GREEN DRINKS KC - SEP 22, 2011 - FOURTH Thursday September meeting in Overland Park, KS

TO REGISTER, GO TO:
http://www.meetup.com/environment-270/events/26355611/

*Green Drinkers, please note that this month's meetup is occurring on the 4th Thursday of the month, rather than the 3rd.  Additionally, we are taking a field trip for a special event.  Please read the details below.  The event is free, we hope to see you there!

 Meet Gene Baur

of Farm Sanctuary

@ Cleveland Chiropractic College

Thursday, September 22, 2011

7:00-8:30pm

The rise of factory farming is a current, national hot topic.  The environmental consequences of this industry causes "severe degradation, threats to public health, and unimaginable suffering to billions of farm animals." Kansas City is fortunate to have one of the leaders in research of factory farming who is also the founder of Farm Sanctuary, an organization that rescues abused farm animals, present his findings and facts to help us make more educated and aware choices regarding the food we choose to eat.

Hear Farm Sanctuary President and Co-Founder Gene Baur speak at Cleveland Chiropractic College on Thursday, September 22nd from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. in Assembly Hall at Cleveland Chiropractic College which is located at 10850 Lowell Avenue, Overland Park, KS 66210. This talk is free and open to the public. Gene will also be on hand to sign copies of his national best-seller, Farm Sanctuary: Changing Hearts and Minds About Animals and Food.

Feedback from a Farm Sanctuary Event attendee :

“Gene's friendly and personable style of speaking to people is so refreshing. He doesn't use judgment, scare or shock tactics, and simply has the facts, figures, and the personal experience to back up his message so that any type of audience can use that knowledge to make educated choices towards changing their viewpoints and diets.” – Tina Hauser, attended Gene’s talk at the University of Pittsburgh (Feb. 6, 2011)

*Come find Laura at the Green Drinks table prior to this event at Cleveland Chiropractic!  We would love to have members of Green Drinks together while enjoying Gene's presentation."

*Pictures and event content from http://farmsanctuary.org*

For more information on Green Drinks, 

please visit: http://greendrinks.org or http://environment.meetup.com/270

Thanks for sending all of your event ideas, which we are trying to make happen, if possible. Hope you can join us this month!

  * You need not drink alcohol to attend * 

THE CLEANER PLATE CLUB goes one-better... ;D

The Power of You
by local cookbook author, Beth Bader

Time	Thursday, September 29 · 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Location	The Cooking Studio at Whole Foods Market on Metcalf 7401 W 91st St Overland Park, Kansas
Created By	Whole Foods Market on Metcalf

COST: $10
~ REGISTER AT ~  http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=223226

More Info	Discover your power to positively impact your child’s nutrition and eating decisions with local author, Beth Bader @ the Cooking Studio (located next door to Whole Foods Market). Snack included. $10 per person. Please pre-register in advance at Customer Service or online at http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=223226. This event is sure to sell-out!

SEE ALSO:
https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=244465198921896
and
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8986578-the-cleaner-plate-club

Springfield, MO - WELL-FED NEIGHBOR MARKET

Location	1925 E Bennett, Springfield, MO 65804
Hours	Tues - Sat: 10:00 am - 7:00 pm Sun: 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
About	Dedicated to the re-localization of food, economy, jobs, health and fuel conservation!

Description	It has been my dream for the last 4 years to re-localize a food supply to create local food security, a viable local economy with jobs, improved health and fuel conservation. It became apparent that opening the Well Fed Neighbor Market was the only way begin our long journey back. Thank you for your patronage. You demand is critical to our cause! Thank you in andvance for your support!!
Parking	Parking Lot

Email	ruellchappell (a) gmail . com
Phone	417.799.3305

FACEBOOK
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Well-Fed-Neighbor-Market/181915438543513

110907 - Westport Plaza Market ~ every Wednesday ~ 4:30-7:30pm ~ @ Westport Rd. & Wyoming St. (KCMO)

Check your Fridge... Do you have fresh, pesticide-free produce ready to eat?  Do you have free-range eggs and grass-fed beef from local farms?  Do you have bread and sweets made by the farmer who grew the ingredients?  Grab your bag and stock up at the market this Wednesday with some special food produced just for you.       See you this Wednesday, September 7th from 4:30 until 7:30 pm at the intersection of Westport Road and Wyoming Street in KC, MO.       www.farmersmarketkc.org If you're not already a facebook member of the market click HERE. Find out more about a great program providing free food for low income people shopping at farmers' markets...

Forward to a friend Copyright (C) 2011 Westport Plaza Farmers' Market All rights reserved.

              Come Experience the Westport Plaza Market
this Wednesdays 4:30-7:30pm
@ Westport Rd. & Wyoming St (KCMO) 

110907 - Waldo Farmers' Market - WEDNESDAYS at Waldo Habitat Restore (KCMO)

Sept 7th Highlights: Pears, Peaches, Baked Goods, Meats & Local, Fresh Veggies!

BY DIANE HERSHBERGER, ON SEPTEMBER 6TH, 2011

Waldo Farmers' Market

START SEPTEMBER OFF RIGHT WITH FRESH, LOCAL FOOD….

Fresher Than Fresh Snow Cones & Good You Organic Mobile Eatery Will be @ the Market this Week!

K. Kringle & Company Baked Goods – Guest Vendor
Kevin Edwards will be at the market this week offering wonderful cookies, sweet breads, jellies & jams. He bakes cookies from his Grandmother’s recipes! Kevin & his family use non-GMO flour, real butter, many organic & local ingredients & no preservatives when baking. He makes a widevariety of jams & jellies. Be on the lookout for Poppy Seed & Strawberry Breads, Chocolate Chip, Peanut Butter & Lemon Cookies (made w/fresh organically grown lemons) & other sweet treats!

Stony Crest Urban Farm
  New this week – Arugala & Radishes. Plus, Cucumbers  & Jalapeno Peppers are specially priced! Other available squashes include: “Sunburst” patty pans along with single-serving sized butternut  & acorn squash.Also, Sweet Italian, bell, banana, chili (Anaheim) peppers. (We’ll have a recipe to roast them) Eggplant. Fresh cut cilantro. Sweet candy onions. And of course — tomatoes — slicers & sweet cherry & grape tomato “Snack Baskets”.  They are not as big & plentiful as they were a month ago, but they are still tasty.  Rodger & Diane.

And @ the Stony Crest Tent, In Response to Customer Requests….

• Seckel “Sugar” Pears from Gordon’s Orchard, Osceola, MO (non-organic)
• China White Peaches from Gordon’s Orchard, Osceola, MO (non-organic)
• Encore Yellow Peaches from Gordon’s Orchard, Osceola, MO (non-organic)
• Sweet Jamboree Watermelons grown by Elvan Schrock of Jamesport, MO (non-organic)

Bear Creek Farms
  Lonnie & Jeanna will be bringing Garlic, Chard, Kale, Winter Squash, Cow Peas, Potatoes, Onions, Tomatoes, Peppers, Fresh Basil, Tons of Eggplant, Zucchini & Cucumbers & more.

NUTRESSANT

As the weather get cooler, it also get drier……come smell and feel our Body Butters for not only moisturizing the skin but nourishing it as well.  Also check out our toothpaste and deodorant.  We love to share our favorite things.   John and Sandy

One More Cup 
Early fall breezes & a good cup of coffee go together! OMC will have brewed coffee samples, as well as bags of ground and whole-bean coffee for purchase, along with reusable coffee sleeves for sale, and possibly bagged granola. Stacy & Jeremy

Schenker Family Farms  
Beef, Lamb & Pork from grass-fed, free-range animals.  Theo brings a good selection. If what you want is not available at the market, place an order for delivery next week. Check out the Mr. Doggity’s BBQ Sauce they carry. It’s made by mid-town resident, “Mr. Doggity”.

Farm To Market Bread
 FTM has specialty breads you can only purchase at the Waldo Market … Rustic Roasted Garlic, Rustic Tomato,  Trail Mix, Raisin/Walnut, Six Grain Hearth, Four Seed Baguette, Semolina, Rolls: Multi-Grain, Pretzel, Sub & Asiago, Buns: Egg, Brioche &  Focaccia. Ann or Ben can help you select a bread for any occasion!

Waldo Market Season Ends Sept 28th! 

Many thanks for the feedback & all the ideas shared through the “How Are We Doing?” Survey that 115 people responded to! The first action we are taking in response to the feedback is to extend the market season from the end of August to the end of September. Other improvements are in the works… some you may still see this season and other changes that make sense to start next season. The vendors did a survey of what they think the best aspect of the market is and unanimously we agree that YOU – our customers, neighbors & friends are the best!  Thanks for your support of the market!!

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.

More information is available online at http://wholesomewaldowednesdays.com where weekly information will be added as the season progresses. We look forward to seeing you each Wednesday!

Niles Garden Market - 1911 E. 23rd (KCMO) Tuesdays from 4:00-6:00pm

AN ORGANIC FARMERS MARKET in KCMO

Niles Garden Market

Tuesdays

4pm To 7pm
at

1911 E 23rd Street

(close to Garfield Ave)

Kansas City, Missouri
http://organotill.org/

Tuesday, September 6.

In addition to peppers, some tomatoes, onions, garlic, carrots, swiss chard and potatoes, yellow summer squash, we also have lettuce and collards. Come on down to Niles at 1911 E 23rd from 4 to 6 PM. Meet some of the kids and see the garden.

http://organotill.org

Thanks!

Marty Kraft

Please respond to climate change in your own way. Let care of nature become second nature.

Niles Garden Market 

1911 E 23rd Street 

from 4 to 6 PM Tuesdays.

• Niles Garden is an educational and peaceful garden next to Niles Home for Children. We use organic no-till practices on our beds but don't claim certification.
• We hope to be a model for beginning gardeners to learn sustainable urban agricultural techniques. Our market benefits Niles and the kids who work the garden.
• Some of our garden practices can be seen at:  http://www.youtube.com/organotill

see also
http://KCNoTill.org/

~~ Friend us in FACEBOOK!

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=117114924967392

~~

Come to our market
Tuesday afternoons 

from 4 to 6:30 at
Niles Home for Children,
1911 E 23rd Street.

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Here is some information on our garden followed by some general information on Niles Home for Children. We would love to have some volunteer help. In addition to our current garden we are also trying to restore an additional third acre plot that was a parking lot. I hope this information helps.

Thanks

Marty Kraft 816-333-5663

Sustainability Aspects of Niles Garden

At Niles Home for Children

Organic - Niles garden, while not certified organic we try to follow the requirements for an organic garden. Organic means that we use remedies for controlling pests that are much less harmful to the environment and less harmful to the people who eat our produce. We use substances like Bacillus thuragensis which is a bacteria that eats worms that eat plants or diatomatious earth, the silica shells of ancient diatoms whose razor sharp edges slice into the insects bodies and dry them out.

No-Till Beds - It is said that a third of the world’s carbon could reside in the soil. The soil is a huge carbon sink that could hold the carbon from much of the carbon dioxide that is currently in the atmosphere causing global warming. Bynottilling we prevent the soil bacteria from eating carbon rich substances like glomalin and releasing CO2. We also add glomalin producing micorizzal fungi to the roots of plants that form associations with these fungi.

Honoring the Real Gardeners - In a handful of soil there are more organisms that there are people on earth. Through the interaction of these billions of “workers” soil is created and made healthy for plants. We must study the ecology of the soil in order to maximize the efforts of these tiny helpers. It behooves us to understand soil ecology and build and maintain healthy soil.

Nature Areas - We have a large understory area where native plants are being reintroduced so our residents, staff and visitors can see natural ecosystems in action. We also have a prairie plant area that attracts butterflies and beneficial insects including pollinators that help our garden plants reproduce.

Solar Waterfall - Although our pond is not a natural feature the attractive waterfall is powered by a solar panel atop our outdoor classroom gazebo. The panel demonstrates that power can be generated from sunlight, avoiding the use of fossil 

fuels.

Watering system - Our watering system minimizes the use of water for growing food. We use a thick straw mulch that holds the moisture in the soil while creating a rich environment for our soil organisms to operate. We also use drip tape that lets water seep out under the mulch where it won’t evaporate into the air.

Food in a Food Desert - Niles Home for Children is located in what has been called a food desert. In order to find fresh and nutritious food on sale, nearby residents must travel at least two miles. You can get liquor five blocks away. A high percentage of our neighbors must rely on public transportation so it is just not practical to shop where good food is available. To that end we have been offering a Tuesday afternoon market from 4 to 7 PM on our lawn at 1911 E 23^rd Street.

We Demonstrate and Teach Sustainable Skills and Values - 

Our residents, staff, volunteers and visitors get to see a working garden that produces food for the community passing on skills and knowledge that makes us all more secure. Niles Home for Children, through our garden, offers volunteer opportunities, tours, workshops and internships to people in the larger community as well as to our youthful residents. 

See videos of our garden at http://www.youtube.com/organotill

Please let others know about us.

Marty Kraft 

816-333-5663

NILES HOME FOR CHILDREN – CES II newsletter

Niles Home for Children is a licensed, accredited day and residential treatment facility located in the urban core of Kansas City, MO. Its 127-year history of caring for troubled and at-risk children began in 1833 when an African-American bricklayer named Samuel Eason opened his heart and his home to orphaned neighborhood children. Over the years, Niles has evolved from an informal orphanage to a formal treatment program for children and youth suffering from mental and emotional illness, but the concept of “Home” is still central to what we do. Today, Niles serves about 150 youth annually, in three programs:

· Safe, intensive Residential Treatment for children in severe crisis;

· Day Treatment/Alternative Education for children whose disruptive behavior keeps them from succeeding in conventional classrooms;

· Substance Abuse prevention or treatment, depending on previous use.

The children in Residential Treatment, ages 7-17, suffer from acute depression, bi-polar disorder, PTSD and other mental and emotional illnesses. Most often, they have been profoundly traumatized by abuse, neglect or abandonment, and many of them have been removed from their homes by the State for their own safety.WithNiles’ multi-layered therapy and low staff-to-resident ratio, they can usually be released to a less restrictive environment in 3-12 months.

The Day Treatment children attend Niles Prep Behavior Management School in grades K-12. Typically, these youth are referred to Niles by public and charter schools because of their very disruptive behavior. Upon arrival, they are typically performing 2+ years below grade level, so academic remediation and integrated therapy in a supportive environment are both essential to success.

All these high-risk children are tested for substance use when they arrive and are assigned to either the prevention or the treatment program. All of Niles’ skilled and caring professionals work together to achieve the agency’s mission “to meet the mental health and educational needs of high-risk children and their families, empowering them to become confident and contributing citizens.”

~~

• Some of our garden practices can be seen at: http://www.youtube.com/organotill

see also: 
http://KCNoTill.org/

THIS WEEK on KKFI 90.1 FM - KC's Community Radio

Dear Listener,


    As we approach the tenth anniversary of the day that has come to be known as 9/11, KKFI provides some very rich programming this week, that helps us gain  perspective on the past ten years and where it is leading us from here.   I don't mean to gloss over the loss of 3000 American lives that day, nor the 9/11 and a half's worth of American lives that were sacrificed in Iraq, for which 9/11 was offered as an excuse, nor the loss of hundreds of thousands of Iraqi lives that were lost, nor the millions of Iraqis that were converted to refugees, but I think its important to reflect on where  KKFI has been in the mix over the past decade. 

   When every other broadcast outlet in town was stenographing the Buschco claims of WMDS, KKFI was questioning, questioning, questioning.  Not only on Democracy Now!, but on many of our other fine programs as well.  Perhaps a more succinct way to put it:  If every broadcast outlet in the land, followed KKFI's (and other community radio station's) lead, those thousands of troops that we supported to death might still be alive.  This is the prime reason that I dedicate my life to KKFI and community broadcasting, it is indeed a matter of life and death.


TUESDAY

• 9am     Tuesday morning on If You Love This Planet, Dr Helen Caldicott gets an update on the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan from Arnie Gundersen, a consultant with Fairewinds Associates in the US. We also hear from Japanese nuclear activist, Aileen Mioko Smith.
  
• 6pm    Tuesday on Tell Somebody, Tom Klammer will talk to Sierra Club Water Sentinels Director Scott Dye about  Bannister Federal Complex deal - Faster Cleanup, or Just Dodging Superfund Status? 

WEDNESDAY  

• 5am    Wednesday morning on the Pacifica Radio Archives' From the Vault this week is a ten-year retrospective of Pacifica’s 9/11 coverage, as it happened, and the pacific and progressive voices subsequently given safe harbor on Pacifica Stations in the time after the attacks. We begin with a montage produced by Pacifica Radio Archives one year after 9/11 – voices include Bertrand Russell, Howard Zinn, Dennis Kucinich, Gore Vidal, June Jordan, Michael Moore, Angela Davis, Thich Nhat Hanh, Mumia Abu Jamal, Cornel West, to name a few. Then, WBAI producer Michael Haskins recalls his journey to WBAI studios in the heart of the financial district in the midst of the attack, and former Pacifica producer and author Laurie Garrett muses on the events and consequences of 9/11, along with Gore Vidal, Noam Chomsky, Tariq Ali, Arundhati Roy, and others.
  
• 7am   On your Wednesday Morning Buzz, I'll exploring 9/11 in music.  I'll be featuring some of the music I played ten years ago right after 9/11 on a Friday night show I did, called You Name It, as well as some of the music that has been written in response to 9/11.    Bruce Springsteen's The Rising, and Black 47's New York Town are two albums that come to mind.  Do you have any suggestions?
  
• 9am   The legacy of Mahatma Gandhi continues in various ways in India. Gandhi had his flaws but as George Orwell wrote: “compared with the other leading political figures of our time, how clean a smell he has managed to leave behind.” Himanshu Kumar is a staunch proponent and practitioner of Mahatma Gandhi’s philosophy and techniques of non-violence and civil disobedience. He worked for almost two decades serving the poor in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh until he was driven out in 2009. He continues to publicize the situation in Chhattisgarh.  David Barsamian interviews him on Alternative Radio, Wednesday at nine.
  
• 10am   Mark Manning features the music of the artists at the upcoming Crossroads Music Festival, on Wednesday Mid-day Medley from 10 to noon.
  
• 12pm   Then on BOOKWAVES at noon on Wednesday, New York Times Op-ed columnist, Gail Collins discusses  her book, "When Everything Changed," about the changes in women's lives 1960 to the present.
  
• 12:30pm - Then, on From Ark to Microchip, The Apocalypse is revealed in an upbeat musical composed and performed by Kansas City’s Black Crack Revue (BCR) featuring songs such as “Headed Toward Extinction,” “Dinosaur Breakfast,” and “666 Dub.”  This is a brand new version.
  
• 6pm - A painfully shy Englishman is packed off to rural America for some rest and relaxation … only to find that the countryside isn’t quite as pastoral as he had imagined. Dina Waters, Johnny Galecki, and Paxton Whitehead star in The Foreigner by Larry Shue on LA Theatre Works, from six to eight Wednesday evening.

 THURSDAY

• 9am    On Sprouts, Thursday morning at nine, we tour through outstate Missouri and conduct interviews at three locations of interesting one-of-a-kind businesses and little-known national landmarks.
  
• 9:30am   Then, on Making Contact, who won the Egyptian Revolution?
  
• 6pm   On The Heartland Labor Forum, Susan Sanders, on her  Pioneering Women series, interviews the only pilot left in the air after the 9-11 tragedy.  Also, a look at the Afghan War as it approaches it's tenth year.
  
• 7pm   Shots in the Night radio theatre folks take over the Thursday Night Special.
  
• 8pm   DJ Radionic (host of Seasoned Beats,heard on KKFI 12-5am Thursday) hosts The Local Showcase. 

 SUNDAY


 On Sunday September 11th, starting at 11am, KKFI will bring a special day of broadcasting on this tenth anniversary day.  The schedule is as follows:

• 11am – Democracy Now!
  
• 12pm – Pacifica Archives
  
• 1pm - KPFK – 911's impact on U.S. foreign policy
  
• 2pm - WBAI - The Culture of Fear and the Loss of Civil Liberties - Also, 2 and a half minute live reports from various events in NYC on 9/11 2011.
  
• 3pm – KPFT- from the Bible belt..The Rise of the Religious Right post-9/11
  
• 4pm – WPFW – The Pentagon, has the culture changed ? A debate about the lingering questions surrounding the attack on the defense citadel. Jazz legends weigh in musically on that fateful day.
  
• 5pm – KPFA – hour one of debate – 9/11 Commission Report
  
• 6pm - KPFA – hour two of debate – moderator Peter Phillips on The Science around the Twin Towers collapse
  
• 7pm – KPFA – live phone calls from the nation moderated by Veronica Faisant

 (Our regularly scheduled Sunday programming, from Foolkiller Folk to Sunset Reggae, will return next week.) 


  I hope you can listen to most if not all of this special day of broadcasting, and as alluded to in the beginning of this epistle, I hope you can get as many people as possible to listen, because if the past ten years have taught us anything, its that we'd all be better off, if more people paid attention to and supported KKFI.

Stay tuned,


Mike Murphy
90.1FM KKFI
Kansas City Community Radio
http://kkfi.org

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