Winter/Holiday Markets!!

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BADSEED (every Friday night except holidays
4-8pm thru 2/12/2010)

KC Organics (December 12th, only)

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In Kansas City we are fortunate to have access to a number of Farmers Markets that only accept vegetable and fruit farmers who agree to grow using organic methods. Organic growers avoid the use of conventional fertilizers, insecticides, herbicides, and other biocides, and strive to preserve the health of the living soil. In addition, the farmers at these markets who produce meat, eggs, and dairy products agree to avoid the use of synthetic growth promotants such as hormones and sub-therapeutic antibiotics. Our featured organic market listings (linked here and below) are written by representatives of the markets, and the KC Food Circle, being an all-volunteer organization, is unable to evaluate or certify each market’s standards and practices. For additional information about these issues or to find out what is meant by any particular term in a market listing, please contact the market directly with your questions. Our Featured Organic Farmers Market Page is kept current here:

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39th St. Community Market – updated March 2009 39th and Genessee, Kansas City, Missouri Wednesdays, 5 to 8 pm, May 6th – Oct. 7th 2009www.39thStreetMarket.com The 39th Street Community Market is conveniently located near KU Medical Center in the 39th Street shopping area. Stop by after work and talk with your local farmers. Organic and sustainably grown vegetables and fruit, free range meat and other goodies are available. If you live in the neighborhood, stroll on over and bring your kids! Regular music events and children’s activities are also scheduled. Call 913-432-4101 for specific dates, or check on our web site.

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BADSEED Funky Friday Night Farmers Market -- updated November 2009 Fridays, 4:00-8:00pm EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT (except holidays) UNTIL 2.12.2010!!! Closed 11/27, 12/25, & 1/1 1909 McGee, Kansas City, Missouri 64108 Located in the Crossroads Arts District of downtown KC, BADSEED is a truly unique food experience. Join us every Friday at the funkiest Farmer's Market in town and get your hands on Local Organic Delights including succulent and exotic greens, colorful veggies, aromatic herbs, transplants, flowers, goat cheese, free-range meats and eggs, delicious baked-goods, wholesome breads, and more!!! We feature live music and art on "First Fridays", and we now have "Urban Homesteading" Classes & Workshops @ BADSEED: Learn to live OFF the grid IN the grid through an on going series of classes focused on traditional & alternative skills for sustainability, self-sufficiency, and quality of life. Classes include things like: Traditional Canning & Preserving // Home Beer Brewing // Backyard Farming // Herbal Medicine Making...and more! For full class descriptions and schedule visit www.badseedfarm.com

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Farmers Community Market at Brookside – updated March 2009 Located at the Border Star Montessori School 63rd and Wornall Road, Kansas City, Missouri - Look for the White Tents Saturdays, 8 am to 1 pm, April 11 - October 24 Dedicated to providing a wide selection of organic and sustainably-raised local food, the Farmers’ Community Market has a lively mix of local and certified organic farmers with farm-fresh vegetables, herbs, juicy sweet fruit, bright flowers, and delicious meats, eggs and farmstead cheeses. Our farmers use sustainable and humane practices to produce hormone and antibiotic-free meats and truly free-range chicken eggs. The market also features locally roasted, organic and fair trade coffee, freshly prepared breads and baked goods (including vegan and gluten-free items), and ready-to-eat breakfast foods. Organic, hand-crafted soap and artists with locally handmade crafts complement the market. Join us Saturdays for live music, children’s activities and great food. 7TH ANNUAL HEIRLOOM TOMATO FESTIVAL - JULY 25. Visit www.FarmersCommunityMarket.com for more details.

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KC Organics & Natural Market at Minor Park & Park Place – updated August 2009

“Uniquely nestled in a beautiful park, On the grass and Under the trees!”

Just East of Holmes on Red Bridge Road (111th St.),

Kansas City, MO (one mile south of I-435 at Holmes Road)

Saturdays, 8 am—12:30 pm, May 2nd—October 17th Come visit us in the park!

Our family farmers offer organic produce that is fresh-picked and locally-grown, natural specialty and Heritage meats, honey, mushrooms, edible flowers, herbs, grains, artisan breads, cereals and pies, fresh eggs, freshly-brewed “FT” coffee & more. We contDecember 1ue to pioneer ECOPRODUCTS, with the highest organic-content handmade bar soaps & body care items, woodcrafts, candles, artisan natural-stone custom jewelry, etc. Gourmet chefs’ demos at 9:30 include samples and recipes. Our “Organica Music in the Park” venue showcases local up-and-coming talent (Note: See website for scheduling). We are a “Fair Trade” Market. We host a Special INDOOR “Holiday Market” in December at Notre Dame de Sion High School (December 12th, 2009 — 9am to 2pm), at 106th & Wornall Road. Please visit our website, www.KCOrganics.com, or join our email list via KCOrganics@yahoo.com, for special events; or call 816-444-FOOD(3663). (In cooperation with the KCMO Parks and Recreation Department.)

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Merriam Organic Market – this market will reopen late in 2009, pending relocation to a permanent, indoor facility. Phone us or send e-mail if you want to get involved with our certified 100-Mile Kitchen project or market ARCHIVE INFO: www.MerriamOrganicMarket.org Ph. 913-620-8427 Ours is truly an Omnivore’s Dilemma with our own variety of local, sustainably-grown solutions… SLOW DOWNand take a break during rush hour, bring your family & friends for SLOW FOOD, education, arts & crafts & green-minded community. We’ll have FRESH GREENS, VEGETABLES, SPROUTS, PLANTS, and other farm & garden produce IN-SEASON. Our BAKED GOODS, WHOLE-GRAIN WHEAT and other types – plus GLUTEN-FREE products – are provided by Bread of Life Organic Bakery. Our in-season FREE-RANGE meats – grass-fed beef, pork, chicken, emu, lamb, mutton, turkey – are all raised by local growers and produced without added hormones, antibiotics or animal products in their feed. We’ll have weekly Bar-B-Que – including take-home meal paks & day-of-market picnic fare – from local chefs. See our web site for PRE-ORDER links – with select vendors, you’ll be able to pay in advance and pickup your order at the market. Check in again in September to sign up for M.O.M.’s Winter CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) shares. Call 913-620-8427 or send e-mail to SHOP@MerriamOrganicMarket.org

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Mission Farms Organic Farmers’ Market — NEW MARKET 2009

106th & Mission Road (Leawood, KS)

THURSDAYS – 4:00-8:30pm

Grand Opening – Thursday, May 7th, 2009

Last Market Day – October 22, 2009

Katie Chalfant – kkchalfant (@) everestkc.net CLICK >> for .PDF of Rules / .PDF Vendor Application www.Mission-Farms.com

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A Saturday morning market for local organic foods for midtown Kansas City. Fresh fruits and vegetables mainly grown by urban farmers along the Troost Corridor. Look for blackberries, peaches, carrots, tomatoes, peppers, beans and peas, Jerusalem artichokes, herbs of all kinds, including the most fragrant mints in the area for your mint tea and much, much more. Meat from the fabulous KC Buffalo Company rounds out our fruits & vegetables for a balanced and delicious diet. We use sustainable/earth friendly methods for growing all our produce. Call to request a space in our community gardens or a table at our market.

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Troostwood Youth Garden — updated March 2009 5142 Paseo, Kansas City, Missouri 64110 Friday nights, 5 – 8 PM and Saturdays, 8 am to 2 pm, May 15 thru late October 816-444-5788 eMail: Managers (@) TroostwoodYouthGarden.info Neighborhood youth are providing fresh and healthy vegetables from A to Z. All foods grown on-site using organic methods. We are members of JJ FArms. Please call if you have questions. COME TO OUR GREEN NEIGHBORHOOD FESTIVAL on Saturday, May 16th, 2009 – 10am – 4pm.

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OTHER LOCAL FARMERS MARKETS where our member growers may sell their products, produce & wares… when time permits, we will list all growers who tell us they sell at these other markets in the Greater Kansas City Area.

(this list is being re-compiled for 2009 – send in your links, INFO & suggestions)

20 E. 5th Street (Downtown K.C.) Kansas City, MO 64106 816-842-1271 Open 7 days a week year-round Farmers’ Market Open Wednesday, Saturday, Sundaywww.TheCityMarket.org ______________________________________

Overland Park Market

Located on Marty between 79th and 80th Streets,

the Downtown Overland Park Farmers Market is a

thriving open air market offering produce, flowers,

specialty foods and entertainment for the entire family. Open Wednesdays from 7:30am through sellout and

Saturdays from 6:30am until sellout,

this market offers the best of the best from

local growers under the Farmers Market Pavilion.

http://www.downtownop.org/farmers_market.html ______________________________________ Olathe Farmers’ Market April 25th – October 10th – Saturdays 7:00am-Sell-Out – Mahaffie Stagecoach Stop, 1200 Kansas City Road, Olathe, KS and Starting June 3rd… – Wednesdays 3pm-Sell-Out - 200 W. Santa Fe, Olathe, KS 66061 The Olathe Farmers’ Market begins the season on Saturday April 25 at 7:00am at Mahaffie Stagecoach Stop 1200 Kansas City Road Olathe, KS 66061. The Farmers’ Market is held in the parking lot of the Heritage Center at Mahaffie Stagecoach St. The market begins at 7:00am until sold. The Farmers’ Market will be on Saturdays until October 10. Visit the Farmers’ Market on Wednesdays beginning June 3 at 200 W. Santa Fe from 3:00pm until sold. Click here for details:http://www.olatheks.org/ParksRec/Quicklinks/Farmers

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