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Posted on Tue, Mar. 11, 2008 10:15 PM
Locating locally grown foods
PEACOCK FARMS
12589 Salem Cemetery Road, Higginsville, Mo., 660-584-2526, peacockf@ctcis.net
Season: May to September.
Pickup: 39th Street Community Market (39th and Genessee) on Wednesdays and City Market on Saturdays. Limited delivery is available for an extra charge.
Cost: $380 for 22-week season; $50 delivery fee if needed. Accepts MasterCard and Visa.
ROLLING PRAIRIE FARMERS’ ALLIANCE
785-842-5697, rlominska@aol.com, Rollingprairie.info
Pickup: Wednesdays at the Franklin Center in Kansas City, Kan., and at Johnson County Community College; Mondays at Community Mercantile and Thursdays at Local Burger in Lawrence.
Cost: $80 membership fee (new members) or $70 (returning members); plus $16 a week.
SHARE-LIFE FARMS
Route 2, Box 134, Marshall, Mo., 660-886-3936; 660-815-0729
Season: May to October.
Pickup: Delivery in Kansas City area to be arranged, and Saturdays in Columbia.
Cost: $40 deposit, plus average $15 a week.
SNOW’S HERITAGE ACRES
2993 N.W. Jewell Drive, Hamilton, Mo., 816-632-0908, SnowsHeritageAcres.com.
Season: May 10 through Oct. 18.
Pickup: Saturdays: 2 to 3 p.m. at 7824 Pleasant Valley Road, Liberty; 4 to 5 p.m. at 400 S.E. Onyx Drive, Lee’s Summit; and at the farm.
Cost: $480 for full share or $276 for half share, plus $50 annual membership fee. Ten percent discount if paid by April 1. Or installment plan of three payments of $160 each.
STRAWBERRY LANE FARM
510 N.E. Jade Lane, Trenton, Mo., 660-485-6473
Season: May through October.
Pickup: On the farm, Saturdays at City Market and Farmers. Community Market in Brookside
Cost: Full share $460; half share $230 (same as full share except given every other week).
TROOSTWOOD YOUTH CSA
5142 the Paseo, Kansas City, 816-444-5788, buckwheat 84848@hotmail.com
Season: April to early September.
Pickup: Fridays at 5142 the Paseo.
Cost: $300 for single; $375 for family of two; $450 for family of four.
URBAN SOUL AND SOIL RAINBOW GARDEN
3337 Webster, Kansas City, Kan., 913-321-9341, soulandsoilrainbowgardens@yahoo.com
Season: Late April to early November.
Pickup: Pickup at the farm or Saturdays at Merriam Farmers Market. Also will sell produce at Kansas City, Kan., Green Market on Wednesday, Fridays at North Kansas City farmers market and Saturdays at the Merriam farmers market.
Cost: $20 per week; U-pick in early season at the garden.
Reach Lauren Chapin at 816-234-4702 or lchapin@kcstar.com.
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