Cultivate the Change with the Fifth Biennial Urban Grown Farms & Gardens Week of Celebration June 15 through June 23 in Kansas City! Urban Grown is a volunteer-led event hosted by Cultivate Kansas City to showcase how food is grown in the city. Activities begin Saturday June 15 with a Crop Mob volunteer event that will help urban farms throughout the metro area prepare for the coming farm tours.
The week will feature workshops speakers and other educational opportunities, while farm-fresh bounty can be enjoyed at cooking demonstrations and local sponsoring restaurants.
Eat Out Local: Tuesday and Wednesday, June 18 and 19,
Local Earth: Wednesday, June 19,
"The Future of Food" with Mark Bittman: Thursday, June 20 join New York Times columnist and acclaimed author, Mark Bittman, for the keynote address of Urban Grown week at Unity Temple on the Plaza at 7 p.m. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit here.
The week long celebration culminates in a two-day, self-guided tour of 60 farms and gardens Saturday and Sunday June 22- and 23 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Many of the sites will feature music, chef cooking demonstrations, and children's activities. This year there will be a Tour Hub at the Ruiz Library in Kansas City, Mo. where tour goers can get tickets, tour guide booklets and other information. . Site listings will also be available on the Cultivate Kansas City website at www.cultivatekc.org
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