Troostwood Youth Garden & Market ~ Fridays & Saturdays - 52nd & Paseo



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.










KANSAS CITY'S
EAT LOCAL CHALLENGE
2010
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Wednesday Markets - Local Food in Kansas City - WESTPORT PLAZA FARMERS' MARKET & KC ORGANICS at PARK PLACE


WESTPORT PLAZA FARMERS' MARKET

at Westport & Wyoming

WEDNESDAY Evening
Local Food in Kansas City

Good Day!
The Westport Plaza Farmers' Market is still growing the greats of our local hardy zone. If you want more local vegetation in your own greenspace and you have not planted a garden, might we suggest planting some native trees. You can order dirt cheap trees from the National Arbor Day Foundation or drop by The Soil Service Store at 7125 Troost in south KC, MO, (816) 333-3232. Fall is ideal time to get these started.

This week at the market, Martha Haehl will be playing some olde tyme favourites with lots of verve and zest to go along with the late summer harvest. Come an Git it!
Wednesday September 8th, 4:30-7:30 at Westport Road and Wyoming St.

You can get it all on Wednesday as you listen to great local music and meet the finest neighbors around.

Green goods...
(some with mystery colors inside!)


Have you tried HONEY as a secret ingredient to make any good dish taste delicious? When you're not sure what to add to spruce up your meal, make it some of Miller's Raw Tree Honey.

Les Miller will be here at the market to tell you all about his bees.
You can also get cut flowers, safe bug repellent, wood bowls or vases, natural fertilizer and information about how to care for your own plants from the experts.

So, make the trip to Westport Road and Wyoming Street, just 3 blocks east of State Line. Get the freshest of local, sustainably grown produce!

See you this Wednesday for the best in local, sustainably grown food!


Take a walk, stroll, ride, or drive to the
Westport Plaza Farmers Market
at Westport and Wyoming
this Wednesday from
4:30-7:30pm
for the freshest of local,
sustainably grown offerings.

If it's from our growers, you know it's not tainted with pesticides & you can talk with our vendors about how to cook it, it it or grow some of it yourself! Goodness!





KC Organics Farmers' Market

at Park Place

Leawood, KS

Wednesdays

KC Organics at Park Place

“The Farmer’s Market in downtown Leawood”

Open Wednesdays May 12th
through October 13th

10:00 am to 2:00 pm at Barkley Square

Go 1 mile South of I-435 on Nall
enter on 117th from Nall ( just north of AMC 20 theatre)

◆ fresh-picked, locally grown organic produce
◆ also honey, edible flowers, herbs, mushrooms, breads and baked
◆ goods, grains, sauces FT coffee and Eco-products
◆ free-range eggs and grass-fed meats
◆ soaps, body care products, natural stoneware jewelry

A Unique Market Experience in all the Best Ways
Nestled in the Grassy area amidst a Distinctive collection of
Local Shops, Restaurants and Boutiques

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NILES GARDEN MARKET - Tuesday Evenings - 4-7pm - KCMO


ALERT! 23rd is now back to being a two-way street.

Know anyone who works near downtown? Please let them know.

ORGANIC FARMERS MARKET
in KCMO
Niles Garden Market
Tuesdays
4pm To 7pm
at
(close to Garfield Ave)
Kansas City, Missouri

  • 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/

Come to our market Tuesday afternoons from 4 to 6:30 at Niles Home for Children, 1911 E 23rd Street.

We have okra, Anaheim and bell peppers, Chinese noodle beans, kale, Thai basil

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. By not tilling 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 23rd 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. With Niles’ 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.”

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see also
http://KCNoTill.org/

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Farmers' Community Market at Brookside - SATURDAYS 8am-1pm


Well, market friends believe it or not we only have two more months of Market left. That makes me sad, and it also makes me want to preserve whatever I can for those cold winter months. Stock up on your canning and freezing produce this weekend. There will be plenty there!

We welcome Ned Scott and Fine Kettle of Fish back for our musical entertainment.

Wells Family Farms

Hey Pam! I have BEEF! Yee Haw!!!!!!!!!! Plus of course my other goodies! Later alligator kim

From Blue Door Farm:

Hi all - sorry I missed you all last week, but this week I will return with sweet and mild japanese eggplants, carmen sweet peppers, lovely kale bunches, tasty okra and tomatoes.

Now I'm off to harvest in a nice, cool rain.

- Laura

Bear Creek Farms

Well, it had to happen. Lonnie and Jeanna are going to be off doing rodeo things this weekend so Jim and I will be manning the market tent this Saturday. Jim is excited about seeing everyone - I'm a little hung up on the idea of having to get up at 3 am.!

It's been a busy week here. There has been a cleaning frenzy going on - crops are coming out, ground worked, fall crops seeded, and cover crops planted in areas that are done for the year. Jim has been brush hogging all the weeds around the fields and a general tidying up is going on as things slow down in the veggie department. It's nice to finally have time to do some of the projects that just don't get done when we are so busy.

At market this week we'll have a few tomatoes, eggplant, peppers, melons, onions and potatoes, winter squash, pie pumpkins, a little asparagus, some fresh figs, more of the European and Asian pears, apples, and whatever else we can get picked. It's Labor Day weekend, so come stock up on some of the fruits of our labor!

Can't wait to see everyone!

Robbins and Jim

From KCCUA’s Community Farm

We’ve had hundreds of questions about and requests for green beans. I’m glad everyone loves them. I know everyone has noticed their absence from our stand this year. Have you checked out other stands at the market? How about other markets? Are you finding green beans? I’ve been talking to area farmers and not one has had beans since June. Scary. The truth is July and August were just too hot. I remember seeding a bed on July 3 as the neighbors were sending off fireworks. The plants came up. Looked beautifully promising and the temperatures got hotter. And hotter. Promising plants started to set blossoms. Then it got hotter and the blossoms dropped. The blossoms dropped from the next planting and now we’re looking at the third planting hoping against hope that what are now tiny one-inch beans will size up by Friday. We want to pick some beans and we really want to sell some beans. Cross your fingers and mean it.
So, if we can we’ll bring green beans. Otherwise, you’ll be able to find edamame at our stand, lots of potatoes, winter squash, leeks, green onions, beets, carrots, tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, tomatillos, eggplant, sweet peppers, hot peppers, summer squash, microgreens, funky fresh braising mix, sweet potato greens, a new crop of arugula, Malabar spinach, basil, fresh herbs and garlic.
We do appreciate your loyalty to this market and to local food. We’re grateful to be walking this path with you bumpy as it may be at times.
See you Saturday.

From Bread of Life: Hello Brookside Market Friends,

The Gluten Free bakery has been slowly coming together at our other location. Luke, Josiah and Chris have had a busy time this summer remodeling an old grocery store and turning it into a GF Bakery. We have found that the need is so great for those who suffer with gluten intolerance we thought that we would try to meet that need again with Amanda and Bethany running it (Sweet Sisters Gluten Free Bakery). We will have bread using Anna's Bread mix from Iowa. We are working with them to have the best Gf bread we can make. Our cookies ( Happy Trails Flax cookie is my favorite), muffins,and cake bites are ones we developed and enjoy as gluten lovers.
The rest of our goods will be at market and we hope to see you there as the weather should be nice.
Come by and have a breakfast burrito and coffee at Brookside Market,
Luke,Chris and Kathy

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And remember to…

Buy Organic, Buy Local, By Brookside
Saturdays from 8 to 1pm
In the heart of Brookside – 63rd and Wornall

Saturdays, 8am to 1pm
under the white tents at theBorder 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.

Market Friends! We are on Facebook. Please, take a minute to visit our page and suggest it to your friends!

If you are on Facebook, do a search for Farmers Community Market.

If you are not on Facebook, click on the direct link listed below:


Thank you for your continued support!

Pam Bramlett – Market Manager
Farmers’ Community Market at Brookside
Phone 913-217-8535
Buy Organic, Buy Local, By Brookside

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