Platte Prairie Farms EcoSystems Management
KC Food Circle Pledge (PDF)
Address:
5223 N. Merrimac Avenue
Kansas City, Missouri 64151
Contact Information:
Steve Mann
Phone: 816-352-9213
E-mail: steve@prairietrading.com
Website: www.prairietrading.com
CSA Distribution Info:
- 5223 N. Merrimac, KCMO……………………Saturdays, 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
- Badseed Farmers Market (1909 McGee, KCMO)……………..Fridays, 4:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
SUMMER 2010 CSA (30 shares available): 22 weeks, June 5 – October 30
- Full Family…………………….$500 (7 – 9 items per week)
- Partial………………………..$250 (4 – 6 items per week)
- Individual…………………….$220 (3 – 4 items per week)
PAYMENT OPTIONS: $300 reserves a full share with the remaining $200 due by April 1. $175 reserves a full share with the remaining $75 due by April 1.
FALL 2010 CSA (30 shares available): 6 distributions, November 6 – December 23
- Full Family…………………….$275 (4 – 6 items bi-weekly; includes 50 lbs sweet potatoes and 25 lbs winter squash)
- Partial………………………..$175 (2 – 4 items bi-weekly; includes 25 lbs sweet potatoes and 15 lbs winter squash)
PAYMENT OPTIONS: Fall CSA requires full payment by September 15.
What can shareholders expect in their share? Steve grows a wide variety of veggies, salad greens, and herbs, including three colors of heirloom Japanese trifle tomatoes and heirloom Indian corn. Platte Prairie partners with Fieldstone Orchard in Overbrook, KS to provide CSA members with a choice among rhubarb, strawberries, pie cherries, blackberries, plums, raspberries, peaches, grapes, Asian pears, apples, and crabapples.
Depending on availability, CSA members can contact Steve to pre-order produce to purchase in bulk for preserving &etc.
Steve has created an online newsletter and blog to keep in touch with his CSA members.
WHAT MAKES PLATTE PRAIRIE UNIQUE: Steve Mann has long been a voice for change in our local foodshed and eating habits. He has a deep belief in sustainable food production methods and renewing our depleted soil and ecosystems with nature’s own tools, including companion planting and permaculture. A farmer for the past four years, 2010 is the second year of Steve’s CSA. He is one of the few CSA farmers who offer a Fall CSA, plunging right in last fall with a successful run!
Platte Prairie also offers an option for creating an “In Your Yard” CSA — growing food in your yard and sharing it with the community. Contact Steve for more information!
Platte Prairie is one of the KCCSAC’s few CSA farms which requires work shifts of its members, which offers a wonderful opportunity to spend some quality time in the dirt, getting to know your farmer and the source of your food, and your other CSA members! For the Summer CSA, full-share members will be schedules for 12 hours of work; partial-share members will work 9 hours; and individual-share members will be scheduled for 8 hours. For the Fall CSA, full-share members will be scheduled for 6 hours and partial-share members will have 4 hours.
Platte Prairie will also be offering no-till workshops and field days in conjunction with Lincoln University Extension; check the farm’s website for details and dates.
Steve has a deep commitment to Food Not Lawns KC and the Squash Blossom Food Co-op, and he will be happy to arrange volunteer opportunities with those organizations for any interested folks.