FOOD NOW - August 25th, 2012

blue bird bistro is happy to support foodNow 2012  

an evening where

LOCAL FARMERS and LOCAL CHEFS

COME TOGETHER

SPANNING THE BRIDGE

TO RAISE AWARNESS FOR LOCAL, HEALTHIER EATING

  

reserve a seat foodNow.org 

  for a 3 course dinner on the 12th Street Bridge 

        SATURDAY, AUGUST 25, 2012

Proceeds from the gala go to 501(c)(3) not-for-profits working for local, healthier eating. This year's beneficiaries are

   

The Food Conservancy, working with vulnerable communities in bringing good earth, good food and good life by providing assistance in growing and selling local produce.

Greater Kansas City Food Policy Coalition, a coalition of individuals, organizations, businesses, and government representatives committed to ensuring that there is a healthy, sustainable, and affordable food system for Greater Kansas City.

Dream Factory of Greater Kansas City, matching chefs and farmers to fulfill dreams of critically and chronically ill children with local family farm fun adventures and satisfying their food desires with local, healthier food.

FARMERS' MARKET ~ Westport Plaza ~ WEDNESDAYS (KCMO) at Westport & Wyoming

The inspiring growers who bring their handiwork to the market each week have been toiling in the heat to share with you their miracle produce out of the 105+ degree air.  They have been mulching and weeding and watering and picking the best local produce they can because they care about your health.  You can feel the love and sweet life in every bite.  Taste what the local earth has to offer this week... EGGPLANT TOMATOES ONIONS CUCUMBERS HOT PEPPERS SWEET PEPPERS CARROTS BEETS BEANS GREENS BASIL ZUCCHINI SUMMER SQUASH LOCALLY MADE CHOCOLATES FREE RANGE EGGS FRESH WHEAT and SOURDOUGH BREAD JELLIES and JAMS COOKIES, BROWNIES, FRIENDSHIP BREADS and CINNAMON ROLLS   LIVE MUSIC and much more... Join the neighborhood fresh food party this and every Wednesday from 4:30 until 7:30 pm at the intersection of Westport Road and Wyoming Street in KC, MO.       www.farmersmarketkc.org Like us on Facebook HERE! Customers can use their EBT (food stamp) cards from Missouri or Kansas and get twice the produce for the price.  Check it out! Mail not displaying correctly?View it in your browser. http://us2.campaign-archive1.com/?u=6839d36f8ad86abe12e69be78&id=5c463852c7&e=faa4d1c5a6

WALDO WEDNESDAY FARMERS' MARKET ~ Sweet Corn! Peaches! Home Grown Tomatoes! Misting Tent to Keep Cool!

Quick notes about what you will find at the market.  Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. July 25th Market Highlights Hosted by  303 W 79th  KCMO We'll have a Cooling Tent with a Misting Fan to make you as comfortable as possible while you shop this week! Don't forget to enter your homegrown zucchini in the Largest Zucchini Contest for a chance to win gift certificates to market vendors! (details below)   One More Cup Stacy Neff We are sad to share that this will be Stacy's last week at the market due to staffing changes & responsibilites at her shop. The good news is that she will never be far away - 7408 Wornall - when you need a coffee fix. In the OMC booth this week (& in the shop later) you can find: Fair Trade Organic House Blend 6 oz & 12 oz (whole bean & ground) Roasted by The Roasterie Sumatra Lington Popa Damos 12 oz (whole bean) Roasted by Benetti's Coffee Maple Pecan Granola 10 oz bags Benedict Builders Farm Calvin & Laura Benedict & Daughters Sweet Corn (Good supply this week!) Cherry Tomatoes  Fresh & Dried Herbal Bouquets  Onions  Potatoes  Pastured Pork & Beef   Sprouts   Garlic  Guernsey Cheese   Eggs  Maple Syrup   Sorghum  Cut Flowers NUTRESSANT  John & Sandy Francis       SPECIAL THIS WEEK.........Spend $20 & get a FREE  Foot Cream, chose from Peppermint or Lemongrass scents.....so soothing & healing, made with local beeswax & Babassu oil. Also, we have fresh batches of Skin Repair, Body Butter with Lavender essential oil & Lip Balm with Argan oil & Lime essential oil. Tillman Honey Farm Don Tillman  Pure honey collected from Don's 46 hives located around Harrisonville & Peculiar. Stony Crest Urban Farm   Rodger Kube & Diane Hershberger Beautiful Heirloom & Red SlicingTomatoes   Cherry & Plum Tomato "Snack Baskets" (Wickline, Black Plum & Ghost tomatoes in picture) Patty Pan & Yellow Summer Squash   Zucchini   Red & Yellow Candy Sweet Onions    Kohlrabi    Eggplant   Italian & Elephant Garlic   Red Haven Peaches from Gordon's Orchard in Osceola, MO (not organically grown)   Barham Cattle Company & Family Farm Kenny Barham   Pastured, Antibiotic & Hormone-Free Beef, Chicken & Pork  Summer sausage, sweet bologna & beef sticks are great eating when it's too hot to cook!  New Roots for Refugees Farmer San Win  Stop by San's booth to see what she has freshly harvested for you!  K. Kringle & Co Kevin Edward From scratch with the high quality ingredients - Specialty Loaf Breads,  Focaccias, Dinner Rolls, Swedish Cinnamon Rolls, Cookies & Gluten Free Baked Goods. No baked goods from bulk store mixes from Santa Kevin!    Farm To Market Bread Anne Cave Croissants!!! Ciabatta, Pretzel & Multi-Grain Rolls    Sourdough Bowls  Brioche Buns   Egg Buns   Market-Only Breads: Roasted Garlic   Sun Dried Tomato   Pumpernickel   Raisin Walnut   Semolina   Kalamata Olive    Bear Creek Farms Jeanna & Makayla Tomatoes  Tomatoes & More Tomatoes!  Cabbage   Kohlrabi   Beets   Garlic   Onions   Kale   Chard   Potatoes  Cucumbers  Peppers  Jalapenos & lots more. Herb Transplants & Herb Books Gillis Growth Grove An Urban Farming Project by Gillis Center Students Theo Bunch, Coordinator To be on the safe side during this period of extreme heat, the Gillis Center has restricted the outdoor activities of its students. We look forward to their return to the market as soon as the heat breaks!  Smokin' Fresh Streetside BBQ Doug & Paula Sayles Doug & Paula are keeping a prior commitment to feed some other lucky people this week . They will be back at the market next week - yeah! For market updates and news follow us on   https://www.facebook.com/waldofarmersmarket Largest Zucchini Contest  Bring your super-sized zucchini to the market this week by 6:30 pm. The person who has grown the heaviest  zucchini will win four $5 gift certificates from Waldo Market vendors. Now that's worth coming out in the heat for!  BEST TASTING HOME GROWN TOMATO CONTEST Want to be famous? Enter the August 15th BEST TASTING HOME GROWN TOMATO CONTEST at the Waldo Farmer's Market. Entries must be brought to the market by 3 pm. One entry per person. Entrant must be the person who has grown the tomato. There will be several categories of winners - including "Farmer's Choice". The winner in each category will receive four $5 gift certificates from Waldo Market vendors. Copyright © 2012 Waldo Farmer's Market, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you indicated your interest in a Waldo Farmer's Market e-mail when you signed up for the weekly market drawing. Our mailing address is: Waldo Farmer's Market 8740 Brooklyn Kansas City, MO 64132 Add us to your address book Website: www.wholesomewaldowednesdays.org  unsubscribe from this list | update subscription preferences | view email in browser

FARM TOURS - Kansas City CSA Coalition - Summer/Fall 2012

http://www.kc-csac.org/2012-csa-farm-tour/

2012 CSA Farm Tour

          This year, several of the KCCSAC’s member farms will be hosting farm tours which will be open to the public!  Now, we encourage all of our member farms to hold at least one event at the farm for their CSA members, in order to enhance the relationship among the farmer and his/her CSA members.  It’s all about building community!

          What makes these KCCSAC-sponsored farm tours different is that they’re open to, and meant for, both the general public and fellow CSA farmers.  Each visit will begin with a guided tour of the farm, where the farmer will explain how his/her farm works and how CSA fits into the operation.  This will help give everyone a better understanding of the breadth and depth of CSA farming, and how different farmers manage it uniquely.

          After the tour, we will break bread together with a potluck picnic, taking a moment to relax alongside fellow local-food lovers — eaters and farmers alike — and enjoy the scenery of the farm.  In order to make these farm visits as sustainable as possible, we request that attendees please provide their own reusable plateware and cutlery, and bring something to sit upon during the picnic.

          Families with children are welcome to attend these farm visits; teaching kids where their food originates and how it makes its way onto their plates is the best way (aside from growing it themselves!) to get them to eat their veggies.  We simply ask that parents/guardians always keep an eye on their children, as there is plenty of opportunity for mischief on working farms.

          There is no charge for attending the CSA Farm Tours this year; however, donations are always welcome.

          All of the CSA Farm Tours begin at 4:30 p.m.

          Please RSVP to csac.kc@gmail.com by the dates noted for each Tour you plan to attend.

CALENDAR

Saturday, 6/9/12, 4:30 p.m. — Parker Farms Natural Meats

Please RSVP to csac.kc@gmail.com by Saturday, 6/2/12.

Saturday, 7/14/12 — Karbaumer Farm

Please RSVP to csac.kc@gmail.com by Saturday, 7/7/12.

Saturday, 8/11/12 — New Roots for Refugees

Please RSVP to csac.kc@gmail.com by Saturday, 8/4/12.

Saturday, 9/8/12 — Fair Share Farm

Please RSVP to csac.kc@gmail.com by Saturday, 9/1/12.

Sunday, 10/14/12 — Herb’n Gardener

Please RSVP to csac.kc@gmail.com by Sunday, 10/7/12.

ROSEDALE FARMERS' MARKET - Sunday afternoons - at Southwest Blvd & Rainbow (KCK)

Join your friends and neighbors at the Rosedale Farmers Market (IN KCK)
for PEACHES & TOMATOES!

http://us2.campaign-archive1.com/?u=fbf7d6f21b5e4aaddbb884add&id=240ef12bea&e=4e1f538a29

SUNDAY, July 22nd

Noon - 3 p.m.

340 Southwest Boulevard, Kansas City, KS 66103


READ THE FULL MARKET NEWSLETTER AT 
http://us2.campaign-archive1.com/?u=fbf7d6f21b5e4aaddbb884add&id=240ef12bea&e=4e1f538a29

KC Organics & Natural Farmers' Market @ Minor Park (S. KCMO) just east of Holmes & Red Bridge Road - SATURDAY MORNINGS

KC Organics and 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 (at about E. 110th St),Kansas City, MO (one mile south of I-435 at Holmes Road)

www.KCORGANICS.com

Saturdays, 8 am—12:30 pm, May 5th—October 13th, 2012

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 and 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 (a) yahoo .com for special events;or call 816-444-FOOD (3663).

(In cooperation with the KCMO Parks and Recreation Department)

***We host a Special INDOOR “Holiday Market” at Notre Dame de Sion High School (December 8th, 2012 — 9am to 2pm), at 106th & Wornall Road.

BROOKSIDE FARMERS' MARKET - Saturdays @ 63rd & Wornall (KCMO)

http://us2.campaign-archive2.com/?u=e56cd193506335ac9fdb6fa46&id=bd858d09dd&e=9032cb696f

Saturday in Brookside Thanks to everyone who celebrated Tomato Festival with us last week! We crowned the prettiest and funkiest tomatoes, ate delicious food from Jasper Mirabile and had a ton of fun! Stay tuned here and on our Facebook page for the next one - Children's Festival - August 11. Also a huge thank you to everyone who brought books for Katalin's book drive for Children's Mercy. She exceeded her goal and donated more than 500 books to kids at Children's Mercy! Read on for what's happening Saturday 8am - 1pm on the southeast corner of 63rd St and Wornall Rd.

Blue Door Farm We will be at market with, of course, tomatoes. Both beautiful red slicers, some cherokee purples and plenty of yummy heirloom saladettes. Also on the table: green and purple peppers, cool and crisp cucumbers, tasty scallions, crunchy carrots, sweet beets, green cabbage, dutch yellow shallots, and of course zucchini and yellow squash. **New this week, the first of the sweet, red italian frying peppers** Sales of zukes and squash are down this year folks...what's up? If you need ideas on how to use them just ask any of us vendors. They are awesome grilled, easy and cool in raw salads (I can share a couple recipes), great in ratatouille, super roasted (with tomatoes, what else?) and good for you too (lots of fiber and lutein, especially yellow squash). Stony Crest Urban Farm Lots of Beautiful Red SlicingTomatoes & Heirlooms (Black Krim, Pink Brandywine, Persimmon Orange & Cherokee Purples in good supply!) Cherry Tomato "Snack Baskets" Patty Pan & Yellow Summer Squash Zucchini Red & Yellow Candy Sweet Onions Cucumbers Kohlrabi Eggplant Italian & Elephant Garlic Rodger & Diane Wells Family Farms I will be picking up meat today, so will have all cuts: roast; jerky; ground; and all cuts available. Please email for special orders or to have me hold stuff for you! See you Saturday, Kim Green Gate Family Farm We will have our farm fresh eggs, lots of brandywine, indigo rose and cherry tomatoes, some jalapeno and anaheim peppers, some yellow and purple onions, yukon gold potatoes, hardneck garlic bulbs, a little kale, green apples and concord grapes. NUTRESSANT Deodorant Toothpaste Soaps Lotions Face Creams Salt Scrub Sugar Scrubs Laundry Wash ...everything you need to be clean and fresh. All products are petroleum free, non-toxic and safe for the environment. Sandy and John Also at Market: A&B Homecoming Beef Bear Creek Family Farms Bread of Life Bakery Cottage School Acres Gibbs Road Farm/Cultivate KC Golden Crown Coffee Muroak Farm New Roots for Refugees Red Ridge Farms Roaring River Bread Shawnee Sprouts T-Shirt Bags WoodMood Gardens Friend on Facebook Follow on Twitter Forward to a Friend

Troostwood Youth Garden Market - KCMO - Saturday AM at 52nd & Paseo

TROOSTWOOD YOUTH GARDEN MARKET 
at the North-East corner of 52nd @ Paseo, KCMO
CLICK FOR A MAP
(Paseo Blvd @ E 52nd St,
Kansas City, MO 64110)

NORMAL MARKET HOURS:

Friday nights 3:00pm-8:00pm
Saturdays 9:00am - 3:00pm

... through October 2012

[SNAP EBT+ Double Value Beans and Greens]

Contact: Mary Wright @ 816-444-5788

https://www.facebook.com/groups/79989349469/ in Facebook

BADSEED Friday Funkafresh Farmers' Market ~ @ 1909 McGee (KCMO)

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Burning Bellies -

Man!  I'm on fire right now!!  Sweat is pouring from my brow and my dirty farm clothes are plastered to my body.  I gotta make this short & sweet cuz I'm HOT HOT HOT and I've got heirloom tomatoes on the stove, gettin' nice and saucy.  Farmer Dan and I are canning what's leftover from last week's crazy harvest.  


So, I wouldn't be a proper Farmer if I didn't mention the DROUGHT!!!  This is the worst we've seen since 1954!!!  The federal government has declared all counties in Missouri to be a federal disaster area.  We aren't alone - sixty percent of the country is in a drought.  I'm scared folks...real scared.  To be honest, I don't know how much longer URBAVORE can go on.  To date, we've been harvesting around 2 THOUSAND lbs of food a week from our urban plot WITHOUT IRRIGATION!!!  That's pretty damn impressive, right??  But all good things must come to an end and without rain we will not endure.  I aint throwin' in the towel yet - I'm just saying TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE BOUNTY NOW cuz it may not be here in weeks to come.  The bottom line is this - Mother Nature is in control. Not us.  Although it breaks my heart to see my crops suffer and burn up, I know that this is part of some greater cycle.  So - Let's all put our best feet forward and CELEBRATE LOCAL FOOD (and hell on earth) This Friday at the BADSEED Farmers' Market from 4-9 pm.

The good news is I've got HEIRLOOM TOMATOES galore (35 varieties!!), cool & crisp CUCUMBERS in baffling quantities, and Two Foot Long Chinese Red Noodle Beans that will blow your freakin' mind.  The veggies are out of control!  It's their last hurrah!!  In addition, 5000 some odd bulbs of garlic have been cured and cleaned and 5000 some odd onions are getting pulled from the field.  Potatoes will get dug soon and if all else fails, these storage crops will keep us going.  Regardless, PRAY FOR RAIN and support your local Farmers all the while.



For all you canners and homesteaders out there -

PICKLING CUKES ON SALE.  

BUY 10 LBS OR MORE THIS FRIDAY for a reduced price of $2/lb (from our regular price of $2.50/lb).

Okay, that's all I've got.  I'm gonna wipe the sweat from my eyes and return to the fiery kitchen.  Those maters' must get canned!!  On with the revolution...

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Up-Coming "Urban Homesteading" Class

Introduction To Pressure Canning
https://www.facebook.com/events/206937496081960/

Sunday, July 29th, 1-4 PM

For those of you wanting to take your homesteading one step further, this is the class for you.  Take the pressure out of pressure canning!!  It’s easy and allows you to preserve low-acid foods not possible with a water bath canner including beans, carrots, corn, squash, savory broths, chopped meats, stews and delicious vegetable soups.

In this class we will demonstrate the safe use of two different types of pressure canners: the dial and weighted gauge types. We will prepare two tasty recipes, dependent on produce availability.  Brands, sources, and sizes of pressure canners will also be discussed.

Cost of Class: $50.00

** MUST SIGN-UP ASAP, send in attached registration form with payment!!

For a full list of classes click here.

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Sexy Veggie of the Week

This week's Runner-Up is the totally outrageous Two Foot Long Chinese Red Noodle Bean.  


What can I say... this is one astounding looking bean!  At URABVORE, the bean plants use corn stalks as trellising and the two-foot-long burgundy pods dangle in the air like other-worldly serpents.  It is quite a site.  I love picking these fantastical beans cuz I feel like I'm in some sort of fairy tale.  When I'm finished picking, I can use these babies like whips and get my apprentices to work faster!!  Or I can put em' on my head (so that I resemble a sweaty Medusa) and scare the daylights out of Farmer Dan...at which point he and "Baby Perseus" try to cut my head off.  Alright, alright, all bad joking aside, these beans are not only entertaining but delectable.  They have a crisp texture with a nutty flavor that does wonders for any stir-fry.  Heat up a wok with hot oil, throw in some chile pepper and garlic, and fry these babies with tofu and any other veggies you have on hand.  If the heat is too much, try eating them raw in salads.  Either way, you'll be in noodle-bliss.

This week's Grand-Prize-Winner is the mouthwatering Aunt Ruby's German Green Heirloom Tomato.  


God Damn, I say God Damn!!  Pardon my language but this is one hell of a tomato.  This large, green beefsteak variety comes from Ruby Arnold of Greeneville, Tennessee who passed away in 1997.  These awesome 1 lb fruits have a (slightly) flattened body with yellow-green skin that blushes a gorgeous salmon pink when ripe.  The lime green flesh imparts sheer tomato bliss with adequate sweetness and a subtle spiciness.  It is that slight  spicy "bite" that makes this mater' so damn unique.  Sadly, Aunt Ruby's is often over-looked on the market table.  Despite my urgings, customers think it is an under-ripe red tomato or they are frightened by it's large size.  It's a real shame!!  Too many times have I packed up GORGEOUS German Greens after market, thinking "why don't they understand!!".  Don't let your taste buds miss out another week!!  Get wid' it this Friday and load up on these KILLER TOMATOES!!!  

Pictures are attached.  You know the drill - print them out, blow them up, and plaster them all over the men's room!!

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THIS WEEK'S ORGANIC OFFERINGS ... ~~ snip ~~

READ THE FULL MONTY at

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Remember:

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

every Friday at BADSEED!

Yours Truly,

Brooke

-farmer and mistress of the BADSEED

BADSEED

An Urban-Organic Farm & Market

Celebrating Local Food, Culture, and Community

Fridays, 4-9pm*

1909 McGee*KCMO*64108

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www.badseedkc.com   * Opening May 4, 2012

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