The Lawrence Farmers' Market had a wonderful showcase of local meat available in the Lawrence, Kansas area. This is Kansas oldest established and most likely the best Farmers' Market in the state. Chef Hilary Brown did some demonstration of cooking locally produced lean meat. She has a fast food burger place in Lawrence called the Local Burger.
At the Local Burger you can try some burgers and hot dogs made from Buffalo (bison) to pork. This place is a little more expensive than your local fast food places since a burger will set you back $5.50 but you will know where the meat came from.
Victory garden has a page on food miles. Food miles is the distance food travels from its source to your market. Food miles is another calculation of the amount of energy needed to get the food to the market. Buying local and growing your own produce will reduce food miles. Even growing a potted container of tomatoes will reduce the food miles. I have not tried ContainerSeeds.com but they sell only seeds of plants that grow well in containers.
I just discovered a seed company called Harvest Moon that offers an interesting selection of seeds. I have bookmarked the website and will order some seeds later.
If you are looking for any of the Slow Food movement seed source Seed Savers Exchange has a list they offer. I did not grow the Bull Nose Bell Pepper but plan to next year.
BEAN: Cherokee Trail of Tears,
Christmas Lima, Hidatsa Red,
Hidatsa Shield Figure, Hutterite
Soup, Jacob’s Cattle.
Lina Cisco’s Bird Egg, Mayflower
and True Red Cranberry
GARLIC: Inchelium Red and
Lorz Italian GROUND CHERRY: Aunt Molly’s
Are you selling at the Lawrence Market? I have always heard great things about it, but have never been able to go. We live near Emporia, so that is where hubby goes and I go here in town each Saturday morning. We enjoy doing the Markets, but it is a lot of work! Our local one just started yesterday.
Marilyn
Great post....I don't mind paying a little more myself for things that I know are healthier or food that is grown locally and I know what's in it.....every little bit of our own gardening helps....and if everyone does a little that helps everything and everyone.
I live too far from that market for it to be feasible and I really want to focus more local. It would be a 1 1/2 hours drive one way and with gas prices.
This blog is primary about my activities on my farmette. Currently I am the caretaker of 2 goats, 3 dogs, 2 cats, ducks and chickens.I have a varitey of chickens but my two favorite breeds are Welsummers and Lakenvelders. I garden using the Mittleider Method Gardening which I have a lot of success using.
This blog is primary about my activities on my farmette. Currently I am the caretaker of 2 goats, 3 dogs, 2 cats, ducks and chickens.I have a varitey of chickens but my two favorite breeds are Welsummers and Lakenvelders. I garden using the Mittleider Method Gardening which I have a lot of success using.
