Growing in Kansas. Commentator John Schlageck gives the rundown on Kansas’ ag statistics. (Pittsburg Sun) Food and fuel. The Agricultural Business Council of Kansas City is having a food and fuel forum on Oct. 23 (DomesticFuel.com) Food and research. The KC Star endorses a Johnson County, Kansas, sales tax to fund research that would include […]
Entries Tagged as 'Roundup'
Roundup: Growing, going, research
September 23rd, 2008 · Comments Off on Roundup: Growing, going, research · Roundup
Roundup: Research, taxes, crops, wine
September 15th, 2008 · Comments Off on Roundup: Research, taxes, crops, wine · Eating out, Food in the news, local food, Roundup
Despite appearances, I haven’t fallen off the edge of the earth. Here are some Kansas food items to get me back on the blog program. Defense and counter-defense. Kansas Bioscience Authority president Tom Thornton explains the authority’s support for the National Bio- and Agro-defense Facility (NBAF) in Kansas. (Cattle Network). Meanwhile, a group called No […]
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Roundup: Farms, fair, fertile land, phooey
September 3rd, 2008 · Comments Off on Roundup: Farms, fair, fertile land, phooey · Food in the news, Roundup
News and notes while wondering whether global climate change is turning Kansas into a place with pleasant weather… Get on the hay wagon. Make plans now to go on the 2008 Kaw Valley Farm Tour. It’s Oct. 4-5 at 15 farms in the vicinity of Lawrence. Johnny’s at the fair. For no discernible reason, I […]
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Roundup: Gardens, farms, wheat, meat
August 16th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Food in the news, Roundup
Rich harvest. North Lawrence gardeners pitch in, helping selves and others. Nice video included. (LJWorld) Land and values. Preserving prime farmland is good business, Chuck Marsh says. (LJ World.) (I wrote about this issue for Ethicurean in June.) Amazing grain. Wheat gets its day Aug. 21 as a Modern Marvel on History Channel. (High Plains […]
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Roundup: Local food at market, at fair, at school
August 7th, 2008 · 2 Comments · local food, recipes, Roundup
It’s been a great week for news about local and sustainable food. Hooray for summer! It’s farmers market week. Really, every week is farmers market week around here, April to November (give or take), but markets get a national nod this week. Rah! (K-State news) Blue-ribbon recipes. Try the prize-winning baking from the Douglas County […]
Roundup: Green eggs, green eating
July 31st, 2008 · Comments Off on Roundup: Green eggs, green eating · Environment, Food in the news, local food, Roundup
Green eggs (no ham). An outfit in Missouri is doing large-scale production of eggs from pastured chicken, and that’s something to crow about. (KC Star) Shrinking food print. Three questions can lead to greener eating. (KC Star) Osage oranges. Kate Will celebrates her picnic spot in Osage County in the shade of hedge trees, aka […]