NOTES:
BADSEED Funky Friday Farmers’ Market
on WINTER HOURS 4-8pm through FEBRUARY 2012
Waldo Farmers’ Market
1 Block East of Wornall on West 79th St (303 W 79th Street)
WINTER SCHEDULE
Open Every Third-Wednesday
2:00-6:30 PM
thru APRIL 2012
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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 they 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 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.
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BADSEED “Funky” Friday Night Farmers Market
[SNAP EBT + Double-$-Value Beans & Greens]
2011 Summer Market Schedule: Every Friday, 4-9 PM, May 6 – November 18th
2011/2012 Winter Market Schedule: Every Friday, 4-8 PM, Nov. 18 – Feb. 24th, 2012
*Special Markets include our super wicked Pre-Thanksgiving Market on Nov.18th and our super festive Holiday Market on Dec. 23rd!!! (closed on major holidays)
1909 McGee, Kansas City, Missouri 64108
“The FOOD REVOLUTION will not be televised….nor will it be hybridized. Experience it in the flesh, every Friday night, at the BADSEED “Funky” Friday Night Farmers Market!“ The BADSEED Market is dedicated to providing the “conscious consumer” with nutritious and delicious foods grown sustainably (and with LOVE) in the immediate community. The Friday Night Farmers’ Market offers a plethora of local-organic delights including colorful fruits and veggies, baked goods, gourmet mushrooms, goat cheese, eggs and free-range meats.
Come on down and “greet your farmer”! Together we can build community and collective consciousness through the universal pleasure that comes from eating GOOD FOOD.
**BADSEED ACCEPTS FOOD STAMPS & CAN DOUBLE YOUR SNAP/EBT DOLLARS THROUGH THE BEANS & GREENS PROGRAM!!!! Eat Up!!
Brooke Salvaggio ~ brooke@badseedkc.com ~ Shop Phone: 816-472-0027 http://www.badseedkc.com
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Brookside Farmers’ Market
[SNAP EBT + Double-$-Value Beans & Greens]
Saturdays, 8 am to 1 pm, April 23 – October 22
63rd & Wornall in the parking lot of Border Star Montessori School
Brookside Farmers Market has a lively mix of local and certified organic farmers with farm-fresh vegetables, herbs, bright flowers, and delicious meats, eggs, artisan 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 the famous Brookside Breakfast Burritos. Join us Saturdays for live music, children’s activities, earth-friendly educational fun, chef’s demos and great food.
Visit http://www.brooksidefarmersmarket.blogspot.com for more details.
Festival Dates:
May 7 – Garden Festival
June 11 – Kale Festival
July 16 – Heirloom Tomato Festival
August 13 – Children’s Festival
September 24 – Grill Fest
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KC Organics and Natural Market at Minor Park
“Uniquely nestled in a beautiful park, On the grass and Under the trees!” – Just East of Holmes on Red Bridge Road (about 111th St),Kansas City, MO (one mile south of I-435 at Holmes Road) www.KCORGANICS.com
Saturdays, 8 am—12:30 pm, May 7th—October 15th – 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 continue to pioneer ECOPRODUCTS, with the highest organic-content handmade bar soaps and body care items, woodcrafts, candles, artisan natural-stone custom jewelry, and much more. We are a “Fair Trade” Market, with occasional Gourmet Chefs demos featuring KC’s up and coming talent and Live and Local “Organica Music.”
Please visit our website and 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)
***We host a Special INDOOR “Holiday Market” in December at Notre Dame de Sion High School (December 10th, 2011 — 9am to 2pm), at 106th & Wornall Road.
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Niles Garden Market
1911 E 23rd Street (east of Downtown, close to Garfield Ave) KCMO
Tuesdays ~ 4pm To 6:00pm — June 14th thru Late October 2011
(watch http://ORGANOTILL.org for updates)
Niles Garden is an educational and peaceful garden next to Niles Home for Children. We use organic no-till practiceson our beds but don’t claim certification. We hope to be a model for beginning gardeners to learn sustainable urban agricultural techniques. Our market benefits Niles and the kids who work the garden.
Some of our garden practices can be seen at http://organotill.org
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Rosedale Farmers’ Market
[SNAP EBT + Double-Value Beans & Greens] SNAP/FNS
Seniors Farmers Market Nutrition Program
340 Southwest Boulevard, Kansas City, KS 66103 & satellite sites
Sundays 12:00 pm — 3:00 pm May 1, 2011 — September 25, 2011
www.rosedalefarmersmarket.com
Market Manager: Joe Heide ~~ JoeHeide@kc.rr.com ~~ 913-645-7826
The Rosedale Farmers Market is committed to supplying your family with healthy local foods. The hardworking farmers selling at our market offer locally-grown fresh fruits and veggies, free-range meats, honey, herbs, grains, artisan breads, fresh eggs, and always a lot of family fun. We will have weekly cooking demonstrations called “Fresh Fests”, and activities for the kid’s ranging from water balloons to pressing apples for juice. Stop by and check us out! CSA drop-off sites ~~ Rosedale community gardens
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Troost Community Market
LOCATION = TBA in 2011
Claudia Toomim, Program Developer
Business Mail: 4743 Troost Ave, Suite 200, Kansas City, MO 65110-1727
816-797-1327 www.TroostMarket.org
Claudia (a) TroostMarket.org
Saturdays 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. June – September
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 and 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 Market
[SNAP EBT + Double-Value Beans & Greens]
5142 Paseo, Kansas City, Missouri 64110
Friday nights, 5 – 8 PM and Saturdays, 8 am to 2 pm, May 21st thru late October
816-699-1803 ~ http://www.troostwoodyouthgarden.info/
eMail: Managers (a) 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 (Grand Opening) ANNUAL GREEN NEIGHBORHOOD FESTIVAL on May 21st, 2011.
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Waldo Farmer’s Market @ ReStore – New in 2011
Holiday Market and Winter Schedule
Open Every Third-Wednesday
2:00-6:30 PM
thru APRIL 2012
Wednesdays 3pm-7pm
1 Block East of Wornall on W 79th St (303 W 79th Street) CORRECTION 4/15/2011
May 4-Aug 31, 2011
The Waldo Farmer’s Market @ ReStore will feature organic and sustainably grown vegetables, herbs, fruit, flowers, bedding plants, honey and jams grown or produced primarily within the Kansas City metro area. Vendors are required to be members of the Kansas City Food Circle or sign and abide by the Kansas City Food Circle Pledges.
The market is conveniently located for after-work stops and shoppers on tight time schedules. For folks and families with more time to spend, there will be community group involvement and special activities each week, including specials at Habitat for Humanity’s ReStore, the market host. Watch for weekly activities posted on the market website, www.WholesomeWaldoWednesdays.org and the Habitat Kansas City ReStore FaceBook page. A portion of most market sales will benefit ReStore.
Contact Market Managers Diane Hershberger & Rodger Kube of Stony Crest Urban Farm, for more information: stonycrest@sbcglobal.net or (816) 304-2517
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Westport Plaza Farmers’ Market
(was 39th St. Community Market)
[SNAP EBT + Double-Value Beans & Greens]
Wednesday’s 4:30-7:30
May 4th Through October 12th, 2011
Westport Rd. & Wyoming St., the N.W. corner
(Immanuel Lutheran Church lot – click here for a street-view snapshot)
Contact = FreelingD@yahoo.com
http://www.FarmersMarketKC.org
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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OTHER LOCAL FARMERS MARKETS
where our member growers may sell their products, produce & wares…
NEW ORGANIC MARKETS ARE IN THE PLANNING STAGES FOR THIS YEAR ~ when time permits, we will list info provided by all KC Food Circle Member growers who tell us they sell at *ANY* market in the Greater Kansas City Area.
This page is being edited whenever updates are available –
Send in your links, INFO & suggestions to
MARKETS (a) KCFOODCIRCLE . ORG
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