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 [...]
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Get set for garden tour. The “Food from the City, for the City” tour of 30 food-producing gardens and market farms in the Kansas City is on Sunday. Put it on your calendar, and if you attend, let us know here. I probably won’t be able to make it, but I’d love to get your [...]
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The Kansas Sampler Foundation has the entries, and now it’s time to vote for your favorites. You can see the list of nominees from which 24 finalists were selected and announced Thursday. Take a look at them, and vote for your favorites. All the places I mentioned are among the nominees, although not necessarily among [...]
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Meaty treats. Join ranchers and Local Burger maven Hilary Brown 8 a.m.-10 a.m. this Saturday (May 24) at the Lawrence Farmers Market for Local Meat: It’s what’s for dinner! With Hilary at the grill (and doing some advance prep, too), market visitors can sample a variety of local meats. At a volunteer meeting last week, [...]
Ingredient restaurant here in Lawrence seems to have a winning formula in combining tasty, freshly prepared foods with quick service. According to the KC Star, the business opened a second location Saturday (May 3, 2008) in the new Park Place retail center in south Leawood. But that’s not all; it is installing what the restaurant [...]
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