Food Circle Membership

SECTION INDEX:

• Food Producers
  - "Why Join?" + Membership Forms (<< click here)
  
• Individual Eaters, Buyers and Families
  - Membership Benefits
  - "Why Join?"
  - Membership Form (.rtf)
  

Eaters / Buyers:

Food Circle Gives You a Little and a Lot

Many of you receiving this newsletter are Food Circle Members and many of you have received information from the Food Circle, but are not yet members. Non-members frequently ask, "What do I get for my Food Circle membership?" The answer is a little and a lot.

The Food Circle doesn't have a glossy magazine, monthly meetings, or monthly mailings. We don't ask you to give extra contributions. That's a little.

We are an organization whose sole purpose is to promote local, sustainable agriculture. Farming is hard work, and most farmers are too busy farming to spend large amounts of time to marketing. The Food Circle forms a connection between farmers and eaters. We send out newsletters and free information to the public in order to educate eaters on some of the many issues related to farming and food safety. We hold general membership meetings twice a year so eaters can meet farmers face-to-face. Those meetings provide an educational forum for food issues.

If you attend a meeting, you can sometimes buy goods directly from attending farmers and sample some really good food. We publish a yearly directory of farmers and what they produce, so if you're looking for farm-fresh veggies with no pesticides or a local source of dairy products or where you can buy a fresh turkey that has been raised without antibiotics and hormones in the great outdoors - you have a resource.

We hold an annual Farmers Expo where you can sign up for a CSA (weekly veggie bundle), buy seedlings, free range meats, canned goods, and flour or find a place you can buy food in bulk. We hold a annual picnic/ potluck where we provide local fresh corn and everyone brings a potluck dish. A potluck where farmers and eaters are showing off their best is a joy to behold. That's a lot.

Keep the Lines Open:

Sections of the (old) KCFC Bulletin Board and Forums are designed to help eaters connect directly with KCFC member farmers and food producers. All you need do is send in your questions, comments and updates to the WebMinion {@} KCFoodCircle.org

Our new web log (a KCFoodCircle BLOG - to help us post timely announcements) and our New BB (with a protected member list - more interactive) will offer more direct input, soon. Entries from the old bulletin board will be archived as a searchable web reference and/or re-posted in a KC Food Circle Knowledgebase.

Thanks!