Kansans have raised turkeys for a long time, says the K-State Research & Extension News. If you act now, you can get one of those birds for your Thanksgiving feast. Among producers within shouting distance of Lawrence are:
Clark Family Farm. They were taking orders on Saturday at the Lawrence Farmers Market for fresh pastured turkeys, [...]
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Know your meat source. Grassfed beef biggie Tallgrass Beef of Sedan, Kansas, is the latest client of IdentiGEN North America Inc., subsidiary of the Irish IdentiGEN Ltd. The company’s DNA TraceBack technology allows meat to be traced to the farm where it was raised (unlike, say, the tainted hamburger recounted recently in the NY Times). [...]
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It was a rough week for me, but I’ve finally caught my breath enough to offer a roundup with updates, opinion and information that’s good to know.
Updates
Scattered sushi recipe. Anyone who was around for the Japanese cooking demonstration at the Lawrence Farmers Market in June and who wondered how to make chirashi zushi (scattered sushi) [...]
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Tags:food preservation·Local Burger·sushi·tomatoes
Note: Edited to add response to organic nutritional value study.
I’m distressed to see I somehow managed to miss the Salsalicious event last weekend at the Farmers Market here in Lawrence. I guess I arrived too late. :( The good news is that I’ll be around for the tomato tasting on August 8. Can’t wait!
Don’t forget [...]
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Lots of news to report, from activities to politics to getting informed. Read on for local and larger news and links.
On a local level
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Having a field day. If this amazingly mild weather holds, I just may change my mind about skipping this Saturday’s (July 25) horticulture field day at Kansas State’s Research and [...]
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Food Inc. comes to KC. You’ve probably heard about the movie Food Inc. by now. You probably haven’t seen it, though, if you live in these parts. Farm country wasn’t at the top of the list of screening locations. The movie’s in the area now, though. You can see it at the Tivoli in Kansas [...]
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Tags:agriculture·Central Soyfoods·Farmers markets·Food Inc.