISS CHARD, KALE, BEETS, CARROTS, LEEKS, oh my! FENNEL, LEMONGRASS, SCALLIONS, Big black RADISHES (great on the grill) and herbs of every aroma under the sun. Besides all that, I’m bringing the one and only Kansas City’s own Katherine Kelly and straight from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, Leslie Touzeau! Wow what a line-up!
See you early this Saturday!
Alicia
From Bread of Life Bakery:
Hello Market Friends,
Luke and Chris will be at market with our Market burritos, quiches, breakfast bars, coffee, jams, jellies, breads and smiles. Be careful of some teasing from Luke though! He enjoys Brookside market and all the special people he has come to know. Lili and Bryce will be at Brookside also with their smiles and sitting on any lap that is still.
This week we also have some Honey Bee Cookies and Vegan Pumpkin Muffins by Bryce and Lili. They are our new bakers in training and love visiting us at the bakery. Amanda, Bethany and Luke are very patient with them when it comes to baking fun.
Hope your week was good and we hope to see many of you this Saturday,
Kathy, Luke and sidekick Chris
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The Farmers' Community Market at Brookside is Dedicated toCreating a Unique Partnership between the Community andFarmers who provide High Quality, Local and Organic Productsin an atmosphere that is mutually beneficial, wholesome and fun.The Market also helps to support the Border Star PTA.
Farmers' Community Market at Brookside
Saturdays, 8am to 1pm
under the white tents at theBorder Star Montessori School
63rd & Wornall, Kansas City, MO 64113 << Map it!
Saturdays, 8am to 1pm
under the white tents at theBorder Star Montessori School
63rd & Wornall, Kansas City, MO 64113 << Map it!
The Farmers' Community Market at Brookside is Dedicated toCreating a Unique Partnership between the Community andFarmers who provide High Quality, Local and Organic Productsin an atmosphere that is mutually beneficial, wholesome and fun.The Market also helps to support the Border Star PTA.
KC Organics and Natural Farmers Market - Saturdays in Minor Park
Reposted from the KC Food Circle calendar:
...this is a reminder for
Farmers Market - KC Organics (Minor Park - KCMO)
Saturdays 8am – 12:30pm
(Timezone: Central Time)
E 110th St & Red Bridge Road, Kansas City, MO (map)
KC Organics and Natural Farmers Market
“The Farmer’s Market in a Park”
Open Saturdays May 2nd through October 17th
8:00 am to 12:30 pm, in Minor Park
Go 1 mile South of I-435 on Holmes,then east on Red Bridge Road (111th St.)
- fresh-picked, locally grown organic produce
- also honey, edible flowers, herbs, mushrooms
- breads and baked goods, grains, sauces
- Free-Trade coffee and Eco-products
- free-range eggs and some meats
- soaps, body care products
- natural stoneware jewelry
A Unique Market Experience in all the Best Ways
On the Grass, Under the Trees, in Beautiful Minor Park―with hikeable trails, lots of acreage, and the Little Blue River
In partnership with Kansas City Missouri Parks and Recreation
More event details»
Troost Community Farmers' Market - Saturdays at Linwood & Troost
The Troost Community Market
open
8:30 a.m. - noon
at the corner of
Linwood and Troost
Kansas City, MO
So come to Linwood and Troost for your holiday steaks.
Dear Enlightened Customers,
This Saturday at the Troost Community Market, there will be
baby carrots
beets
herbs
tomato plants
peach tree saplings
barbequed buffalo bratwurst
peppermint lemonade
Hope to see you there,
Claudia Sue Toomim
816-797-1327
BLISS FEST 2009 - at English Landing Park in Parkville, MO - Saturday, July 25th - from NOON to 7pm
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The 2nd Annual
BLISS FEST
Conscious Lifestyle Celebration
July 25, Noon - 7pm
English Landing Park
Parkville, MO 64152
Tickets $5 Gate (no advance purchase necessary)
Kids Under 12 FREE
If you already have a green ticket, it is now worth 2 for 1 entry or exchange for raffle tickets.
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Come and Join us for a
full day of...
Music ~ Entertainment ~ Food ~ Dynamic Speakers
and more!!
Live Music
Kansas City's HOTTEST band!
SEED LOVE
DJJabberock
and Miss Conception
Emcee: Mike George
Speakers:
Tim VanOrden
Angela Stokes
Matt Monarch
Kat Bowie
Penni Shelton
Jane Van Benthusen
Yoga Pavillion
Food Demos by Dotty
featuring raw cuisine by
Frederic Patenaud
Ronnie & Minh
Vendors
Lemons in the Kitchen
Bonheur
SOLFüD
Green Street Goods
Rosie's
Sonrisa Salon & Day Spa
Whole Foods
GreenAcres Market
Nature's Pantry
The Uptown Theater
The Raw Food World Super Store
Gratitude KC
Kangen Water
Healing Touch & Rhythmic Medicine
Radiant Health Chiropractic
Earthwise Center For Sustainable Life Skills
Colon Care Center
Juice Plus
Living Greens
Mystic Tonics
Face Painting Paradise
Hoops!
Perfect Water
and many more!
Updates happen daily, hard to keep up here...
Kids Tent!
Farmer's Market
BLISS FEST SPONSORS
Main Street Parkville Association: http://www.parkvillemo.com/
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GreenAcres Market: http://www.greenacres.com/
Nature's Pantry: http://www.pantry.biz/
Whole Foods Market:
The Uptown Theater
Miller's Nursery
Urban Tree Specialists
BRAS
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Frederic Patenaud, DVD Series: http://www.fredericpatenaude.com/lowfatdvds/index_2.html
Ronnie & Minh, DVD: http://www.ubraw.com/
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Bring a lawn chair, yoga mat or blanket.
Tickets $5
Under 12 FREE
Become part of the Bliss EVOLUTION!
Interested Vendors Contact:
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Charles Ferruzza speaks at KCMO Central Library - Sunday July 19th - 2pm
Dining in Kansas City: From the Depression to the Recession
Kansas City's culinary style has been a matter of discussion since Sarah Coates, wife of mover-and-shaker Kersey Coates, complained about the food in the 1850s. But restaurant life in Missouri's raucous Cowtown didn't really begin to boom until the 1930s, during the Great Depression. During the economic highs and lows of the next seven decades, there have always been good places to dine in Kansas City, including legendary venues such as the Forum Cafeteria, Bretton's, Eddy's, Putsch's 210, and the Savoy Grill.
Charles Ferruzza leads a discussion of how dining tastes and culture have changed since the 1930s on Sunday, July 19, at 2 p.m. at the Central Library, 14 W. 10th St.
Ferruzza has served as the restaurant critic for The Pitch since 2000. He has been nominated for a prestigious James Beard Award, and his writing has appeared in The Best Food Writing anthology for 2007 and 2008. He has appeared regularly on The Walt Bodine Show for more than two decades and hosts Anything Goes on KKFI 90.1 FM.
This presentation is part of the Missouri Valley Speakers Series, a program of the Missouri Valley Special Collections at the Central Library. The series is made possible by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Admission is free. Click here or call 816.701.3407 to RSVP. Free parking is available in the Library District Parking Garage located at 10th and Baltimore.
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Troostwood Youth Garden Market - FRIDAYS & SATURDAYS - 5142 Paseo (KCMO)
Basic Info
| Description: | 5142 Paseo, Kansas City, Missouri 64110 Friday nights, 5 pm to 8pm and Saturdays, 8 am to 2 pm May 15 thru late October Organically grown vegetables and produce grown sustainably by neighborhood youth - a member of JJ Farms - one of a number of farmers' markets featured by the Kansas City Food Circle. |
Contact Info
| Website: | |
| Location: | Kansas City, MO |
Growing a healthy neighborhood
Troostwood Garden started as an activity for kids
Jul. 09, 2009
Justin Burrell picks Swiss chard at Troostwood Gardens. The cob shed is behind him. (Rich Heffern)
“When it’s hot, Mr. John and I work with cabbage leaves on our heads,” teenager Justin Burrell told me, then reached down, plucked one and wore it to show what his unique fashion statement looked like.
Justin is a 19-year-old gardener with Troostwood Youth Garden in the urban core of Kansas City, Mo. “Mr. John” is his mentor, John Kaiahua, who has farmed for over 20 years selling his produce in a community-supported agriculture (CSA) subscription-buying project.
Justin works at the inner-city garden with other neighborhood youth, hoeing weeds, digging up potatoes, planting and picking all kinds of produce, from mustard greens to beets, radishes to eggplants. Under Kaiahua’s guidance, they start work in January, planting seedlings in the greenhouse, and finish up in November when the last green tomatoes are rescued from the month’s hard freezes.
If you stop by the corner of 52nd and Paseo on a Saturday morning in the summer, Justin or his sister Jessica will sell you produce at the market located near the half-acre garden.
Gardening is a labor of love, but it’s also a way of creating healthy neighborhoods, according to Troostwood’s founder, Ericka Wright, who is Justin Burrell’s aunt. Wright is not your typical farmer.
Disabled from muscular dystrophy, Wright gets around the garden that borders the family’s two-story house in a motorized scooter. Her family started Troostwood Garden on their property as an activity for neighborhood youth. The area was a haven for petty crimes like vandalism and other activities of bored teens, Wright said. Not far away there was a brutal drive-by shooting. A neighbor was arrested for a road rage murder.
“I don’t know if it will turn a good profit as much as it will make better neighbors.” Wright said. No fences surround the garden yet it has never been vandalized or plundered. “The neighbor kids get the word out. They all police the garden because all of them have worked in it at one time or another.”
She pays the neighborhood kids with money earned at the market and from grants, one from the Catholic Campaign for Human Development.
“Most of our kids live with an auntie, grandparent or a single parent. The stipend helps keep the kids from feeling embarrassed around their friends, which can lead to stealing or worse,” Wright said. “Kids also learn so much working here; it’s a good supplement to their cookie-cutter education, learning where food comes from, how good it tastes when it’s freshly picked. They experience firsthand the rewards of hard work. Young males work all day with older males; girls spend quality time with their grandmothers.”
When she first conceived the idea, Wright knew the empty lot next door was owned by nearby Rockhurst University. She went to Jesuit Fr. Ed Kinerk, then president, and asked if the land could be used as an entrepreneur project for the neighborhood. Kinerk agreed. Rockhurst students helped break ground for the first plantings.
On a corner lot the vegetable beds adjoin a busy sidewalk. Pictures of cabbages, collards and carrots are mounted on real estate signs with text underneath explaining what each does for health, how to grow it, and a recipe. “As people tour our garden they’ll learn about what it grows. The kids are the tour guides. By the end of the season neighbors and visitors will know lots about good nutrition.”
Troostwood’s mentor, John Kaiahua, is a retired Marine Corps Vietnam vet. The Hawaiian native farms his own land in a suburb and advises the Wrights on organic growing methods. Some of the produce grown by Troostwood’s youth supply his subscription CSA that feeds about 30 families city-wide.
Justin Burrell works the peak growing months with “Mr. John.” His pay goes to a savings account for college or further training in urban agriculture. His outdoor education now includes listening to the morning serenades of mockingbirds and bluebirds, relocating newborn rabbits out of the tractor’s tilling path, guarding ripened corn crops from marauding raccoons, and even constructing mud walls.
At one edge of Troostwood sits the “cob shed,” a small multipurpose building that demonstrates an age-old building technique using inexpensive materials. Sand, clay, straw and shredded corncobs, mixed by the bare feet of the neighborhood’s youth, make the sturdy walls. Wright described the building process: “Our kids walked in place for miles to knead the mud mixture, then we incorporated materials rescued from the neighborhood — clay tile from an old grocery store, bricks from a condemned house down the street.”
The youth did the final decoration of the shed, molding the drying mud into faces and placing their handprints and bits of colored glass in dazzling patterns. The shed gives the garden site a unique look, countering the strip mall standardization of most new construction in the city.
“It’s all an asset to this inner-city corner that most had given up on,” Wright said. “The kids know how to feed themselves well, how to do hard work that pays off. Every block in every inner-city neighborhood has a vacant lot or two. Every one should have a garden like ours.”
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http://ncronline.org/news/ecology/growing-healthy-neighborhood
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Funky Friday Farmers Market at BADSEED - A MUST ON FRIDAYS IN THE CROSSROADS
People of Distinguished Appetite,
Summer is upon us! And that could mean nothing other than TOMATOES! The moment we’ve all been waiting for has finally arrived, so get ‘em while they’re hot. I don’t think us organic growers are looking at a long season for these tender gems as this excessive moisture spreads disease like wildfire. So let these next few weeks be a celebration of the diverse fruits you see here!
For us growers, summer signifies a lifting of the planting burden. Now we’re reaping the fruits of our labor. Although some may claim them as vegetables, these fruits now include eggplant, peppers, cucumbers, summer squash, beans and much more!
Come see all of the following crazy urban growers this Friday night from 4:30 - 9 PM at the BADSEED, and enjoy the feast!
Brooke and Dan
BADSEED Farm
1201 W. Bannister Rd.
Summer begins with squash. We’ve been diligently monitoring our pests this year, determined to minimize the loss of our beloved squash plants. We now have a varied selection of heirloom summer squash and zucchini!
We also have a good number of TOMATOES. Come taste from fantastic varieties like Mortgage Lifter, Ivory Egg, Thai Pink Egg, and Green Zebra, to name a few.
Heirloom EGGPLANT: these enormous fruits melt in your mouth when sautéed with our garlic. Pick up some of Goatsbeard’s Taum Salk to make amazing Eggplant Parmesan.
And still more to tantalize your taste buds: juicy cucumbers, incredible Purple Mosaic yard-long NOODLE BEANS, FRESHLY pulled onions, the best damn GARLIC this side of the Pacific, red, golden, and striped beets, gorgeous rainbow chard, big beautiful kale bunches, even bigger bunches of BASIL, as well as great deals on organic thyme, oregano, parsley, sage, and more.
Lew Edminster
Summer is upon us! And that could mean nothing other than TOMATOES! The moment we’ve all been waiting for has finally arrived, so get ‘em while they’re hot. I don’t think us organic growers are looking at a long season for these tender gems as this excessive moisture spreads disease like wildfire. So let these next few weeks be a celebration of the diverse fruits you see here!
For us growers, summer signifies a lifting of the planting burden. Now we’re reaping the fruits of our labor. Although some may claim them as vegetables, these fruits now include eggplant, peppers, cucumbers, summer squash, beans and much more!
Come see all of the following crazy urban growers this Friday night from 4:30 - 9 PM at the BADSEED, and enjoy the feast!
Brooke and Dan
BADSEED Farm
1201 W. Bannister Rd.
Summer begins with squash. We’ve been diligently monitoring our pests this year, determined to minimize the loss of our beloved squash plants. We now have a varied selection of heirloom summer squash and zucchini!
We also have a good number of TOMATOES. Come taste from fantastic varieties like Mortgage Lifter, Ivory Egg, Thai Pink Egg, and Green Zebra, to name a few.
Heirloom EGGPLANT: these enormous fruits melt in your mouth when sautéed with our garlic. Pick up some of Goatsbeard’s Taum Salk to make amazing Eggplant Parmesan.
And still more to tantalize your taste buds: juicy cucumbers, incredible Purple Mosaic yard-long NOODLE BEANS, FRESHLY pulled onions, the best damn GARLIC this side of the Pacific, red, golden, and striped beets, gorgeous rainbow chard, big beautiful kale bunches, even bigger bunches of BASIL, as well as great deals on organic thyme, oregano, parsley, sage, and more.
Lew Edminster
The Herb’n Gardener
17th and Belleview
Have you seen Lew’s ZINNIAS?! Lew loves his flowers, and he has the most beautiful bouquets available every week. We need the tremendous beauty of these homegrown flowers as much as we need good food!!
That said, Lew will also have plenty of good food. More and more tomatoes, in addition to delicious salad greens and an assortment of other summer goodies.
Steve Mann
17th and Belleview
Have you seen Lew’s ZINNIAS?! Lew loves his flowers, and he has the most beautiful bouquets available every week. We need the tremendous beauty of these homegrown flowers as much as we need good food!!
That said, Lew will also have plenty of good food. More and more tomatoes, in addition to delicious salad greens and an assortment of other summer goodies.
Steve Mann
Platte Prairie Farm
From The Northland
The Squash Father has spread his seed, apparently, because we’ve been seeing quite a bit of summer squash on his market table of late. We’re also in store for more freshly dug potatoes, and other delightful treats from Steve’s own no-till garden.
Kay Peoples
From The Northland
The Squash Father has spread his seed, apparently, because we’ve been seeing quite a bit of summer squash on his market table of late. We’re also in store for more freshly dug potatoes, and other delightful treats from Steve’s own no-till garden.
Kay Peoples
The Curious Canine
We welcome Kay as a new BADSEED vendor! If you’re tired of questioning your own ethics, start questioning those of your dog, instead. Kay makes doggie food and treats from local organic meats. Come sniff around and see if you can find something yummy for your best friend, man.
Of course, we will continue to have FREE RANGE EGGS and assorted sweet and savory baked goods from Bread of Life Bakery.
Also, GOATSBEARD CHEESE, both aged and fresh, including varieties like FETA, Prairie Bloom, Walloon, Osage Orange, and Herbed Rounds!!!
THIS SATURDAY, July 18th from 10 - 3 P.M.
PICKLING!!! Cucumbers, Beets and Beans!
You can learn to preserve the harvest for the cold winter ahead this Saturday at the BADSEEDstorefront at 1909 McGee with "Canning Guru" Lori Watley. Sign up for this class at BADSEEDMarket this Friday night, or view a course description and download a registration form online at www.badseedfarm.com.
We welcome Kay as a new BADSEED vendor! If you’re tired of questioning your own ethics, start questioning those of your dog, instead. Kay makes doggie food and treats from local organic meats. Come sniff around and see if you can find something yummy for your best friend, man.
Of course, we will continue to have FREE RANGE EGGS and assorted sweet and savory baked goods from Bread of Life Bakery.
Also, GOATSBEARD CHEESE, both aged and fresh, including varieties like FETA, Prairie Bloom, Walloon, Osage Orange, and Herbed Rounds!!!
THIS SATURDAY, July 18th from 10 - 3 P.M.
PICKLING!!! Cucumbers, Beets and Beans!
You can learn to preserve the harvest for the cold winter ahead this Saturday at the BADSEEDstorefront at 1909 McGee with "Canning Guru" Lori Watley. Sign up for this class at BADSEEDMarket this Friday night, or view a course description and download a registration form online at www.badseedfarm.com.
Course Cost: $50
YOU MUST PRE-REGISTER FOR ALL COURSES.
Thanks to all of our customers for your fantastic support! Come early and come often!
Sincerely,
Farmer Dan
BADSEED
YOU MUST PRE-REGISTER FOR ALL COURSES.
Thanks to all of our customers for your fantastic support! Come early and come often!
Sincerely,
Farmer Dan
BADSEED
Vendor Links:
BADSEED FARM
ROOT DEEP URBAN FARM
HERB'N GARDENER
PLATTE PRAIRIE FARMS
BREAD OF LIFE ORGANIC BAKERY
GOATSBEARD FARM
PUDDN' HEAD COFFEE
CURIOUS CANINE (link pending)
BADSEED FARM
ROOT DEEP URBAN FARM
HERB'N GARDENER
PLATTE PRAIRIE FARMS
BREAD OF LIFE ORGANIC BAKERY
GOATSBEARD FARM
PUDDN' HEAD COFFEE
CURIOUS CANINE (link pending)
BADSEED
An Urban-Organic Farm & Market
Celebrating Local Food,
Culture, & Community
Celebrating Local Food,
Culture, & Community
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People of Distinguished Appetite, Summer is upon us! And that could mean nothing other than TOMATOES! The moment we’ve all been waiting for has finally arrived, so get ‘em ...
Host:BADSEED Farm & Market
Time:4:30PM Friday, July 17th
Location:BADSEED Market
39th Street Community Farmers Market - Wednesdays 4:30-7:30pm
Summer is in session, wetter than usual, yet still steamy and delicious. C'mon by the 39th Street Community Market on Wednesday from 4:30 til 7:30 to get your reusable sacks filled with local food and other fun goods. Speaking of which, if you bring in a cloth or other reusable bag (leather? burlap?) for produce, you can get a ticket from me (Dave) at the market tent (by the coffee shop) or my daughter (Felicity). This Reuse Reward Raffle ticket entitles you to a monthly drawing for a basket of market goodies from our vendors. Don't forget to come by and show me your stylish vegetable apparel for a chance to win.
Here's what's in season...
Tomatoes Peppers Cucumbers Fava Beans Zucchini Summer squash Potatoes Onions Garlic Herbs (Pesto!!!) Flowers Carrots Eggplant
Plus Honey, Beef, Jams, Jellies, Dips, Breads, Sprouts, Vegan cheeses and Artistic Embellishments by Linh and friends!!!
We now have an excellent caricature artist joining us at 39th each Wednesday. Take your child, your dog or your cute self over for an artistic impression to enjoy for years to come.
For this weeks children's activity, kids will be going home with a handsome walking stick (NOT the insect) of their own making. Our friend, Kim the cattle rancher has been saving choice wood up for years and will be bringing them to the market for the kids to decorate. Bring the youth!
Oh yeah, we will be joined this week by the dynamic sounds of 20,000 Strong Men. Be there and sing along!
www.39thstreetmarket.com
Dave Bennett - 39th Street Market
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Get some green and stay healthy!
39th St. Community Market
39th and Genessee, Kansas City, Missouri
Wednesdays, 4:30-7:30 pm, May 6th - Oct. 7th 2009
www.39thStreetMarket.com
The 39th Street Community Market is conveniently located near KU Medical Center in the 39th Street shopping area. Stop by after work and talk with your local farmers. Organic and sustainably grown vegetables and fruit, free range meat and other goodies are available. If you live in the neighborhood, stroll on over and bring your kids! Regular music events and children's activities are also scheduled.
Call 913-432-4101 for specific dates, or check on our web site.
Troost Community Farmers' Market - Saturdays at Linwood & Troost
The Troost Community Market
open
8:30 a.m. - noon
at the corner of
Linwood and Troost
Kansas City, MO
KC Buffalo Company will NOT be at the Rivermarket this Saturday,
So come to Linwood and Troost for your holiday steaks.
There will also be lots of herbs to spice up the meats for the grill or the salad dressing and apple mint for making the best strawberry-banana smoothies for a healthy dessert. Robert will smoke up some buffalo brats and Claudia will serve her peppermint lemonade.
We have also invited other KC Food Circle vendors, whose markets may be closed, to join us. We hope you will too, even if it rains.
Our recipe for:
Strawberry Banana Smoothies
1/2 cup rice milk
4 Tbl coconut milk
2 tsp vanilla extract
2 Tbl sugar or honey
12-15 strawberries
1 banana
8 large leaves apple mint
Whip in a blender until smooth
Pour onto ice.
Enjoy!
This recipe serves 2.
Hope to see you Saturday,
Claudia Sue Toomim
Program Developer
816-797-1327
KC Organics and Natural Farmers Market - Saturdays in Minor Park
Reposted from the KC Food Circle calendar:
...this is a reminder for
Farmers Market - KC Organics (Minor Park - KCMO)
Saturdays 8am – 12:30pm
(Timezone: Central Time)
E 110th St & Red Bridge Road, Kansas City, MO (map)
KC Organics and Natural Farmers Market
“The Farmer’s Market in a Park”
Open Saturdays May 2nd through October 17th
8:00 am to 12:30 pm, in Minor Park
Go 1 mile South of I-435 on Holmes,then east on Red Bridge Road (111th St.)
- fresh-picked, locally grown organic produce
- also honey, edible flowers, herbs, mushrooms
- breads and baked goods, grains, sauces
- Free-Trade coffee and Eco-products
- free-range eggs and some meats
- soaps, body care products
- natural stoneware jewelry
A Unique Market Experience in all the Best Ways
On the Grass, Under the Trees, in Beautiful Minor Park―with hikeable trails, lots of acreage, and the Little Blue River
In partnership with Kansas City Missouri Parks and Recreation
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BROOKSIDE - The Community Farmers Market at Brookside (KCMO) - for Market Day (SATURDAYS)
Greetings Market Friends,
I hope you all had a great 4th of July. I wish the weather would have been better, but at least it was not so hot that we could have cooked our steaks on the driveway!
This week the vendors will have a grand supply of all the farmers’ market “heavy hitters” (as I like to call them)—squash, tomatoes, peppers and the like. I hate to admit it (as I like to say I am an equal opportunity vegetable lover), but the summer crops are my favorites. Check out the vendors’ letters below for more details on which of these you can buy and from whom.
As always we look forward to seeing you every Saturday from April through October from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in the heart of Brookside at the corner of 63rd and Wornall. Also, check us out at www.farmerscommunitymarket.com.
See you Saturday!
Franki
Now from our vendors:
From Blue Door Farm:
Three cheers for the cooler temps and rain during the past week and a bit. The Italian broccoli has bounced back and I'll be bringing more to market this week. I know, I know, I said last week was probably the last week for it. Think of me a sort of market Scotty - the Star Trek Scotty - always swearing problems could never be fixed then somehow pulling it off in no time. Oh yeah... that's me. :)
In addition to the Italian broccoli, I'll be bringing a nice batch of tomatoes, both mixed salad tomatoes and a nice selection of tasty full sizers. Tomato sandwich, anyone?
The yellow summer squash is super tasty right now (I had a big plate of kale, tomatoes and yellow squash for dinner tonight). I'll bring both the squash and kale; plus German Butterball and Purple Majesty potatoes, garlic, sweet yellow and red onions, the first few sweet Italian peppers of the season, carrots and a few bags of lettuce mix.
Whew! Friday is going to by busy for me!
From Green Dirt Farm:
Summer is upon us and our milking and cheese making are settling down into a
regular routine. The "girls," (our ewes) are completely trained to the milking
parlor now and look forward to coming in for their twice daily milking. Our new
grazing system is beginning to show its benefits: we have lots of new native
prairie grasses and clover popping up all over (the plentiful rain we've been
having helps too!) This Saturday we will have a variety of cheeses including some
young Dirt Lover and Woolly Rind and some well aged ones too. We also expect to
have more of our Blue Bossa. And, of course, all of our flavors of Fresh
(including Rosemary- for all those of you who have been waiting for this flavor
to make a reappearance)
regular routine. The "girls," (our ewes) are completely trained to the milking
parlor now and look forward to coming in for their twice daily milking. Our new
grazing system is beginning to show its benefits: we have lots of new native
prairie grasses and clover popping up all over (the plentiful rain we've been
having helps too!) This Saturday we will have a variety of cheeses including some
young Dirt Lover and Woolly Rind and some well aged ones too. We also expect to
have more of our Blue Bossa. And, of course, all of our flavors of Fresh
(including Rosemary- for all those of you who have been waiting for this flavor
to make a reappearance)
Check out our new Facebook page when you get a chance. We have photos of some of
our recent events at the farm and an album with pictures of Sarah's cheese making
trip to France. If you are not a Facebook subscriber you can view the photos at
this link: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=136582&id=114351336013&l=0315503c8f
our recent events at the farm and an album with pictures of Sarah's cheese making
trip to France. If you are not a Facebook subscriber you can view the photos at
this link: http://www.facebook.com/album.
See you Saturday!
From the KC Center for Urban Agriculture:
Hope you all had a nice Fourth of July. We look forward to seeing many of you return to the market this Saturday to share some of the very best, tastiest and freshest organic fare around. And speaking of organic: this week we had our annual farm inspection to maintain our organic certification. This is required by law of most organic producers (only the very smallest are exempt) and it involves an inspection of our fields, crops, facilities and production records. The latter takes the most time. The inspector looks at everything from receipts for seed purchases and organic input purchases to field logs, maps, planting schedules, harvest and sales records, etc. As expected, the inspection went well and we're happy.
For those of you who aren't sure what "organic" actually means, remember that it is a legally binding term that can only be applied to produce grown in accordance with the National Organic Program (NOP). Basically that means we don't use synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, GMO crops, etc. and work to keep our soils healthy and alive. If you want more information, ask the farmers this weekend.
On our tables this Saturday you'll find an abundant summer harvest. We're so happy to have TOMATOES for you! We'll bring some of the best-tasting slicers, romas, cherries, large and small, spicy and fruity and all different colors... so get ready! Also TOMATILLOS, BELL PEPPERS, SUMMER SQUASH and CUCUMBERS as well as delicious root veggies like BEETS, TURNIPS, RADISHES and CARROTS. We'll have more FENNEL, and POTATOES as well as ONIONS, SCALLIONS, GARLIC and LEEKS. There'll be FILET BEANS and TRI-COLOR BEANS and tasty GREENS like SALAD MIX, MICROMIX and bunched KALE and CHARD. And, as always, FRESH-CUT HERBS including BASIL! YUM!
See you Saturday,
Daniel.
From Bread of Life Bakery:
Hello Market Friends,
We have enjoyed the extra help this week with Bryce and Lili helping at the bakery and at Brookside market with their cousin Luke. They love to come out in the summer and help at the farm, bakery and the markets. Bryce has been "picking eggs" for his breakfast everyday with Luke or Josiah, following the girls around and playing in the water with Gabriel. Brookside has been such a nice experience for them since the people are so friendly and supportive. It truly is refreshing for their family to meet such a nice community.
Our breakfast burritos will have our hens’ tasty eggs with some of the market vegetables, potatoes from Josiah's Garden, squash from Blue Door farms, Benedict Builders sausage for our meat burritos, Kale from KCCUA and onions. Our baked goods made with FRESHLY GROUND LOCALLY GROWN ORGANIC WHEAT will be available. The goodies we will have will be raspberry bars, old fashioned molasses cookies (made with 100% spelt), brownies, blueberry scones, honey pecan rolls etc. We also will have Rosemary bread this week along with Asiago Spinach bread, Black Olive and Jalapeno breads to have with your Saturday dinner.
Come by and say "Hi" to Bryce and Lili since they are working hard learning the importance of local whole foods and baking.
Kathy, Luke and Chris
From Bear Creek Farm:
This week has been so incredibly busy - but oh what we've accomplished! There is no longer a weed, a long piece of grass, or a tomato without a string. Well, maybe the beets are still weedie, but there is a light at the end of the row! We, on the other hand, are looking a little seedie, but things do look good!
This week at market we'll have the most amazingly sweet red, yellow and red onions, piles of colorful potatoes, crisp nutritious swiss chard and kale, zucchini by the ton, cucumbers, sweet crisp cabbage, and finally - some tomatoes. There will be lots of other things too - stop by to see what we've found.
Laine and his wife Lena will be manning the fort again. (Jim and I will be sleeping in and enjoying a slower day here on the farm). Stop by and speak a little Danish to them - and buy a bunch of veggies!
Hope Saturday is a great day!
Robbins and Jim
Lena and Laine - the best little Danish farm hands in Missouri!
This week at market we'll have the most amazingly sweet red, yellow and red onions, piles of colorful potatoes, crisp nutritious swiss chard and kale, zucchini by the ton, cucumbers, sweet crisp cabbage, and finally - some tomatoes. There will be lots of other things too - stop by to see what we've found.
Laine and his wife Lena will be manning the fort again. (Jim and I will be sleeping in and enjoying a slower day here on the farm). Stop by and speak a little Danish to them - and buy a bunch of veggies!
Hope Saturday is a great day!
Robbins and Jim
Lena and Laine - the best little Danish farm hands in Missouri!
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Farmers' Community Market at Brookside
Saturdays, 8am to 1pm
under the white tents at theBorder Star Montessori School
63rd & Wornall, Kansas City, MO 64113 << Map it!
The Farmers' Community Market at Brookside is Dedicated toCreating a Unique Partnership between the Community andFarmers who provide High Quality, Local and Organic Productsin an atmosphere that is mutually beneficial, wholesome and fun.The Market also helps to support the Border Star PTA.
Farmers' Community Market at Brookside
Saturdays, 8am to 1pm
under the white tents at theBorder Star Montessori School
63rd & Wornall, Kansas City, MO 64113 << Map it!
The Farmers' Community Market at Brookside is Dedicated toCreating a Unique Partnership between the Community andFarmers who provide High Quality, Local and Organic Productsin an atmosphere that is mutually beneficial, wholesome and fun.The Market also helps to support the Border Star PTA.
Troostwood Youth Garden Market - FRIDAYS & SATURDAYS - 52nd & Paseo
Troostwood Youth Garden & Market
5142 Paseo, Kansas City, Missouri 64110
Friday nights, 5 pm to 8pm
and
Saturdays, 8 am to 2 pm
May 15 thru late October
816-444-5788 — eMail:
Managers (@) TroostwoodYouthGarden.info
All foods grown on-site using organic methods. We are members of JJ FArms.
Please call if you have questions.
http://www.TroostwoodYouthGarden.info
Organically grown vegetables and produce grown sustainably by neighborhood youth - a member of JJ Farms - one of a number of farmers' markets featured by the Kansas City Food Circle.
FACEBOOK FRIENDS:
See http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=79989349469
Funky Friday Farmers Market at BADSEED - A MUST ON FRIDAYS IN THE CROSSROADS
Hello Eaters,
BADSEED Farmer Brooke, here. I hate computers and staring at a glowing screen when I could be basking in that hot summer heat, diggin' my hands in that luscious black earth, and pullin' up food so fresh it's flesh simply radiates life and all the love that went into the formation of it's heavenly body!!! The English language has its limitations (although you know I try). Rather than attempt to type the mind-boggling beauty of summer's bounty - why don't I just show it to you!! Pictures are as follows....or better yet:
Come see this week's harvest in the flesh and take a big ole' bite out of it at the
BADSEED Farmers Market this Friday from 4:30-9 PM.
As you know the BADSEED market is a gang of renegade urban farmers dedicated to bringing you GOOD FOOD - and when I say good food I mean food grown ethically, with love, and close to home!!
On behalf of Brooke & Dan at BADSEED Farm, Sherri at Root Deep Urban Farm, Lew at Herb'N"Gardener, and Steve at Platte Prairie Farms we look forward to feeding you this Friday!
Other products will include aged & fresh GOAT CHEESE from Goatsbeard Farm, farm fresh EGGS and BAKED GOODS from Bread of Life Bakery, fair-trade/organic fresh-roasted COFFEE from Puddin' Head, KOMBUCHA "magic mushroom" tea from my own home brew, and more...
Yours Truly,
Brooke (farmer and mistress of the BADSEED)
Vendor Links:
BADSEED FARM
ROOT DEEP URBAN FARM
HERB'N GARDENER
PLATTE PRAIRIE FARMS
BREAD OF LIFE ORGANIC BAKERY
GOATSBEARD FARM
PUDDN' HEAD COFFEE
BADSEED FARM
ROOT DEEP URBAN FARM
HERB'N GARDENER
PLATTE PRAIRIE FARMS
BREAD OF LIFE ORGANIC BAKERY
GOATSBEARD FARM
PUDDN' HEAD COFFEE
BADSEED
An Urban-Organic Farm & Market
Celebrating Local Food,
Culture, & Community
Celebrating Local Food,
Culture, & Community
1909 McGee*KCMO*64108
Mission Farms Farmers' Market - THURSDAYS - 4:00-8:30pm
MISSION FARMS (ORGANIC) FARMERS MARKET
THURSDAYS
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. The market is open every Thursday on the east end of the Mission Farms parking lot. Join in the fun.
GROWERS & VENDORS 2009
Robert Jones | produce, sprouts, wheatgrass | |
Cherie Schenker | beef, pork, lamb, honey, brats | |
Nancy Gordon | soap, body care, greens, produce | |
Kathy Crowther | bread, produce, cane juice, | |
Rick Newson | eggs | |
Tammy Crandell | produce, herbs, sweet corn, eggs | |
Denise and Dan May | produce | |
Kay Peoples | Kay Peoples | organic dog treats |
Pete | vegetable, fruits, meat, grains |
Robbins Hail | vegetable produce, eggs | |
| KC Food Circle's grower pages are in recovery mode... these links above are current for now. |
39th Street Community Farmers Market - Wednesdays 4:30-7:30pm
Come on by for these delights from the garden...
tomatoes (come early)
black raspberries
beans
cabbage
cauliflower
zinnias
sunflowers
cucumbers
zucchini
potatoes
broccoli
onions
herbs
beets
chard
carrots
Dave Bennett - 39th Street Market
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Get some green and stay healthy!
39th St. Community Market
39th and Genessee, Kansas City, Missouri
Wednesdays, 4:30-7:30 pm, May 6th - Oct. 7th 2009
www.39thStreetMarket.com
The 39th Street Community Market is conveniently located near KU Medical Center in the 39th Street shopping area. Stop by after work and talk with your local farmers. Organic and sustainably grown vegetables and fruit, free range meat and other goodies are available. If you live in the neighborhood, stroll on over and bring your kids! Regular music events and children's activities are also scheduled.
Call 913-432-4101 for specific dates, or check on our web site.
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