Think
Buying local food supports our regional economy, helps local farms and businesses, supports sustainable land use, reduces dependence on foreign oil needed to ship food thousands of miles, and provides consumers with more flavorful choices throughout the season.
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Purchase locally grown fruits and vegetables at your local supermarket. Find a farmer, farmer’s market, farm stand or other local food outlet near you.
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Did you know that food travels on average 1,300 miles from farm to table and can spend as many as seven to fourteen days in transit before they arrive in the store? Locally grown fruits and vegetables are usually sold within 24 hours of being harvested and are picked and eaten at the height of ripeness and flavor. Local farmers can offer produce varieties bred for taste and freshness rather than for shipping and long shelf life. Because local food doesn’t have to travel far, carbon dioxide emissions and packing materials are reduced which help to protect the environment. Buying local food also helps to make farming more profitable and ensures that more of your money spent on food goes to the farmer. Buy Fresh, Buy Local Kansas City, which is a partnership between Bridging The Gap, Good Natured Family Farms and the Hen House Markets, is helping consumers identify the products of family farmers and local producers in their area. To learn more about the campaign and where to buy foods produced by local farmers, go to www.bridgingthegap.org which is a local coordinator of the national campaign. To learn more about family farmers, go to www.goodnatured.net/ The Kansas City Star’s Food Section on Wednesday’s lists farmer’s markets in our area. For a directory of local food co-ops go to www.kcfoodcircle.org.
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Come join True Blue Women and other like-minded friends for a fun afternoon mingling with candidates running and endorsed by the MAINstream PAC. You'll have opportunities to ask questions and find out the latest insider political news! Share some food and camaraderie as we gear up for this exciting election year! When: Sunday July, 13 at 3 p.m.
Where: Antioch Park 6501 Antioch Road Meriam, Kansas 66202
Pavilion 4 Sponsored by the MAINSTREAM Coalition Political Action Committee and True Blue Women. |
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Hope
"No occupation is so delightful to me as the culture of the earth, and no culture comparable to that of the garden." ~ Thomas Jefferson
Upcoming Events
TBW Environment Committee
Please join the TBW Environment Committee at their next meeting, Thursday, July 10 7 to 9 p.m. at the Mainstream Coalition Offices, 5350 W. 94th Terrace in Prairie Village. Nancy Jackson, Executive Director of the Climate & Energy Project, will talk to us about the specific things our group can do to move clean energy forward in Kansas. Please email
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if you need directions or have questions. TBW MO Meeting
Spend an evening with other like-minded Missouri women, Wednesday, July 30 at 7 p.m. Rockhill Tennis Club 4520 Kenwood Ave Kansas City, Missouri. Please join us as Retired Judge George C. Berry and Judge Scott Wright provide us answers to the burning questions about "activist judges" and the Missouri Non-Partisan Court Plan. Please RSVP to
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