Thanks for coming
to our "EAT LOCAL!" Expo 2008
Our 10th ANNUAL EXHIBITION of FARMERS
was a DOUBLE-HEADER!
Special thanks and congratulations go out to our sponsors, organizers, community supporters... all who help to fund, organize and promote these events. It could not happen without you.
(Click here for an archive of full Expo 2007 details and flyer downloads - photos, too! - a 2008 recap is pending...)
KCFC Calendar Events
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KC Local Green Events - Week of 4/23/2008
Conversations on the Environment:
Richard Louv
Futurist and journalist Richard Louv, author of Last Child in the Woods and six other books, speaks about what he calls the "Nature Deficit Disorder" in the fourth installment of Conversations on the Environment on Wednesday, April 23 at 7 p.m. at the Plaza Branch of the Kansas City Public Library, 4801 Main Street. Admission is free.
As a child growing up in Raytown, Louv explored the woods around his home. As an adult, he researched what's happening to today's wired generation of America's children and then coined the phrase "Nature Deficit Disorder" to describe the most disturbing childhood trends: the rise in obesity, attention disorders and depression.
Louv's body of research indicates that direct exposure to nature is essential for healthy childhood development and for the physical and emotional health of children and adults. More than just raising an alarm, Louv offers practical solutions and simple ways to heal the broken bond â?? and they are right in our own backyard.
A 6:30 p.m. public reception precedes the presentation. Seating space for this event is limited. Complete the form below or call 816.701.3407 to indicate your interest in attending. Free parking is available in the Plaza Branch's parking garage.
For full details, including the address, and to RSVP see:
http://environment.meetup.com/270/calendar/7794313/
Green Drinks KC Meetup Group
ONLINE WEBINAR:
Carbon Policy and Agriculture
2008-04-24 9am – 11am
(Timezone: Central Time)
A FREE Webinar on Carbon Policy and Agriculture
hosted by Midwest Ag Energy Network
http://www.eventbrite.com/event/108746263/invitefriends
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Webinar Summary
2007 was a landmark year in the area of climate change in the Midwest. In November 2007, the Midwest Governor’s Association signed the Energy Security and Climate Stewardship Platform for the Midwest. In addition, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Manitoba signed the Midwest Greenhouse Gas Accord. The National Farm Bureau and the National Farmer’s Union have both launched carbon programs. In addition, the Lieberman-Warner bill contains language specific to agriculture. Tune into this web conference to learn what you need to know to get up to speed on this rapidly evolving area in agriculture.
Topics to be covered will center around carbon policy and implications for agriculture
- What are the programs and policies in development that will regulate carbon and what will enforcement look like?
- What have we learned from existing carbon programs?
- What are factors in the carbon sequestration for soil?
Urban Agriculture and its
Effect on the Built Environment
Thursday, April 24, 2008. 12pm - 1pm.
Registration Required
A Lunch & Learn event at the American Institute of Architects, Kansas City.
KCCUA's Daniel Dermitzel will discuss urban farming in the context of green and sustainable design, community development and public health.
The event is free to members and nonmembers but registration is required. For more information and to register visit http://www.aiakc.org/chapter_events.asp
KC Green Summit 2008
Date: Apr 25
Event Details: Join Majora Carter, Rep. Emanuel Cleaver and Bob Berkebile to help define green solutions for Kansas City.
Location: Bartle Hall Ballroom - 16th & Wyandotte Streets - Kansas City, MO
Contact: Jason Parson for details at (816) 500-7090
Website: Email KCGreenSummit2008@mac.com
Greenworks
Date: Apr 27
Time: 10:00 AM
Event Details: Kate Corwin, founder of Greenworks, will discuss her green-collar job training program for youth.
Cost: Free
Location: All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church - 4501 Walnut St. - Kansas City, MO 64111 [ directions]
Contact: 816-531-2131
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The Mad Cowboy--Howard Lyman is:
Coming to Kansas City,
Wed. April 30th, 2008 @ 7-- 9 pm
Holiday Inn Sports Complex
4011 Blueridge Cutoff
Right across from Arrowhead Stadium @ I-70
- Howard is Hilarious, Witty, Down to Earth
- He is a 4th Generation Rancher/Farmer
- He grew up on an organic family farm
- At college He was taught how to
turn his organic family land
into a chemical bath
- Then he got a Tumor that
Paralyzed him from the waist down
- He decided to make some change
- He became an advocate for local farmers
- He testified in England at Mad Cow Trials
- Won 6 yr. Oprah vs. Cattleman Lawsuit
You won't want to miss this Talk:
"Destroying the Earth One Bite at a Time"
He is being sponsored by the Students at
The Midwest Institute of Natural Healing
Tickets Are:
$20.00 a seat
You can SIGN UP AT: www.naturalhealingschool.org
(only 300 seats available)
1st Come 1st serve
Let me know your level of interest
If you can make it could you pass this on to a friend.
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The Organic No Till
Organic Gardening Workshop held in Kansas City on October 27, 2007, featuring Joel Gruver and Patrice Gros is now available on DVDs. Please contact Kansas City Community Gardens for a copy at 816-931-3877
or info-1@kccg.org
You are welcome to come by the garden at Niles Home for Children and see our no till beds. Please let me know that you are coming to assure the security of the kids.
Marty Kraft 816-333-5663
During the week days when I'm at Niles
816- 241-3448.
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Sierra Club Silent Auction
Dear Food Circle Readers,
The Sierra Club is the most generous supporter of our Eat Local! Exhibition of Farmers every year. So we are publicizing this notice of their major fundraising event on the Kansas side of the metro area. Dozens of environmentally related items will be auctioned off. Please give it your consideration. Thanks, Craig Volland, Co-coordinator, KC Food Circle.
Kanza Group - Sierra Club - Silent Auction - Friday, May 2.
The Sierra Club major fundraiser, our Silent Auction, is Friday, May 2 this year. Save the Date!! We have an excellent, excellent facility at the Lenexa Conference Center, 11184 Lackman Road at Lackman & College Blvd.
Our special theme this year is "Kansas Carbon Countdown: Meeting the Challenge". We are all learning what we need to do to reduce our carbon footprint and stop global warming.
You can save $5 a head for your tickets by pre-registering!! See our auction details at:
It will be a great event!! Bob Berkebile of BNIM Architects, a nationally renowned leader in Green Building, will be our special guest speaker. And, as always, great bargains, fine wine, hors d'oeuvres and desserts, environmental awards, and special exhibitors whose businesses are focused on helping us save our energy dollars.
Do you have Donations? If your business can donate a valuable item, service, or coupon valued at $25 or more, please contact Craig Wolfe at info@kansas.sierraclub.org.
See you May 2,
Craig Wolfe, Auction Chair
info@kansas.sierraclub.org
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Troostwood Market - Earth Day Festival - May 17th
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...(it is so easy ... get connected to our Google Calendar and get event updates and reminders in e-mail ...)
In addition to the KCFC co-hosted / co-sponsored events listed above,
we encourage you to browse our public Google calendar to find other
worthy causes, organizations and events in the greater Kansas City area -
for your convenience we've included weekly entries for our four (4)
featured farmers markets.
KC Food Circle - Hosting and Plugging...
Topics, Agendas, Other Orgs with Event Calendars,
Non Sequiturs and Cross-Pollination
As you can see from the calendar entries above, we host and co-host a number of events every year, and sponsors keep lining up to have us do more. In addition, we're happy to advertise events and provide links (see/use our Bulletin Board) to any like-organization or operation in the Kansas City area.
The links and pages found here represent only a sample of all the regional Local Farm / Sustainable Agriculture / Natural Food / Organic Growers / Farmers Markets / Seminars / Conferences / etc... that are scheduled, but we'd like to help promote all of them. Register on our Bulletin Board, or send us e-mail (KCFoodCircle @t GMAIL .d.o.t. COM), and WRITE to let us know what else we can do to promote common causes - the sooner the better.
Registration on our Bulletin Board is one way to help us keep you (and us) up-to-date, but...
MEMBERSHIP in The Kansas City Food Circle has additional benefits.
^^ Click here for details ^^
Cross-Pollination:
Our members often attend other grass-roots events and centres of activism, handing out Food Circle flyers and promoting our own Local Food evolution.
See:
www.AmericanTowns.com
Kansas City, Missouri Community Information and Events
KC LOCAL FOOD MAGAZINE: www.GreenabilityMagazine.com
(click here for early subscription info and the announcement msg on our bulletin board)
EatLocalKC.com - a new blogspot, the name says it all... our very own Eat Local Challenge
TheDoctorCooks.com
NewFarm.org - Farmer-to-Farmer Know-How from the Rodale Institute
TheLandOnline.com
KCActive.com
zaadz.com
Students for Environmental Action (SEA) at KSU
http://seaksu.blogspot.com/2007/03/growing-growers-apprenticeships.html
KKFI 90.1 FM - Kansas City Community Radio http://www.kkfi.org/
At Your Table - http://www.AtYourTable1660.com
KXTR Classical Radio 1660 AM - Kansas City
KCUR 89.3 FM - KC Public Radio (NPR) - http://www.kcur.org/
KANU - KPR (Kansas Public Radio) - http://kansaspublicradio.org/
KCFC Community Topics
(KCFC Bulletin Board)
Heartland All Species Project
Healthy Food Healthy Farms Conference Synopsis
Sierra Club - Thomas Hart Benton Group
( Western Missouri and K.C. Area)
Sierra Club- Ozark (Missouri) Chapter
missouri.sierraclub.org/
Sierra Club- Kansas Chapter
kansas.sierraclub.org
The Green Calendar
greenskc.com/calendar.htm
Food Circles Networking Project of the Missouri Extension
foodcircles.missouri.edu
Growing Growers
growinggrowers.org
GrowingForMarket.com - National Monthly Journal for Direct Market Farmers
K-State Research and Extension:
http://oznet.ksu.edu
The Kansas Rural Center Calendar
http://KansasRuralCenter.org/calendar.html
THE K-State SusAG Web Site:
http://www.KansasSustainableAg.org/
slowfoodkansascity.com (old link)
Slow Food - Kansas City Convivium - www.slowfoodkc.org
Slow Food USA Ark - SlowFoodUSA.org/ark
VegKansasCity.com - aka VegKC.com - Kansas City's online resource for anyone interested in reducing the amount of animal products they consume...
Bridging the Gap - Connecting Environment, Economy, Community
BridgingTheGap.org
Buy Fresh, Buy Local - Good Food, Good Earth
http://www.BridgingTheGap.org/PROGRAMS/business/BuyFreshBuyLocalmain.htm
Eating Fresh Publications… connecting home cooks, professional chefs, restaurateurs, food enthusiasts, and eaters to local agriculture and celebrating the taste, health, and community benefits of eating local, seasonal, pasture-raised and organic food.
EatingFresh.com
Locavores.com
WiseFoodWays (.com) ... create community, restore relationship, and help us remember a pace of life that includes cooking and eating at home in the joyful presence of friends and extended family.
National Audubon Society - K.C. Chapter
Burroughs.org
WormDigest.Org - What happened to Real Food?
GreenPeople.org - Buy Green, Sell Green, Be Green
FWWatch.org - food & water watch
DFHA.org (Democracy For the Heartland of America)
DemocracyInAction.org
World Tai Chi & Qidong Day - (April 26, 2008 will mark
the 10th Anniversary of this Global Celebration)
Visit the Ultimate Health & Healing Resource, global school directory, online video lessons, etc.
http://www.worldtaichiday.org
World Tai Chi & Qigong Day's a premiere natural health site promoting personal health solutions, as well as global health & healing. Besides DVDs, CDs, and Books, find vast free resources including Tai Chi medical research, global teachers/schools directory, FREE online video lessons, and lifestyle content for a natural health and life affirming approach to living, including Fair Trade, Organics, etc. Also, consider participating in our global health and healing event held every year in 60 nations.
AlterNet.org / envirohealth
gobartimes.org - Environment for Beginners + a neat (1992) .PDF
The Ex-Patriate's Kitchen (an advice-rich slow-food blogspot you should bookmark and pass along to your friends)
... new (and renewing) eyes ...
MetroFarm.com/ and Food Chain Radio
Organic Consumers Association (OCA)
OCA NEWS HEADLINES - A Digest of the Top News Stories on Organics, Food Safety, Fair Trade, Genetic Engineering, Globalization, and Much More.
MOVIE NIGHTS (and DAYS) * phone or verify schedules in advance
FILMS FOR ACTION - ONLINE FILMS - EXTENSIVE RESOURCES
Launched in November 2007, the new Films for Action website hosts a variety of features. The most substantial is a growing collection of over 140 films <http://www.filmsforaction.org/films/> covering a wide range of environmental, social and political issues. If you want to watch films about sustainability, city solutions, peak oil, climate change, big media, relocalization, or anything else related to creating a more sustainable, healthy future, there's something there for everyone. So here's the link to jump in and start exploring: <http://www.filmsforaction.org/>.
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Crude Impact
Next Film Showing on ...
Please join ReEnergizeKC,
the Thomas Hart Benton Group of the Sierra Club,
the Greens of KC,
the Community of Reason, and
the Kansas City Food Circle...
...at ---- p.m. on ----...
...for a free film showing of Crude Impact
(CI, online at www. CrudeImpact.com , including a trailer).
The film will be shown at the Missouri Department of Conservation's Discovery Center,
4750 Troost, Kansas City, Missouri, 64110
The film will be followed by a panel discussion and Q&A with representatives from the cosponsoring organizations.
Crude Impact movingly explores the broad range of destructive consequences from our enormous petroleum use, including the well-recognized issues of air and water pollution, global warming and climate disruption. It goes beyond these ecological issues, however, to explore the cultural impacts on indigenous societies in oil-producing regions of the world as well as the many geopolitical consequences, including repressive governments, civil conflicts, and wars.
The film also addresses the growing body of evidence that global oil and natural gas production are going to peak soon and begin to decline even though the global economy is dependent on growing supplies of cheap and abundant energy. What will volatile and much higher energy prices--and eventual supply shortfalls--mean for our way of life?
It wasn't the filmmakers' intention to simply illustrate the damage that results from our petroleum use, however. As they state on their website, "[t]he objective of the film is to promote positive, hopeful change in the way we source and use energy," and so they also explore what we could do differently in order to achieve a sustainable future.
We hope you'll join us to learn more and talk about these issues. Please try to bring someone with you who isn't already concerned about these issues.
For more info, contact John Fish Kurmann at
willowjohn(@)gmail.com
Check out the following UMKC Movie Nights put on by the local
Energy Awareness Group: (http://www.goodbyecheapoil.com/films/)
- program cancelled -
... and ...
Olathe Public Library - First Saturday Cinema:
- program cancelled -
For More Information: Ralph (913) 971-6889
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Non Sequiturs:
(Moving to a more appropriate venue - web search for [food cicle non sequitur] in a few weeks)
