Get yer farm-fresh produce here. The Kansas City Star provides a detailed list of farmers markets in the Kansas City region, both in Kansas and Missouri. (KC Star) Of course, other market lists are available that capture most markets in the United States. They include Local Harvest and the USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service lists. The […]
Entries from April 28th, 2010
Roundup: Grow, preserve, conserve, hunt
April 23rd, 2010 · Comments Off on Roundup: Grow, preserve, conserve, hunt · Classes/education opportunities, Roundup
Learn to grow food. Two opportunities on tap; don’t wait to sign up! The K-State Extension Service in Shawnee County is having a vegetable-growing seminar tomorrow, April 24, in Topeka. Registration is requested. Their flyer (PDF) tells more about it. And in Lawrence, Douglas County horticulture extension agent Jennifer Smith will be giving a class […]
Tags:beans·food politics·food preservation·gardening·turkeys
Proposed sugar tax could be sweet deal
April 22nd, 2010 · 4 Comments · Food in the news, Healthy eating
A bill in the Kansas Legislature to levy a tax on sugary soft drinks sounds like a win-win deal to me. Not only would the proposal, Kansas Senate Bill 567, somewhat sweeten the state’s pitiful coffers up front, but the proposal also has the potential to reduce soft drink consumption a tad and thereby health-care […]
Happy days are here again where fresh local food is concerned in Lawrence
April 21st, 2010 · Comments Off on Happy days are here again where fresh local food is concerned in Lawrence · Community supported agriculture, Farmers markets, local food
My spring is now complete. Not only is the Lawrence Farmers Market open on Saturdays for the season, but this week marked the early season start for the Rolling Prairie Farmers Alliance. Bob Lominska presides over RPFA’s first early-season delivery. Rolling Prairie Rolling Prairie’s first delivery far exceeded my hopes, considering what a cool wet […]
Tags:Lawrence Farmers Market·Rolling Prairie Farmers Alliance·spring
Farmers market off to auspicious start
April 12th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Farmers markets
We could hardly have hoped for better weather Saturday to kick off the 2010 Lawrence Farmers Market early season. The day was sunny, almost 50 degrees with a light breeze when the market opened at 7 a.m., and by closing time at 11, the temp was in the lower 70s. Besides being the most pleasant […]
Tags:Farmers markets·spring
Roundup: Garden tour and other April fun
April 7th, 2010 · 2 Comments · local food, Roundup
The Lawrence Sustainability Network’s gardening group, SLUG (support for local urban gardeners) is planning a tour in June of Lawrence food gardens, and the group hopes to include more gardens than the 12 featured in last year’s inaugural event. If you didn’t get the notice and have a garden that you think others could learn […]
Tags:food safety·gardening·Lawrence Sustainability Network·restaurants