Snow or no... the EXPO is a GO for
Saturday 9am-2pm, 3/28/2009
possibly extending to 3pm
if weather allows.
For DAY-OF-EVENT at-site updates on
Shawnee, KS weather conditions and
road info at the Civic Centre,
call 913-620-8427 or 816-714-4376
Our 11th Annual Exhibition of Farmers - Kansas City Food Circle EAT LOCAL! Expo 2009 starts Saturday at 9am...
Permanently Sustainable Culture...
Someone asked to have this article It’s Not Rocket Science: Land Productivity, Food Rights reduced to some seminal passage or extract. OK... here's my take on it.
Reading is fundamental for PERMACULTURE, too.
Permanently Sustainable Culture...
Here's the author's own synopsis:
And I'm off that soapbox...
... and onto another.
If you don't yet know how to ACT on it,
come to the Kansas City Food Circle's
EAT LOCAL! Expos (two Saturdays
in a row, 3/28 & 4/4, 2009)... and
learn all about it in 5 hours of hobnobbing with
folks who are doing it, have been doing it
for years (for all the right reasons), and
will keep doing it until we all "get" it.
Dave - WebMinion at Large
===
It’s Not Rocket Science:
Reading is fundamental for PERMACULTURE, too.
Permanently Sustainable Culture...
Here's the author's own synopsis:
We are waiting for people to act locally. Action. Now. Feeding ourselves and/or working closely with those who feed us. Working on global food policy to prevent wholesale population poisoning by BIG AG & BIG OIL. Protecting farmland and recovering land which *can* be farmed, keeping small-scale growers closer to urban areas. The best scientific breakthrough we can foment is a community's epiphany - bringing into being a whole people's realization that age-old natural methodologies, balancing our agricultural inputs and outputs, *is* sustainable - a culture based on GROWTH, GROWTH, GROWTH is simply not sustainable."Hunger is not inevitable. Factory farming is not inevitable. Low-quality, tasteless, contaminated food is not inevitable. Repeated “food scares” are not inevitable. Soaring public health costs are not inevitable. Another and better food system is eminently possible — now, not ten years from now or after some promised, imaginary “scientific breakthrough”. It is possible right now, today — in our own backyard(s)."
"What are we waiting for?"
And I'm off that soapbox...
... and onto another.
If you don't yet know how to ACT on it,
come to the Kansas City Food Circle's
EAT LOCAL! Expos (two Saturdays
in a row, 3/28 & 4/4, 2009)... and
learn all about it in 5 hours of hobnobbing with
folks who are doing it, have been doing it
for years (for all the right reasons), and
will keep doing it until we all "get" it.
Dave - WebMinion at Large
===
http://tinyurl.com/cwjzc9
headline:
It’s Not Rocket Science:
Land Productivity, Food Rights
18th March 2009, 08:59 pm by DeAnander
We’re all familiar with the myth: we learned it in school. It goes something like this:
Once Upon a Time, in the 1960’s, a crew of brilliant whitefellas in lab coats Saved the World by revolutionising farming and eliminating world hunger. Their new, advanced mechanical/chemical farming methods — vast areas of monocrop, heavy tractors, giant combines, tonnes of artificial pesticides and fertilisers — and their new, improved, superior hybridised crops increased yields tenfold and more. Without industrial farming, billions would starve, even though other billions would be re-sentenced to the short lives of brutal, backbreaking toil from which they were rescued by industrial/mechanised farming. Therefore, anyone who advocates organic or “sustainable” farming practise is some kind of heartless elitist who wants billions to starve and the rest to live as dawn-to-dusk field slaves — for this is what will happen if we do not continue and expand the highly successful [and highly profitable, for everyone except farmers and eaters] model of industrial/corporate farming. There is no other way to feed ourselves. If there are “external costs” of the industrial farming system, we will just have to accept them.
That’s what I was taught in school — and probably you were too, if the subject of agriculture was even mentioned during your school years...
(for the full article, click one of the links above, or go to:
The KC Food Circle Bulletin Board
LAST Winter Farmers Market @ 39th & Genessee - SATURDAY (today)
last date for the cold season
WINTER FARMERS MARKET
at
39th & Genessee
(KCMO)
WINTER FARMERS MARKET
at
39th & Genessee
(KCMO)
Sorry about the mix up on the date (in our previous e-mail announcement). We will be at our spot at 39th Street Market from 11 am to 1 pm today. 3/21/2009
This is the last Saturday we will be doing this since next Saturday, March 28, is the Shawnee Farmers Expo then April 4 is the Expo at the Truman Center in Independence. All of this is listed on our web site.
Brookside Market starts on April 11 so we hope to see all your sunny faces there!
Alice will be here today and at the Shawnee expo.
Thanks for your winter time support.
See you soon.
Kim
Steve & Kim Wells
4009 State Hwy UU
King City, MO 64463
660-783-2930/660-562-7892
info( @) wellsfamilyfarms.com
Go to:
>> www.KCFoodCircle.org <<
for info about our
KC Food Circle's 11th Annual
Exhibition of Farmers
The 2009 EAT LOCAL! Expo
Featured Organic
Farmers Markets
Restaurant Listings,
CSA Listings
and much, MUCH MORE!
>> www.KCFoodCircle.org <<
for info about our
KC Food Circle's 11th Annual
Exhibition of Farmers
The 2009 EAT LOCAL! Expo
Featured Organic
Farmers Markets
Restaurant Listings,
CSA Listings
and much, MUCH MORE!
Michael Pollan - In Defense of Food - Book Event
http://rainydaybooks.com/NASApp/store/IndexJsp?s=storeevents&eventId=409126
RAINY DAY BOOKS...
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 | Time: Wednesday, May 20, 2009 7:00 p.m. Location: Unity Temple on The Plaza, Sanctuary, 707 W 47th Street, Kansas City, MO 64112 Phone: 913-384-3126 Title of Event: Michael Pollan for In Defense of Food Author:� Michael Pollan, Author of the Bestselling Book, The Omnivore's Dilemma.� Michael Pollan is a Contributing Editor at Harper's magazine, where he served for many years as Executive Editor, and a Contributing Editor and Writer for The New York Times Magazine.� He has written two Award-Winning Books, Second Nature: A Gardener's Education and A Place of My Own: The Education of an Amateur Builder.� His essays and articles have appeared in numerous periodicals, and he lectures widely on environmentalism, gardening, and nature.� He lives in Cornwall Bridge, Connecticut, with his wife and son. Admission Package (Click on the ADD TO SHOPPING CART button):� $15.00 plus Tax, includes from Rainy Day Books, One (1) Stamped Ticket, One (1) Guest Ticket (if needed) and One (1) Copy of In Defense of Food (Softcover) to be Autographed after the Author Presentation.� Please specify your need for One (1) Stamped Ticket and One (1) Guest Ticket (if needed) in the Notes field of your Online Order.� If you choose Option 1 for In-Store Pick-Up, then you can specify At-Event Pick-Up in the Notes field of your Online Order.� Thank you.� Book Orders can be shipped worldwide.� All Author Event Book Sales are Final and Non-Returnable. Powell Gardens, Kansas City's Botanical Garden, is Celebrating the Opening of the Heartland Harvest Garden.� What began as a simple plan to bring back a vegetable garden well-loved by visitors in the early days of Powell Gardens has evolved into the nation�s largest edible landscape; a place to reconnect with where food comes from and to celebrate the pleasures of eating well. |
 | In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto by Pollan, Michael Format: Trade Paperback Price: $15.00 Published: Penguin Books, 2009 Inventory Status: Coming Soon -- Available for Pre-Order Now  See all editions of this title. Admission Package (Click on the ADD TO SHOPPING CART button): $15.00 plus Tax, includes from Rainy Day Books, One (1) Stamped Ticket, One (1) Guest Ticket (if needed) and One (1) Copy of In Defense of Food (Softcover) to be Autographed after the Author Presentation. Please specify your need for One (1) Stamped Ticket and One (1) Guest Ticket (if needed) in the Notes field of your Online Order. If you choose Option 1 for In-Store Pick-Up, then you can specify At-Event Pick-Up in the Notes field of your Online Order. Thank you. Book Orders can be shipped worldwide. All Author Event Book Sales are Final and Non-Returnable. What to eat, what not to eat, and how to think about health: a manifesto for our times "Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants." These simple words go to the heart of Michael Pollan's "In Defense of Food," the well-considered answers he provides to the questions posed in the bestselling "The Omnivore's Dilemma," Humans used to know how to eat well, Pollan argues. But the balanced dietary lessons that were once passed down through generations have been confused, complicated, and distorted by food industry marketers, nutritional scientists, and journalists-all of whom have much to gain from our dietary confusion. As a result, we face today a complex culinary landscape dense with bad advice and foods that are not "real." These "edible foodlike substances" are often packaged with labels bearing health claims that are typically false or misleading. Indeed, real food is fast disappearing from the marketplace, to be replaced by "nutrients," and plain old eating by an obsession with nutrition that is, paradoxically, ruining our health, not to mention our meals. Michael Pollan's sensible and decidedly counterintuitive advice is: "Don't eat anything that your great-great grandmother would not recognize as food." Writing "In Defense of Food," and affirming the joy of eating, Pollan suggests that if we would pay more for better, well-grown food, but buy less of it, we'll benefit ourselves, our communities, and the environment at large. Taking a clear-eyed look at what science does and does not know about the links between diet and health, he proposes a new way to think about the question of what to eat that is informed by ecology and tradition rather than by the prevailing nutrient-by-nutrient approach. "In Defense of Food" reminds us that, despite the daunting dietary landscape Americans confront in the modern supermarket, the solutions to the current omnivore's dilemma can be found all around us. In looking toward traditional diets the world over, as well as the foods our families-and regions-historically enjoyed, we can recover a more balanced, reasonable, and pleasurable approach to food. Michael Pollan's bracing and eloquent manifesto shows us how we might start making thoughtful food choices that will enrich our lives and enlarge our sense of what it means to be healthy. |
WINTER FARMERS MARKET - 39th & Genessee - SATURDAY
WINTER FARMERS' MARKET
at
39th Street Community Farmers Market
at
39th Street Community Farmers Market
Hi everyone, we will be on hand for market sales on Saturday the 14th.
Alice will be there with all her usual goodies and also limited greens. mmmm fresh greens!
We have an excellent variety of cuts, so hope to see you all.
Kim
Alice will be there with all her usual goodies and also limited greens. mmmm fresh greens!
We have an excellent variety of cuts, so hope to see you all.
Kim
Steve & Kim Wells
Wells Family Farms
4009 State Hwy UU
King City, MO 64463
660-783-2930/660-562-7892
>> Other featured Organic Farmers Markets <<
FARMER'S TABLE @ blue bird bistro - SATURDAY
farmers' table
Saturday, March 7th
blue bird bistro
Saturday, March 7th
blue bird bistro
start with aperitif and hors d’oeurves as you mingle and
visit with Jeff and Marge Adair from
New Grass Bison, DeSoto, Kansas
be seated for five courses of all local culinary delight
house made calzone
stuffed with Good Shepherds Turkey Ranch turkey,
Morningland Dairy white cheddar cheese
and Organic Way Farm tomatoes
stuffed with Good Shepherds Turkey Ranch turkey,
Morningland Dairy white cheddar cheese
and Organic Way Farm tomatoes
warm Rains Farm tamworth bacon dressing
tossed with Platte Prairie Trading Farm spinach
and spaghetti squash
tossed with Platte Prairie Trading Farm spinach
and spaghetti squash
Good Nature Family Farm cream
and Platte Prairie Trading Farm's
sweet potato panna cotta
and Platte Prairie Trading Farm's
sweet potato panna cotta
New Grass Bison strip steak roulade
filled with Organic Way Farm fox grapes
and La Ferme du Bonheur goat cheese
filled with Organic Way Farm fox grapes
and La Ferme du Bonheur goat cheese
finish with Sante Fe Trails honey cake
served with Bob’s blueberry ice
served with Bob’s blueberry ice
reservations from 6p m to 9pm
816-221-7559
816-221-7559
5 course dinner - $45
vegetarian option - $45
wine pairing - $20
vegetarian option - $45
wine pairing - $20
see full Farmers' Table details at
http://groups.google.com/group/KCFC-Bulletin-Board/web/farmers-table-at-blue-bird-bistro
WINTER FARMERS MARKET - SATURDAY
WINTER FARMERS' MARKET
at
39th Street Community Farmers Market
at
39th Street Community Farmers Market
Hi everyone, Alice and Marvin and myself will be there on Saturday from 11 am to 1 pm at the 39th and Genessee spot. This is in the parking lot of the twisted Sister Gift shop.
We will all have a great selection available.
Thanks
Kim
Steve & Kim Wells
Wells Family Farms
4009 State Hwy UU
King City, MO 64463
660-783-2930/660-562-7892
WORKSHOP 3/6 - Growing Berries in Your Garden
Growing Berries in Your Garden
2009-03-06 12pm – 1:30pm
Growing Berries in Your Garden
Berry bushes fit easily into the backyard landscape and are easier to grow than tree fruits. Learn how to select, plant and grow berry bushes. Presented by Ben Sharda, KCCG Executive Director
All KCCG workshops are held at Kansas City Community Gardens.
6917 Kensington
Kansas City, MO 64132
Please call for reservations.
(816) 931-3877 or contact @ kccg. org
Robert F. Kennedy Symposium - Sponsored by UMKC - March 9 thru 12, 2009
Robert F. Kennedy Symposium
The New American Dream:
Environmental Sustainability and American Progress
The New American Dream:
Environmental Sustainability and American Progress
March 9 - 12, 40th anniversary - 2009
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Keynote speaker
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Keynote speaker
Wednesday, March 11
Our Environmental Destiny
7-9 p.m.
UMKC’s Royall Hall, room 111, Stack Auditorium, 800 E. 52nd St.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., environmentalist and activist, was named one of Time magazine’s “Heroes for the Planet” for his success in helping to restore the polluted Hudson River in 1984. Kennedy serves as senior attorney for the Natural Resources Defense Council, chief prosecuting attorney for the Hudson Riverkeeper and president of Waterkeeper Alliance.
Additional panel discussions:
Diversity in Today’s American Dream
6-8 p.m. Monday, March 9
UMKC’s University Center, Alumni Room, 5000 Holmes St.
Local activists and UMKC professors will address the future of minority and disadvantaged groups future and solutions in The New American Dream.
Conflicts and Solutions in Community Progress
6-8 p.m. Tuesday, March 10
UMKC’s University Center, room 106, 5000 Holmes St.
Community leaders, including Kansas City Mayor Mark Funkhouser, local journalists and UMKC professors will address community issues and future progress.
Some Leaders are Born Women
Sarah Weddington, Roe v. Wade
7-9 p.m. Thursday, March 12
UMKC’s University Center, Room 106, 5000 Holmes St.
Sarah Weddington is nationally known for her work on issues affecting women. In 1973, she argued the winning side of Roe v. Wade.
All events are free and open to the public. For more information, visit www.umkc.edu/sga or call 816-235-1426.
UMKC’s RFK Symposium was designed to honor Robert F. Kennedy, his accomplishments and vision for America. Since 1969, the symposium has connected the University and community with weeklong discussions focusing on current social and economic issues.
WORKSHOPS in 2009 at BADSEED
BADSEED
PRESENTS:
URBAN HOMESTEADING
“Learn to Live OFF the Grid IN the Grid”
Rediscover the essential craft of the “Agrarian Life” through an on going series of classes and workshops focused on traditional & alternative skills for self sufficiency and personal fullfillment...
Spring/Summer 2009 Course Offerings:
*INTRO To Urban Homesteading*
*Canning & Preserving Workshops*
*BEER BREWING*
*Kombucha "Mushroom" Tea*
*Organic Transplants: How to Start Your Own*
*Backyard Gardening: Growing Food For Your Family*
*Make a RAIN BARREL*
*Build Your Own Solar Dehydrator*
*Humanure: Build Your Own Composting Toilet*
*Vermicomposting*
*Green Parenting - Baby's Homestead*
*Holistic Health Series: Herbs & Home Remedies*
Schedule and Descriptions as follows... <<>
(To Sign-Up go to www.badseedfarm.com)
AgeWise: Raising hell in the last half of life: Featuring Justus Drugstore!
AgeWise: Raising hell in the last half of life: Featuring Justus Drugstore!
http://groups.google.com/group/KCFC-Bulletin-Board/web/justus-drugstore
^^^ Check out today's NY Times article on Justus Drugstore. ^^^
http://groups.google.com/group/KCFC-Bulletin-Board/web/justus-drugstore
^^^ Check out today's NY Times article on Justus Drugstore. ^^^
HIGH HEALTH - Tonight - RENEGADE HEALTH SHOW CELEB at Synergy Wellness Center (Leawood, KS)
Renegade Health Show Celebrity brings "High Health"
to Kansas City!
For more details, see the full listing:
http://www.meetup.com/Raw-KC/calendar/9596873/
When: February 25, 2009 6:00 PM
(Tonic Bar opens at 5:30)
Where: Synergy Wellness Center
6701 W 121st St Suite 320, Leawood, KS 66209
913-269-7120
Happy Hour 5:30-6:30 pm
($2 off drink from the Herbal Tonic Bar)
Raw Potluck 6:00-7:00 pm
High Health 7:00-8:00 pm
Be sure to bring a pillow to sit upon!
If the changes affect your plans to attend, please take a moment to update your RSVP. (You can RSVP "No" or "Maybe" as well as "Yes".)
You can always get in touch with me through the "Contact Organizer" link on Meetup: http://www.meetup.com/Raw-KC/suggestion/
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Renegade Health Show in Kansas City!
One of the biggest names in the raw food movement...
The OUTRAGEOUS Kevin Gianni and the lovely Annmarie Gianni are coming to Kansas City to PUMP US UP!!! If your New Year’s Resolution, is a floating memory....not to worry!
Kevin will be sharing techniques embraced by thousands of people around the world. He uses a simple, ‘take action’ approach to fitness combined with a raw diet, and guarantees results in just a few days. He is often times quoted as promising “maximum results in the minimum amount of time....guaranteed!”
Kevin is the creator and host of “The Renegade Health Show” and brings immediate health education directly to viewers wherever they are. Thousands of viewers have tuned from all over the world and are taking to heart the message from a rather unconventional expert.
Each episode of the show, through wildly entertaining, serves up a tip or action that can be used to help anyone transform their health. No gadgets needed!
“The Renegade Health Show” has grown from just a few viewers to a daily event form many who anxiously await each new episode. The show that breaks through many myths and re-teaches simple and basic guidelines that guarantee lasting results.
Check them out for yourself on "The Renegade Health Show"
http://www.liveawesome.com/public/main.cfm
HIGH HEALTH
A simple and conscious approach to health, eating and saving the world. Kevin reveals the 5 secrets to attaining good health that no one else is talking about. These secrets have been extracted from over 150 interviews with experts, clients and readers who have permanently transformed their own lives. He also discusses the 3 factors that cause people to fail.
Raw Potluck 6-7pm High Health 7-8pm
Here’s more...
Kevin has been quoted and interviewed by many national publications including: WebMD, Ediets, Cooking Light, Woman's World, Skiing Magazine, Today's Diet and Nutrition, The Orlando Sentinel, The Chicago Daily Herald, San Antonio Express-News, Albany Times Union, STL Today, The Kansas City Star, My Family Doctor, and NBC 30.
He's also interviewed many of today's top health and wellness experts including Dr. Mark Hyman, Mike Adams, Bob Doyle, David Wolfe, Dr. Michael Breus, Victoria Boutenko, Danny Dreyer, Marion Nestle, and dozens more.
Annmarie is a certified athletic trainer, massage therapist and author. She is the Owner of Lifestyle Fitness: In Home Personal Training and co-author of "The Busy Person's Fitness Solution."
More about Renegade Health:
http://renegadehealth.com/blog/
NOTE: There is no charge for this event.
Potluck is optional and begins one hour prior to presentation at 6pm.
See potluck guidelines:
http://www.meetup.com/Raw-KC/calendar/9693066/
WINTER FARMERS MARKET - SATURDAY
WINTER
39th Street Community Farmers'
MARKET
Saturdays, until further notice...
In the parking lot outside
@ Twisted Sister Gift Shop
(just a bit SouthEast of)
39th & Genessee
Kansas City, MO
39th Street Community Farmers'
MARKET
Saturdays, until further notice...
In the parking lot outside
@ Twisted Sister Gift Shop
(just a bit SouthEast of)
39th & Genessee
Kansas City, MO
Hi everyone! It was not to bad out today, I do have faith it will be warm again! Tomorrow we (Wells Family Farms and Alice and Marvin) with our great grass fed beef and Alice as usual will have lots of home baked goodies.
Remember, with the products Alice and Marvin bring, they grow the grain, they do the harvest and grinding and then she does the baking! You can't get more home made than that!
Our beef is also raised by us, so you can come and visit the farm if you ever have the time or want!
Remember, with the products Alice and Marvin bring, they grow the grain, they do the harvest and grinding and then she does the baking! You can't get more home made than that!
Our beef is also raised by us, so you can come and visit the farm if you ever have the time or want!
For market this Saturday at 39th and Genessee, in the parking lot of the Twisted Sister Gift Shop, we will be set up from 11 am to 1 pm. Alice and Marvin usually only stay until 12 noon, so come early for their goodies.
Don't forget those special gifts you need from time to time, Marvin does some beautiful work with his lathe and tools.
Hope to see you all, Kim
Don't forget those special gifts you need from time to time, Marvin does some beautiful work with his lathe and tools.
Hope to see you all, Kim
Steve & Kim Wells
Wells Family Farms
4009 State Hwy UU
King City, MO 64463
660-783-2930/660-562-7892
info (@) wellsfamilyfarms.com
The regular 39th Street Community Farmers Market will open in the Spring...
The regular 39th Street Community Farmers Market will open in the Spring...
KANSAS Farmers Market CONFERENCE on Monday Feb 23
The Kansas Rural Center
announces the statewide
Farmers’ Market Conference
which is scheduled from
9 am to 4 pm
Monday, February 23
Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library
1515 SW 10th Avenue
Topeka, Kansas.
announces the statewide
Farmers’ Market Conference
which is scheduled from
9 am to 4 pm
Monday, February 23
Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library
1515 SW 10th Avenue
Topeka, Kansas.
See: http://mofarmersmarket.blogspot.com
Mercedes Taylor-Puckett, KRC’s Farmers’ Market Project Coordinator, said the “bigger and better” 2009 conference is titled "Growing Together" and is open to all involved with farmers’ markets whether as a producer, market manager, board member or interested citizen.
Charuth and Kevin Loth, of ShadowBrook Farm in Lincoln, Nebraska, are the conference’s featured speakers. The Loths operate a family-owned diversified vegetable farm incorporating cattle, dairy goats and flowers into the 34-acre, organic farm's rotation plan. The couple participates in three farmers' markets and the Nebraska Food Cooperative, as well as operating a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) and on-farm market and dairy.
Steve Moris, Kansas Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety Program Manager, will discuss the recent consolidation of food safety oversight to KDA and review the rules and regulations affecting farmers’ market products. Representatives from Kansas Department of Commerce, Rural Development will also present resources to help grow farmers’ markets and value-added businesses.
In addition, five afternoon breakout sessions will focus on topics including: cut flowers; launching or revitalizing your market; meat and dairy; marketing and display, and managers and boards.
Specific topics scheduled during the breakout sessions include: “Direct Marketing Opportunities for Meat Producers” by Jeff Adair, New Grass Bison Co.; “Know Your Customer: Verbal and Non-Verbal Communication” by Lane McConnell, Missouri Department of Agriculture; “Born to Bloom: What to Grow for Beautiful Bouquets” presented by Brian Henry and Jozie Schike, Earth Flowers; “Issues and Opportunities Roundtable and Grow Your Market Workshop” by Jerry Jost, KRC Grow Your Farmers Market Workshop Facilitator, and “Capturing Your Market Share” by Jill Elmers, Moon on the Meadow Farm.
Markets and vendors are encouraged to share their experiences in "Flew or Flopped" presentations during lunch and to bring examples of their promotional materials.
Registration to cover the conference materials, continental breakfast and lunch is $20 per person. Completed registration forms along with fees made payable to the Kansas Rural Center are due by Friday, February 13. Please mail to: Kansas Rural Center, PO Box 133, Whiting, Kansas 66552-0133.Conference schedule and registration information are available for download from the Kansas Rural Center website. Conference brochures are also linked to the calendar maintained by KCSAAC – the KSU-based Kansas Center for Sustainable Agriculture and Alternative Crops – on the Web at http://www.kansassustainableag.org/calendar.htm
For additional information, contact Mercedes Taylor-Puckett at 785-840-6202 or mercedes.taylorpuckett @ gmail . com
DOWNTOWN CHIPOTLE BENEFIT FOR our local Growing Growers - Monday, Feb 23
BENEFIT14th & Walnut (1370 Walnut St)
will give 50% of all sales on
Monday, February 23
5 PM - 9 PM
to the Growing Growers organization.
will give 50% of all sales on
Monday, February 23
5 PM - 9 PM
to the Growing Growers organization.
http://www.growinggrowers.org
===
It is an easy and delicious way to support local farmer training, this
listserv, the apprenticeship program and workshop series.
So please, grab some friends and a healthy appetite and join us for a
reasonably priced, super delicious dinner Monday.
Parking is available in parking garages on the same block and there is
plenty to see in the area.
For more info on Chipotle and to see their menu, go to: www.chipotle.com
A big thanks to Chipotle for supporting Growing Growers!
Laura Christensen
Growing Growers Training Program
35230 W 135th St.
Olathe, KS 66061
http://www.growinggrowers.org
Tel: 816 805 0362
CSA MEETUP at CALIFORNOS (Westport) THURSDAY 2/19
Community Supported Agriculture MEETUP
Feb 19
Thu 6:00 PM
Location
Californos
4124 Pennsylvania Ave
Kansas City, MO 64111
816.531.1097
Thu 6:00 PM
Location
Californos
4124 Pennsylvania Ave
Kansas City, MO 64111
816.531.1097
(RSVP deadline: February 19, 2009 4:30 PM)
Who's organizing?
Ben, Dan Wancura, Greg Garbos, Greg Reger, Jim, Kelly Gilbert, and Laura Sterchi
Season Burnett will tell about her work with the Kansas City Community Supported Agriculture Coalition.
The Kansas City CSA Coalition ("KCCSAC") is a project of the Kansas City Food Circle, created to:
- Promote the concept and mission of Community Supported Agriculture ("CSA")
- Assist CSA farmers who serve the Kansas City metro with marketing, promotion, public relations, and organization
- Help "eaters" in the Kansas City metro area locate CSA farms and secure productive annual memberships with them
- Create and maintain a resource center for both established CSA farmers and those considering starting new CSA operations
* You need not drink alcohol to attend *
For more information, please visit:
===
See also: The KC CSA Coalition
and
KCCSAC = Kansas City Community Supported Agriculture Coalition
A project of the Kansas City Food Circle
Support Your Local Recycling Center
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SUNDAY - February Meeting of SAN - SUSTAINABILITY ACTION NETWORK (Lawrence, KS)
SUSTAINABILITY ACTION NETWORK - MONTHLY MEMBER MEETING
Sunday, 15 February 2009, 5:00pm
Community Mercantile's Community Room, 9th & Iowa, Lawrence KS
¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ Speaker - Dave Dods, URS Corp. Environmental Engineers ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤
¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ refreshments will be served ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤
At the February SAN meeting, we'll continue discussion on the topics from the January Annual Meeting: Transition Town training in Lawrence, a SAN website, not-for-profit filing, funding options, Kansas Legislative efforts on net metering, etc.
This month's speaker will be Dave Dods, who has over 20 years experience as an environmental engineer, and has been one of the lead trainers for the 10,000 Rain Gardens Initiative to control flooding in Kansas City Rain Gardens Turn Runoff Into Beauty Dave will be speaking on "Raingardens for Municipal and Commercial Projects - Integrating Stormwater Management and Landscaping"
SEE: http://jscms.jrn.columbia.edu/cns/2006-04-04/monahan-raingardens
Our meetings are fun, informal and informative, and refreshments can be purchased at the Mercantile (they don't allow bringing food in). Please join us.
Our meetings are fun, informal and informative, and refreshments can be purchased at the Mercantile (they don't allow bringing food in). Please join us.
Sustainable Family, Food and Farm
29th Annual Missouri Small Fruit and Vegetable Conference
February 16-17-18, 2009 Clarion Hotel, Springfield, Missouri
Feb 16 - Back to the Basics Feb 17-18 - Conference
Sustainable Family, Food and Farm
Register for Basics and/or Conference
Monday February 16, 2009 Walk-ins Welcome - Registration begins at 8:00am- Dr. K.B. Paul and Patrick Byers
Dr. Sanjun Gu - The Basics of Small Fruit and Vegetable Production
Anastasia Becker and Simeon Wright - Basic IPM Strategies
Grower Panel Discussion - Marketing Strategies for Small Fruit and Vegetables
Farm Tour of Larry Smith's Prairie Patch
Trade Show Setup – John Avery
Tuesday February 17, 2009 Walk-ins Welcome - Registration begins at 8:00amWelcome
Dr. Tammy Jahnke, Dean of the College of Natural and Applied Science and Dr. Anson Elliott, Head of Department of Agriculture, Missouri State University
General Session – Dr. Ben Fuqua
Keynote
Dr. Joseph Kovach – Modular Ecological Design: A Fruit and Vegetable Polyculture System
Trade Show all day
Marketing Session – Dr. Arbindra Rimal
Charlotte Dugan, Reference Librarian, Meyer Library - Internet-Based Resources for Small Fruit and Vegetable Growers
Lane McConnell, Farmers’ Markets, Agritourism & Organics Missouri Dept of Agriculture – Online Media Marketing
Dr. Michael Gold, Associate Director MU Center for Agroforestry and Ina Cernusca, MU Agroforestry Marketing Research Team – Online Marketing with Missouri Exchange
Afternoon
Vegetable Session – Andy Thomas
Dr. Sanjun Gu – Vegetable Grafting
Emily Oakley and Mike Appel, Three Springs Farm – Nuts and Bolts of Market Farming
Blueberry Session – Jay Chism
Dr. Ben Fuqua – 30 Years of Blueberries in Missouri
Dr. Joe Kovach – Japanese Beetle: Where did it come from and what to do about it
Following the Session
Blueberry Council of Missouri Meeting
Wednesday February 18, 2009Trade Show til noon
Strawberry Session – Dr. Martin Kaps
Jeffrey Kindhart – Plasticulture Strawberry Production without Fumigation: Can it work?
Jim Goodson – Understanding Pest Control Management in Strawberries
Alternative Crops – Anastasia Becker
Bryan Boeckmann – Old and New Ideas for Structures, Small Farm Equipment, and Growing Techniques
Karen Funkenbusch, Missouri AgrAbility Project – Preventing Injuries Through the Smart Use of Tools
Patrick Byers and Andy Thomas – Progress in Elderberry Production and Research
Sponsored by:
Missouri State University, University of Missouri, Lincoln University, Missouri Dept of Agriculture
For additional information please contact:
Pamela Mayer PMayer (@) MissouriState.edu Conference Facilitator 417-547-7533
Missouri State Fruit Experiment Station
9740 Red Spring Road
Mountain Grove, MO 65711-2999
SATURDAY - WINTER MARKET at 39th Street Community Farmers Market
Hi Everyone,
We will be at the 39th Street Farmers Market Site at
11 am to 1 pm Saturday, Feb. 14th.
This is in the parking lot of the Twisted Sister Gift Shop. 39th & Genessee.
- We will be picking up meat so we should have all cuts available.
- Alice and Marvin will be there with all their goodies. She most generally does something special for all holidays so come see what we will have.
It will be cold so bundle up! See you there!
Kim
Steve & Kim Wells
Wells Family Farms
4009 State Hwy UU
King City, MO 64463
660-783-2930/660-562-7892
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