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KCCUA
NEWS & UPCOMING EVENTS
Canning Classes at BADSEED,
Thursdays, August 7, 21, & 28, 5pm - 10pm. BADSEED Market, 1909
McGee, KCMO 64108. These canning and preserving workshops feature
"canning guru" Lori Watley. Students will make
pestos, salsas, pickles, relishes, chutneys, and more with
local/seasonal produce. For details and sign-up contact Lori
Watley at lori_morninglory@yahoo.com.
Pests, Disease and Weeds: A Growing Growers Market Gardening
Workshop and Farm Tour, Sunday, August 17, 10am - 4:30pm, St.
Joseph, Missouri. Presentations by farmers and extension
professionals on organic and sustainable insect, disease and weed
controls. Lunch provided. For workshop details, go to: http://www.growinggrowers.org/Pages/workshop.htm
or contact Laura Christensen at growers@ksu.edu
or (816) 805-0362.
Whole Foods
Farmers and Food
Artisans Road
Tour '08, Sunday, August 17, 11am to 3pm. This summer,
Whole Foods Market is again demonstrating its commitment to
local agriculture and food production by hosting a one-day event
called The Farmers and Food Artisans Road Tour ’08. Join
them for this fun outdoor fair with live music, cooking and product
demonstrations throughout the store and activities for the kids.
Best of all, buy a Local
Meal and help raise funds for the
Kansas City
Center
for Urban Agriculture!
Harvest Celebration at the Municipal Correctional Institution,
Thursday, August 21, 9:30am, 8100 Ozark Road, Kansas City, MO, 64129.
The garden volunteers, the contributors, MCI staff and the inmate
gardeners invite you to celebrate with them and enjoy the tomatoes,
peppers, herbs and flowers of their first garden. No RSVP
necessary.
Garden of Hope: A cooking class to benefit the New Roots for
Refugees Program, Tuesday, August 26, 7pm - 9pm. Hands on
class taught by Kiersten Firquain of In Home Bistro will feature
delicious seasonal foods. Class will be at St. Pius X, 5600 Outlook,
Shawnee Mission, KS 66202. Class fee $40.00. Contact Rachel Bonar
at 913-621-5255 x 187 or rbonar@ccsks.org
for workshop and registration details, or go to www.newrootsforrefugees.blogspot.com.
KCCUA's 2006 Annual Report is now
available for download. Click here
for the PDF file.
KCCUA is now set up for online
donations using your credit card. Click here
for more information.
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