Farmers Community Market at Brookside - OPENING DAY - Saturday, April 17th


Farmers Community Market Newsletter

Hello Brookside Market Friends, Come celebrate spring with our farmers, vendors and Earth Day educational events this Saturday, April 17th! We are looking forward to seeing you, catching up and sharing our healthy treats!

The market opens ~ 8am till 1pm

Join us and our vendors learning about:

  • 9 am - Squirmy Wormy Composting - Powell Gardens Representative
  • 10 am - Kids, look for the Stone Lion butterflies to flutter
  • 11 am - Rain Barrel Demonstration - ReStore South Kansas City
    • Make your trip to the market a green one (bike, walk, car pool, metro, etc.)
      and be registered free to win a rain barrel, courtesy of Bridging the Gap.
      And, pick up information from MARC about water conservation.

Now, for the really good stuff our vendors will be featuring:

From Bear Creek Farms ~ Wow, that was a short winter! Can it possibly be time for spring markets again? YES!!! And we are ready to go with tons of herb, fruit, garden vegetable and heirloom tomato transplants for your garden! The greenhouses are overflowing and we are ready! With the economic worries of the world what better time to grow some of your own food - so till up that yard, add some good compost, plant some yummy vegetables and herbs, harvest the freshest most local food possible, and eat! Can it possibly get better than that! And for those of you short on yard space we'll have the perfect heirloom tomato plants for containers and hanging baskets.

Can't wait to see everybody at the opening market! Let everyone know! Jim and Robbins - happy farmers producing happy foods and plants

Green Dirt Farm will be bringing all flavors of our Fresh cheese:

Plain, Nettle, Confetti (garlic and onion), Firecracker (Rosemary) and Lovage. 

We will also have lamb cuts.  
Can't wait to see our friends!

Wells Family Farms will be offering goodies from their 632 Acres of Certified Organic Farm land, including berries, nuts and our delicious 100% Grass Fed Beef. We are Certified Humane with Animal Welfare Approved, and are open to anyone who would like to come and tour our farm. We offer our individual cuts of beef in Cryovac packaging which allows long term storage. We also, sell Whole, Half, Quarter and wholesale beef.

Other great products from our farm include:

Diatomaceous Earth,
Certified Organic, Food Grade Red Clover/Burdock Seeds,
Soybeans, dried
Bug Repellant, our own formula, and yes it really works!
Horse or Cow Leavins', aged manure for all your growing needs.


From Blue Door Farm: Woohoo! Spring is here! Time to eat, plant and be merry. I'm looking forward to seeing everyone again. The winter was snowy, but productive, as I have installed a deer fence at my field. I'm looking forward to a more productive season than ever.


For the first market I will be bringing a bunch of vegetable transplants to start your home gardens off, including a variety of heirloom tomatoes, herbs, sweet and hot pepper plants as well as broccoli, cabbage and chard. I'll also be bringing plenty of beautiful nasturtium plants which are just beginning to bloom, bachelors button plants, cheerful marigolds and some native, perennial starts including plains coreopsis (yes, this one really is perennial), black-eyed Susan and bee balm.

My high-tunnel has been good to me again this year, so I'll also have some vegetables available, including gorgeous, white stemmed pac choi that is perfect for a quick spring stir fry. Also available: garlic chives, parsley, and limited quantities of swiss chard, "pink beauty" radishes, spinach, lettuce mix and sorrel. Happy Spring! – Laura


The farmers from the Kansas City Community Farm and KCCUA are so excited to be back at the market this year! Thanks to the nice warm weather this spring we will be harvesting loads of fresh from down the road, certified organic veggies that include Swiss chard, kale bunches, bok choy, Chinese cabbage, spinach, lettuce mix and salad mix, microgreens, head lettuce, mustard greens, collard greens, braising mix, radishes, cucumbers, scallions, carrots, beets turnips and fresh herbs.

We'll also bring our famous green shelf o'transplants and hundreds of tomato transplants ready for your garden. We're looking forward to seeing the faces we've been missing all winter and meeting some new friends of local food. See you at the market!


From Bread of Life Bakery: We have had a very cold and white winter up north and we are thankful for the mild days of spring. This winter was a time for change for our family, Amanda our oldest got engaged to Andrew in December. March was busy with Chris and Bethany's wedding and Luke got engaged to Mandi. Luke will be getting married May 8th and still plans to be at market that day!

We are preparing to have our breads and sweets to have with Puddin’ Head coffee. Come by our booth and congratulate Luke. Chris will be gone this week so Josiah will help him this week
See you Saturday,
Luke, Josiah and Kathy

From Kay at The Curious Canine: Beefy "Biscotti", Liver Chips, Bison Bites........YUM! We want to welcome you to the Brookside Market this year, and your Canine friend. We'll be there with delicious dog treats. Look for us at The Curious Canine. And, thanks for coming!

From Puddin’ Head Coffee: Ms. Jewel and I will be offering my signature “Rainforest Blend” the hearty dark roast for sampling and sale as well as Peruvian ‘Ayachuco’ medium roast, Ethiopia ‘Sidamo’ the fruity medium roast followed by the flavorful Peruvian ‘Ignacio Grande’ decaf dark roast. These whole bean coffees are all organic, fair trade and/or Rainforest Alliance certified coffees.
Pax Domini sit semper vobiscum,
“May the peace of God be always with you.”
Miss Jewel and Harry Lee

From Kim Tuccillo at Roaring River Bread: Welcome all! We will be back this season with our hand-made, hand formed, hearth baked, individual and small batch breads, cookies, granolas and other goofy snacks! Look for your popular favorites including sourdough and harvest 7 grain.

Benedict Builders will be back with their Salad bar grass-fed beef and different cuts of pork, pastured eggs, and a variety of new raw cows’ milk artisanal cheeses.

Also, Border Star Montessori School could use our help repairing their garden boxes, weeding, cleaning up and planting on our opening day.

If you are interested,
please email Celeste
at celstemarble (a) kc.rr.com

And, if you are saving paper towel or tissue roller to recycle, please bring a few on market day for our worm composting project.

Look forward to seeing you there!!!

BROOKSIDE MARKET'S VENDOR LINKS:



Saturdays, 8am to 1pm
under the white tents at the
Border Star Montessori School
63rd & Wornall, Kansas City, MO 64113

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.

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Prairie Village (KS) ~ EARTH FAIR 9 ~ SATURDAY, April 17th



Get Ready for Earth Fair 9:

Wake Up to a Greener Earth

Prairie Village, KS: The City of Prairie Village is very happy to announce that after having taken a year off, Earth Fair is back and will be held in the newly remolded Shawnee Mission East High School. This will be the 9th Earth Fair and it is shaping up to be one of the best. In addition to the over 40 ecologically focused vendors and exhibitors, there will also be live entertainment as well. Weather permitting, half of the festivities will be outside, including music by Checkered Past (bluegrass), Alternative fuel vehicles, solar cooking demos, the boy scouts will be back doing gas cap testing, and there will be a framers’ market where you can get the first garden goodies of the season and vegetable starts for your garden.


Inside the Fair you can learn about ways to make you house more efficient inside and out, the environmental organizations in the community protecting our environment, and much more.

  • There will be an area for kids to discover the fun they can have making art out of recycled materials.
  • Tired of your wardrobe? Then come and see recycled fashion show organized by theEnvironmental Club of Shawnee Mission East.
  • We are also very happy to announce that theStone Lion Puppet Show featuring life size puppets will be performing at the Fair.
  • If you work up an appetite participating in all these earth friendly activities, you can satisfy your stomach and your taste buds with an organic lunch from the Bread of Life Bakery.


What better way to celebrate the planet we live on then being a part of your community and participating in this eco-friendly event.


DETAILS: Earth Fair 9: Wake up to a Greener Earth!


WHEN: April 17th, 2010 ~ 10am-3pm


WHERE: Shawnee Mission East High School (75th and Mission Rd.)


COST: Free Admission


Schedule:

  • Stone Lion Puppets, 10:45 and 1:45
  • Briarwood Elementary School Singers, 11:30
  • Checkered Past, all day (with breaks throughout the day)

CONTACT: Katie Nixon

pvearthfair (a) gmail.com or

816.809.5074


We depend on you to spread the word about Earth Fair so PLEASE email your listservs and contacts to let them know about the fair. Friends, Groups and Organizations often help us distribute the attached (LINKED) poster and B&W flyers.


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Funky Friday Pre-Farmers Market at BADSEED - Organic Transplant Sale - Friday, Apr 16, 2010


Attention Gardeners, Homesteaders, & Local Eaters -

Spring is here.
Time to get in the DIRT where
true freedom and
sensual pleasures await you!!

Let us enhance your garden
this Friday from 4-8 PM
at the BADSEED pre-Farmers Market

ORGANIC
TRANSPLANT
SALE

featuring super sexy heirloom varieties of herbs,
tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, brassicas,
flowers, companion crops, & more

Join your favorite gang of gregarious "urban" growers
and get your hands on a
mind-boggling selection of glorious transplants,
as well as early spring produce!!

From BADSEED Farm (southside represent)
*Heirloom Tomatoes is Green Zebra, Purple Calabash, Brandywine, Tigerella, White Tomesol, Mortgage Lifter, Roman Candle, Pineapple, Paul Robeson, Chocolate Cherry, and so much more
*Heirloom Italian Eggplant
*oh so hot and oh so sweet Peppers
*Rainbow Chard & Luscious Kales
*Aromatic Herbs, Edible Flowers, and Companion Plants including African Marigolds, Calendula, and retro-colored Zinnias
*Yummy spring produce including Lemon Sorrel, Spicy Greens, and fresh Chives
***a limited amount of certified organic SEED potatoes

From Herb"n"Gardener (westside represent)
*Big Monster heirloom slicer tomatoes, all in transplantable 3 inch biodegradable majical/mustical pots that go right in the ground without disturbing the roots!! Varieties include Rutgers, Rose, Arkansas Traveler, Kentucky Beefsteak, Missouri Love Apples (take it easy on the dirty jokes), Dad's Sunset, Chocolate Cherokee, Lemon Oxheart, Aunt Ruby's German Green, and Pink Ponderosa. That covers all colors and sizes. Heck yeah!!
*Cherry Tomatoes in Black Cherry, Gold Kirschke, Red Fig and Yellow Pear
*Anaheim peppers, some various "hots", and two varieties of "sweet"
*Hollyhocks from grandma's backyard and multi-colored Nasturtiums

From Root Deep (eastside represent)
*Cherokee Purple Tomatoes and other heirloom varieties
*Basil in Purple Opal, Genovese, etc.
*Peppers galore and a whole lot more....
*Mean "bagged" greens for that early spring fix

From Hun's Garden (KCK represent)
*Crazy Transplants in all shapes, sizes, and origins.....(Pov is originally from Laos and he grows some super wicked "worldly" stuff)
*Fresh-cut Tulips (his wife, Chaxamone's specialty!!)
*Early produce including fresh GINGER (!!!), fennel, napa cabbage, asian greens, and basil

and last but not least - Paul and Judy from PJ's Mushroom Farm will be making a special trip to bring SHITAKE MUSHROOMS, OYSTER MUSHROOMS, and farm fresh EGGS!! YIPPEE!!!

Okay - So, in the meantime, get those garden beds ready!! Load up on plants this Friday, and by Saturday you'll be one tranplantin' fool............and a couple months later, you'll be enjoying the "fruits of your labor". Nothin' like it my friends!! LIBERATION THROUGH ORGANIC VEGETABLES.....the BADSEED motto.

SEE YOU FRIDAY.

Sincerely,

Brooke
-farmer and mistress of the BADSEED



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


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URBAN AG ADVOCACY needs your support.

(Kansas City, MO - April, 2010)

Good friends, you may have heard about the work that is going on about updating Kansas City, MO city codes concerning urban food production. The current codes have some restrictions in them that work against the great benefits that urban food production has to offer, and so a group of community residents, farmers and gardeners have been working with the Kansas City Center for Urban Agriculture, the Greater Kansas City Food Policy Coalition, the City Planning Department and Councilman John Sharp (6th District to create proposed changes to the current codes.

On Thursday, April 8, Councilman Sharp introduced the resulting ordinance to City Council. Council members Bill Skaggs, Beth Gottstein, and Melba Curls and Mayor Mark Funkhouser are co-sponsors. You can find the full text of the ordinance at: http://cityclerk.kcmo.org/ (Legislation # 100299)


It will now go to the City Planning Commission, the Planning and Zoning Committee, and, sometime in late April, to the full council for a final vote.


I am asking for your support in getting this ordinance passed! There are several ways you can help:

1. Write a letter to your City Council Representatives and the Mayor to urge them to vote yes. I have attached a sample letter which you are welcome to use or revise as you wish.

Deb Hermann, 1st District At-Large, Deb_Hermann@KCMO.org

Bill Skaggs, 1st District, Bill_Skaggs@KCMO.org (express our gratitude for his co-sponsorship of the bill!)

Ed Ford, 2nd District At-Large, Ed_Ford@KCMO.org

Russ Johnson, 2nd District, Russ_Johnson@KCMO.org

Melba Curls, 3rd District At-Large, Melba_Curls@KCMO.org (express our gratitude for her co-sponsorship!)

Sharon Sanders-Brooks, 3rd District, Sharon_Brooks@KCMO.org

Beth Gottstein, 4th District, At-Large, Beth_Gottstein@KCMO.org(express our gratitude for her co-sponsorship!)

Jan Marcason, 4th District, Jan_Marcason@KCMO.org

Cindy Circo, 5th District At-Large, Cindy_Circo@KCMO.org

Terry Riley, 5th District, Terry_Riley@KCMO.org

Cathy Jolly, 6th District At-Large, Cathy_Jolly@KCMO.org

John Sharp, 6th District, John_Sharp@KCMO.org (THANK HIM FOR HIS LEADERSHIP ON THIS!)

Mayor Mark Funkhouser, mayor@KCMO.org (express our gratitude for his co-sponsorship and vision on this)

2. Send this information to anyone you know within KC city limits who you believe will support these revisions. Feel free to forward this email, or create your own with these attachments.

3. Get local groups of which you are a part (churches, neighborhoods, clubs, etc.) to speak to our council representatives in support of the revisions. Both our individual support as well as group support will be helpful tools in influencing our representatives. I or someone else from the planning group would be happy to come share with your group, or equip you to do so.

4. Attend the upcoming public hearings as a supporter:

  • City Council Business Session: Thursday, April 15, 2010, 1:30 p.m., 10th floor, City Hall
  • City Plan Commission: Tuesday, April 20, 2010, Exact time to be announced, but will be around 9:30 a.m, 26th floor, City Hall (Council Chambers)
  • Planning & Zoning Committee of the City Council: date to be announced (late April or early May)

I have attached a (linked) fact sheet on the proposed changes for your information, and, if you have any questions about this process or information, please let me know.


We appreciate your support in helping make Kansas City, MO a national leader in urban food production!


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content mirrored at:

http://www.KCFoodCircle.org/urban-ag-advocacy

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SPRING PLANT & PRODUCE SALE at the KC Center for Urban Agriculture - Saturday, Apr 10th, 9am-3-pm


Visit the Farm Saturday
Organic Transplant Sale
Luscious Organic Produce
Saturday, April 10th 9am-3pm
map link ~ 4223 Gibbs Road ~ map link
Happy People, Happy Plants. Yum!

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Spring and GOOD FOOD are here! We’ve got freshly harvested VEGETABLES and beautiful TRANSPLANTS for your own garden at KCCUA's farm.

Saturday 9-2pm 4223 Gibbs Rd, Kansas City, KS 66106

Tasty, fresh, alive SPINACH, SALAD MIX, ARUGULA, crispy white TURNIPS, SCALLIONS, WATERCRESS, oh so unbelievably yummy CARROTS, KALE, sp...icy BLACK RADISHES, quart jars of beautiful, golden HONEY and more!

And, we want to help you get YOUR VEGETABLE GARDEN get growing for the year! We’ve got the cool season vegetables- broccoli, cabbage, and cauliflower transplants, lettuce, swiss chard, kale, TOMATO TRANSPLANTS (both HEIRLOOM and hybrids) and so much more. This is going to be a great year for growing good food!

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daniel (a) kccua. org

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