Local Food Buying Clubs

• Squash Blossom Food Buyer Club of Kansas City
  http://groups.google.com/group/SquashBlossomKC
  
  
• Kansas City Local Food Network
  http://KansasCityFoodNetwork.ning.com/
  
  

Trickle in, Trickle down...

• Produce Partners of K.C. - Kansas City's Full Service Vegetable Garden Installation and Maintenance Service Company - (we're hoping that organic produce they grow (beyond what the garden owner's household may need) will find it's way to an LFBC or one of our Organic Farmers Markets)
  

Transportation Services

• Fresh Food Express (Kansas City)
  Phil Pisciotta & Linda Brinkerhoff
  http://www.FreshFoodExpress.com
  Specializing in Refrigerated Delivery of Local Food & CSA shares -- Check our website for more services.
  We utilize a circular route in energy-efficient vans, consolidating orders to reduce CO2 emissions, cut fuel use, and lower prices.
  Farm to Fork. Commercial or home delivery.
  Marketing, sales, distribution. (816) 690-6001 (office phone/fax)
  (816) 510-2060 Direct

Food Products from KCFC Member Producers
Click to >> SEARCH << our pages for the local food items you wish to buy or
use our Food Finder pages and links (our KCFC - Know Your Grower sections will provide the most up-to-date information pertaining to our member growers).
Other short-haul food providers (non-KCFC suppliers) are listed below.

We will be providing a more comprehensive search mechanism in the near future.

Other Recommended Food Resource Links:

• KCFC Featured Farmers Markets
• Kansas River Valley Foods
• LocalHarvest.ORG
• Missouri Exchange
• The Eat Well Guide (mostly meat listings)
• Eat Wild (Grass-Fed Meats)
  
  

non-KCFC short-haul food suppliers
Ask these producers about their production standards if they are not clearly stated on their website or in their product descriptions.

• Business Name
• Contact Name(s)
• Contact Phone(s)/FAX
• Contact E-Mail

The contact information collected by KCFC will not be published or shared without permission, but we must have current contact information on hand for verification and admin purposes.

EATERS / BUYERS / ORGANIZERS - you are resources, too. If you wish to join our coordinating e-mail group, for discussion and development of local food buying clubs in the greater Kansas City area, send e-mail to:
LFBCWorkingGroup @ KCFoodCircle.ORG - be sure to include your full name and preferred e-mail and phone contact info - contact information collected by KCFC will not be published or shared without permission, but we must have current contact information on hand for verification and admin purposes.

For more information contact Craig Volland, Co-coordinator of the Kansas City Food Circle, at hartwood2 (@) kc.rr.com

>> MORE resources for an organically inclined community <<