Brookside Farmers' Market - FOOD * FLAVOR * FUN - July 9, 2011

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We welcome our two favorite bands from last year back this Saturday.  Free State Ramblers will be playing from 8:30 to 10:30 and Fine Kettle of Fish from 11 to 1 pm.  Also, remember only one more week till the Tomato Festival! NUTRESSANT What we put on our body gets flushed down the drain and into the water and soil.  Keep the planet clean with healthy organic body products. We are getting lots of wonderful comments about our soaps....... Stop by and discover more. John and Sandy OISHII STUDIO SWEETS Emily will be at the market this week with Spicy Pecan Caramels, Cappuccino, Sea Salt and Rosemary Caramels. She will also have Scottish Shortbread, Lemon-Rosemary Shortbread, and a batch of Butter Crunch Almond Toffee. And, don't forget the "Locavore" and "Eat Well" t shirts. See you soon. Lance Golden Crown Coffee: Golden Crown Coffee is excited to announce that we will now be carrying honey! Local and raw honey from right here in Missouri, and a coffee infused bee's wax soap. Come pick up local honey and freshly roasted coffee. Nathan Farris Golden Crown Coffee 816-645-3301 GoldenCrownCoffee.com MUROAK FARM We are right in the middle of garlic harvest. We had some turn out very nice. We missed being at market last week but will be there this week. We will have Patty Pan Squash, Garlic, Kale, Lettuce (Freckles and Paris Coss). I believe we can get a few more Radishes. We will also have Kohlrabi, Purple Basil, Sweet Basil, Dill Weed, Savory, Pepper Mint, Sweet Basil plants, Savory plants, Blackberry plants, Sweet Marjoram and Basil potted together. Come by and see all the different kinds of Garlic. See you at the market. Green Dirt Farm Prairie Tomme ("Tome") is ready at last! This delicious French Alpine-style cheese (think Gruyere or Gouda) has been in the aging room for four months, developing its smooth, firm texture and buttery, nutty taste. We'll have some for you Saturday, along with our other aged and fresh farmstead sheep's milk cheeses and sweet Italian-style sheep's sausage. Hope to see you at the market on Saturday! Bread of Life Bakery / Sweet Sisters Gluten-Free Hello all at Brookside Market, My family from California is here and has already enjoyed a day at Market.Bryce and Lili are ready to help bake some delicious cookies for the market. Their specials this year will be lemon and white chocolate drop cookies and honey bee cookies. Come by and try one of our specials made especially for Brookside Market. Chris and Josiah will have our market burritos, quiches,cinnamon rolls, breads cookies,granolas, and jams to offer for your weeks supply of baked goods. Have a good week and see you Saturday, Kathy, Josiah and Chris ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 8am-1pm SATURDAYS  BROOKSIDE FARMERS' MARKET* at 63rd & Wornall Rd (KCMO) <-Map It! * In FACEBOOK, see: http://t.co/mEoz1Zg

20110709 - KC Organics & Natural Market at Minor Park

"Uniquely nestled in a beautiful park, On the grass and Under the trees!” – Just East of Holmes on Red Bridge Road (about 111th St),Kansas City, MO (one mile south of I-435 at Holmes Road) www.KCORGANICS.com

Saturdays, 8 am—12:30 pm, May 7th—October 15th – Come visit us in the park! Our family farmers offer organic produce that is fresh-picked and locally-grown, natural specialty and Heritage meats, honey, mushrooms, edible flowers, herbs, grains, artisan breads, cereals and pies, fresh eggs, freshly-brewed “FT” coffee & more. 

We continue to pioneer ECOPRODUCTS, with the highest organic-content handmade bar soaps & body care items, woodcrafts, candles, artisan natural-stone custom jewelry, and much more. We are a “Fair Trade” Market, with occasional Gourmet Chefs demos featuring KC’s up and coming talent and Live and Local “Organica Music.”

Please visit our website and join our email list via KCOrganics@yahoo.com, for special events;
or call 816-444-FOOD(3663).

(In cooperation with the KCMO Parks and Recreation Department)

Troostwood Market - Fridays & Saturdays - 52nd & Paseo

KC’s Beans & Greens program $Doubles$Dollars$ for folks with food stamps, and many of our featured organic markets are accepting debit cards, too, with EBT machines - Troostwood Market now provides Beans & Greens services.

Friday Market

5pm-8pm

Saturday Market

8am - 2pm

Troostwood Youth Garden
5142 Paseo
Kansas City, Missouri 64110



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816-444-5788

eMail: Managers (@) TroostwoodYouthGarden.info

Neighborhood youth are providing fresh and healthy vegetables from A to Z. All foods grown on-site using organic methods. We are members of JJ FArms. Please call if you have questions.

www.TroostwoodYouthGarden.info

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PUBLIC HEARING - Joint Committee on Urban Agriculture - at UMKC on MONDAY, JULY 11th @ 5:30pm

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Joint Committee on Urban Agriculture  to hold public hearing on July 11th in Kansas City Representative Jason Holsman's Joint Committee on Urban Agriculture   will hold its first informational hearing on Monday at 5:30 p.m. at Pierson  Auditorium on the University of Missouri-Kansas City campus.  The General Assembly authorized the creation of the committee with  passage of Senate Bill 356 earlier this year. The committee will investigate trends in urban agriculture, including vertical farming, urban farm cooperatives and sustainable living communities and evaluate existing services, resources and capacity for such urban farming and the impact on local communities. The committee will use this information as the basis for future legislation. The informational hearing will provide a forum for investigation and exploration of these urban agricultural issues with testimony from various advocacy groups, professional urban farmers, and at large members of the agriculture community.                         What: Joint Committee on Urban Agriculture Committee hearing When: Monday, July 11 at 5:30 p.m. Where: University of Missouri-Kansas City, Pierson Auditorium ~ 5000 Rockhill Road, Kansas City                                                      Contact information  for the hearing For additional information on the Joint Committee on Urban Agriculture's informational hearing at UMKC please contact Representaitve Holsman's Office Dan Bryar Legislative Assistant (573) 751-6607 dan.bryar (a) house.mo.gov UMKC Contact Troy Lillebo Director of External Affairs (816) 235-6585 lillebot (a) umkc.edu RE-posted from an original alert from  the Greater Kansas City Food Policy Coalition http://kcfoodpolicy.ning.com/

20110708 ~ BADSEED Farmers' Market - Kansas City, Mo

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Fellow Foodies and Farm-Fresh Junkies -

THE HEAT IS ON.....and sizzling summer fruits are soon to follow. Turnips & leafy greens are on their way out and juicy heirloom tomatoes, voluptuous peppers, & orgasmic eggplant are on their way in. Tomatoes may take another week or more to really hit the market tables (due to a very cold spring), but other HOT HOT veggies will be in full effect this Friday. JJ Farms has a beautiful selection of freshly dug potatoes, Purple Beauty sweet peppers, Japanese eggplant, and gorgeous red onions plucked fresh from the dirt. Bigg Blue Farm is busting at the seams with sexy summer squash, cool cucumbers, and organic cabbages the size of Cleveland!! As for Lew of Herb"n"Gardener, he's still keepin' it real with your old time favorites like kale and swiss chard not to mention the coveted French Filet Bean! At URBAVORE, Farmer Brooke & Farmer Dan will have their usual "green" madness, an uncanny selection of Bodacious BEETS as well as some new additions - freshly pulled GARLIC (melts in your mouth) and luscious King Richard LEEKS! If LIVE NUDE VEGETABLES aren't your thang.....stuff your face with free-range eggs, grass-fed beef & lamb, all natural pork, RAW honey, artisan sheep's milk cheese, rustic baked breads, micro-brewed herbal elixirs......and MORE. It all goes down this Friday from 4-9 PM at the BADSEED Funky Farmers' Market.

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FIREWORKS on the (urban) Farm....

I sure hope all of you had a fantastic 4th of July. Farmer Dan and I took it easy for a change and spent time snuggling and kissing our new baby (trying not to think about the insane amount of work needing to be done in the field!!). We did venture out to the farm around dusk to put the animals up for the night, chase off devilish deer, and toast to our many successes and failures with a glass of wine. Once the night set in, the pastoral setting turned into a scene from "Apocalypse Now"! As you know, our farm is a 13.5 acre urban oasis just 5 miles east of the Plaza off Blue Parkway. Our land sits high allowing us a radical view of downtown. However, I never understood just how high until I was experiencing loud & colorful explosions in the sky all around me.....there were fireworks encompassing us as far as the eye could see!! There we sat, completely in awe, as we watched professional fireworks displays in Raytown, Overland Park, South KC, downtown KC, and KCK. To add to the surreal nature of the moment, the neighborhood was putting on a fireworks display of their own. Here in East KC, folks really know how to party and apparently "pyrotechnics" is their specialty. These residential fireworks were just as "hyphy" as the real ones so while the big stuff was happening far away, the "ghetto works" were happening in the immediate vicinity. It was absolutely wild. Urban agriculture never fails to shock me!! There is something about the juxtaposition of a farm in the city that is truly magical.
As for little Percy James...


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Remember: 

LIVE  NUDE  VEGETABLES!! and other organic delights... 

EVERY FRIDAY AT BADSEED

Yours Truly,

Brooke

-farmer and MILK mistress of the BADSEED

BADSEED
An Urban-Organic Farm & Market

Celebrating Local Food, Culture, and Community

Fridays, 4-9pm*

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Waldo Farmers' Market - WEDNESDAYS at Waldo Habitat Restore (KCMO)

From: http://www.wholesomewaldowednesdays.org/feed-your-addictions-this-week-the-waldo-farmers-market/

Feed Your Addictions This Week @ The Waldo Farmer’s Market ….

BY DIANE HERSHBERGER, ON JULY 5TH, 2011

{ JULY 6th MARKET DATE: }

Tomatoes, Pickles/Cucumbers, Beef Jerky, Pretzel Rolls, Snow Cones & More!

 Stony Crest Urban Farm
Grape & Cherry Tomato “Snack Baskets”, full-size tomatoes, green/yellow & purple beans, zucchini, green onions, Swiss Chard (Butter Variety), yellow squash, cucumbers, radishes, dill, cut flowers & possibly carrots. Hungry for sweet corn? Check out our pots of Blue Jade Organic Corn to grow on your patio.

Blue Door Farm
Yellow squash, zucchini, carrots, onions, purple and “regular” potatoes, baby fennel, Italian (flat) green beans, cutting celery, basil, beets, kale, chard and yes, a few tomatoes.

Bear Creek Farms
Tomatoes, pickling cucumbers, yellow squash, zucchini, kale, chard, cauliflower, beets, potatoes, bulb fennel, green & red cabbage, garlic, fresh basil & parsley, kohlrabi, plus more. 

Farm To Market Bread
Specialty breads like Rustic Roasted Garlic, Rustic Tomato, Trail Mix, Raisin/Walnut, Sourdough, Six Grain Hearth, Four Seed Baguette, Semolina, Grain Rolls, Egg Buns, Brioche Buns, Sub Roll, and Pretzel Rolls.

Schenker Family Farms  
Raw Clover Honey, Animal Welfare Approved & Grass-Fed Beef, Pork & Lamb, Beef Jerky & More!  Stop by to pick up dinner.  Credit cards, cash & checks accepted.

NUTRESSANT
What we put on our body gets flushed down the drain and into the water and soil.  Keep the planet clean with healthy organic body products.  NUTRESSANT is getting lots of wonderful comments about their soaps.  Stop by and discover more. 

Fresh Connect
Sharing organic jam, honey, noodles, goat cheese, cow cheese, salsa & occasionally fresh produce from local farms.

Fresher Than Fresh Snow Cones It’s not too late to make eating a Fresher Than Fresh Snow Cone with 100% natural ingredients a Wednesday night Habit! Can’t decide what flavor to get? Ask “Snow Cone Fairy” Lindsay for a recommendation or simply try The Sampler.

Waldo Farmers' Market Wednesdays

May 4 - Aug 31, 2011

3pm – 7pm @ Waldo ReStore

303 W 79th St.

1 block east of Wornall & 79th (KCMO)

Especially convenient for residents of Waldo, Brookside, Southtown neighborhoods and Prairie Village, the new Waldo Market is a mid-week, after-work opportunity to purchase organically and sustainably grown fresh, local produce along with other specialties such as bread, coffee, and soaps.

Our season will run through August 31, 2011 with consideration for extending into September.

Imagine KC - VIBRANT - CONNECTED - GREEN - from KCPT (Kansas City Public Television)

GO TO http://IMAGINEKC.org/

See IMAGINE KC - Episode 5:
Building Healthy, Local Food Systems

JOIN FRIENDS OF KCPT ON FACEBOOK AT:

https://www.facebook.com/kcpt19

Imagine a VIBRANT, CONNECTED
and GREEN Kansas City region

The Mid-America Regional Council (MARC) and Kansas City Public Television (KCPT) recognize the need to raise awareness around, and present solutions to the economic, social and environmental challenges facing the rapidly growing Kansas City region.

Imagine KC, a 12-part series, co-produced by KCPT and MARC, intends to provide reliable information around issues and ideas to encourage informed decision making and help our communities plan for a vibrant, connected and green future. Using video footage from throughout the region, graphics, animated scenarios, expert interviews and viewer feedback, the series will focus on helping the region envision its future.

Objectives of Imagine KC

Each episode will:

• Educate the public about a specific set of issues, policy options and how other metro areas are meeting these challenges;
• Envision how to implement change in our region;
• Engage the community in ongoing implementation projects and decision making.

Imagine KC will work to increase public knowledge of key strategies for more effective patterns of metropolitan growth.

See also: http://kcpt.org/blog/2011/05/01/imagine-kc-creating-sustainable-places/

One Nation, on the Earth ~ Westport Plaza Farmers' Market - Wednesdays at Westport & Wyoming - 4:00pm-7:30pm

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Come Together.  Right Now!           Working together, for a common goal is something we all love.  Each week at the market, vendors from a wide range of backgrounds get together and help each other put down our weekly roots in a parking lot in Midtown KC to bring some of the best food possible to the good people of the city.  In the afternoon heat, we set up one another's tents and tables as we share the challenges we have recently experienced growing and dealing with all that nature has run us through during the past few days.   It's for a good cause-it's for you!  Enjoy the fruits and vegetables of our labor of love... Art Basil   Beets Blackberries Carrots Chocolate Zucchini Bread Cukes DOG TREATS-TRY THEM! THEY"RE ALL ORGANIC!!! Eggs Filet Beans Fresh Flowers Gluten Free Lemon Cake Green Onions Hot Peppers Kale Kohlrabi Lamb Nastertiums Onions Peas Purselane Potatoes Spinach Sweet and Savory Pies Tomatoes Traditional Baked Goods Zukes Bring the Kids and Make a Grass Head Creature!        Get your Goods Here!!!            Wednesday June 29th from 4:30 until 7:30 pm at the intersection of Westport Road and Wyoming Street in KC, MO.          http://farmersmarketkc.org In Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_118365048203386

Copyright (C) 2011 Westport Plaza Farmers' Market All rights reserved. Hi, this is Dave Bennett Freeling from the Westport Plaza Farmers' Market. We hope this email finds you well and continuing to be interested in local food available in Kansas City. We want to invite you to come and be a part of our little midtown market every Wednesday, 4:30-7:30. Westport Plaza Farmers' Market