KCFC Farmers Expo 2007
(click here for our photos, then scroll down for Expo albums)
Buy Direct from Local Family Farmers!
· High-quality, organic vegetables on-site and thru CSA memberships
· Free Range meats, eggs and dairy products
· Veggie seedlings and plants for spring gardens
· Free information on organic agriculture & gardening
· Free Directory of Local Organic and Free Range Food Producers
· Original music by eco-troubadour Stan Slaughter
Saturday, March 24, 2007
· 9:00 am - 2:00 pm
Shawnee Civic Centre
13817 Johnson Drive
Shawnee, Kansas 66216
(2 miles east of I-435 // click here for a map )
— Free Admission - Free Parking —
Free workshop at 9:30 am (click here for full workshop details)
“Becoming a Localvore: Healthy Food Grows Close to Home”
Lisa Markley, Registered Dietitian and Jill McLaughlin, Certified Holistic Health Counselor
and The 100 Mile Diet Team
*** Free 100 Mile Diet CD to the first 75 workshop attendees! ***
Chefs demo at 11 am
Howard Hanna, Executive Chef , Room 39 at 39th Street West
Exhibitors List: ...(updated 3/12/2007)
Shawnee Expo (March 24th, 2007)
(Food Producers / Distributors / Organizations)
Bear Creek Farms
Bread of Life Organic Bakery
Breezy Hill
Camp Creek Farms
Cassie Mendez Organic Skin Care
Community Market at Brookside
4 D Acres
Golden Ridge Farms
Green Dirt Farm
Herb'n Gardener
Homespun Hill Farm
Hoot Owl Hollow Farms
Indigenous Dream Fair Trade Coffee
Karbaumer Farm
KC Center for Urban Agriculture
KC Organics and Natural Market at Minor Park
Kickin' Bull Ranch
M&J; Ranch
Monegaw Springs Natural Soap Company
The Organic Garden
The Organic Way Farm
Peacock Farms
Pearly Gates Organic Soapery & Farm
Pickings & Pumpkins
Rolling Prairie Alliance
Sandhill Farm
Simply Food of Milo, MO
Soaring Eagle Farm / Acme Grain
Soul & Soil Rainbow Gardens
Sponsored by:
Sierra Club,
Food Circles Networking Project - MO Extension,
Growing Growers project
- KS Extension,
Kansas City Greens,
Kansas City Wellness Magazine,
Society of the Precious
Blood,
Bridging the Gap,
Sustainable Sanctuary Coalition
Green Sanctuary of All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church
The Kansas City Food Circle is an all-volunteer, not-for-profit organization.
www.KCFoodCircle.org (913) 334-0556
>>Click here for Food Producer Qualifications and Costs (2007)<<
Workshop @ KC Food Circle EXPO 2007 - Saturday, March 24th, 2007
Free 100-Mile Diet workshop at 9:30 am
(click here for a 1-page COLOR FLYER .DOC) (COLOR FLYER .PDF)
“Becoming a Localvore:
Healthy Food Grows Close to Home”
presented by:
The 100 Mile Diet Team, Lisa Markley, MS, RD
and Jill McLaughlin, Certified Holistic Health Counselor
Inspired by a Canadian couple who committed to only eating foods grown within 100 miles of their home for an entire year, in 2006 a crack team of Kansas City eaters explored the area looking for sources of local food. Using the Kansas City Food Circle’s Directory of Local Organic and Free Range Producers as their guide, they published a series of ten articles in Present Magazine to share their experiences along the way. In this workshop, the KC 100 Mile Diet Team will share firsthand accounts of their local food adventures.
I. Introduction to the KC 100 Mile Diet Project given by farmer Tom Ruggieri
II. The KC 100 Mile Diet Team will share a short personal history of how they became interested in eating local foods and their experiences discovering local foods as part of the 100 Mile Diet Project
III. Lisa & Jill will share the Health & Nutrition Aspects of Eating Local Foods
IV. “Ripe for Change” short film (8-10 minutes)
http://www.mediathatmattersfest.org/mtm_good_food/
(click on #16 to view the short film)
V. Questions and Answers (10 minutes)
Attendees will receive media CDs created by the team that contain a compilation of their articles written for Present Magazine as well as recipes featuring local foods, a resource list for further information, and the 2007 KC Food Circle Directory of Local Organic and Free Range Producers.
Handouts on Tips for Getting Started on a Local Diet and the Top 10 Reasons to Eat Local based on http://100milediet.org/getting-started-guide/ and http://100milediet.org/why-eat-local/ will also be provided.
KC 100 MILE DIET PROJECT SPONSORED BY:
Kansas City Food Circle, PresentMagazine,
SlowFoodKC, Good Natured Family Farms, Buy Fresh - Buy Local,
Hen House Market, The American Institute of Wine & Food
