Herb’n Gardener
Address:
921B West 17th Street
Kansas City, Missouri 64108
Contact Information:
Lew Edmister
Phone: 816-842-4432
E-mail: herbngardener@kc.rr.com
CSA Distribution Info:
See the interactive distribution locations map HERE!
Share Structure:
- A weekly share of more produce than you can eat…………………….$400
Payment plans are available on an individual basis; contact Lew for details.
What can shareholders expect in their share? Shares will include vegetables, herbs, and flowers, with some heirlooms and exotic varieties here and there. Lew also includes value-added products such as stevia and sourdough bread, and teas, when available. For details, please contact Lew.
Number of shares offered for 2010 season: 20
Length of season: 18 – 22 weeks (May – October)
WHAT MAKES HERB’N GARDENER UNIQUE: Herb’n Gardener farm observes organic growing methods, although it is not certified. Located on a couple of vacant lots on Kansas City, Missouri’s West Side neighborhood, Lew is expanding in 2010 to more unused urban land in the East Bottoms of KCMO. To sign up for the Herb’n Gardener CSA, contact Lew directly; no contracts are utilized for this CSA.
CSA members of Herb’n Gardener will be required to assist at the farm for 12 hours per share — activities may include planting, weeding, and/or harvesting. Lew is beginning this practice in order to create a closer connection between his CSA’s members and the source of their food, and the amount of work required to bring produce from farm to plate — and so they will get a chance to know their farmer better!
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***AN URGENT LETTER FROM LEW, TO AID THOSE VICTIMS OF THE JANUARY EARTHQUAKE IN HAITI***
Dear Growers, Farmers, Gardeners, Eaters, and all others:
I want you to join me in helping Haitian farmers and gardeners get crops in the ground and easing hunger and suffering by donating seeds to them. I implore you to read through my appeal because it offers you an opportunity to join in and be a part of something very direct, very real and very easy for all of us to do.
It’s simple, it’s SEEDS FOR HAITI! I want to get food in the form of seeds into the hands of people who are mostly agrarian and know what to do with the seed—they’ll grow food for themselves. Granted, it will take some time but it will happen.
I spent a long time sifting through NGO’s to find one with a longtime investment in Haiti and at least a passing bit of knowledge about where food comes from: What I found was Hope for Haiti in Naples, Fl. I told them what I wanted to do and asked if they could be an on-the-ground distributor. They agreed and we worked out a way to facilitate the project.
Haiti has three growing seasons and the next one begins in about seven weeks, so, in my mind, there’s no time to delay. Here’s what I, you, we need to do:
Go to your seed boxes and pull out $25 to $30 worth of veggie seeds, pack them up and send them to KCCUA, 4223 Gibbs Rd, Kansas City, KS 66106 or to me, Lew Edmister, 921B W 17th St, Kansas City, MO 64108. Every week I’ll re-pack the seeds in bulk and send them to Hope for Haiti. They’ll take it from there.
You can e-mail or call me at (816) 842-4432. You can call KCCUA if you need, but you know how busy they are. This is my project so bother me if you need verification or more information. Volunteer to help if you can. Pass the word. If you know other ag groups or clubs, give them the word. A thousand people with $25 worth of seed makes a BIG pile of seed – ergo, FOOD.
I thank you for your help in advance. Happy growing. — Lew
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