KUCAMPUS UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Wednesday, August 16, 1995
15C
ABOVE: Avery Lominska and Paul Conway load sacks for customers.
RIGHT: Will Nagengast, 6, sets blackberries out for customers of the Rolling Prairie subscription produce.
Jay Thornton/
KANSAN
SUBSCRIPTION PRODUCE Customers receive recipes, fresh food
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Dorothy Maxwell and her friend Phyllis Talmadge share a subscription to Rolling Prairie. Both agreed that the primary benefit of the service was the farm-fresh produce.
"My favorite foods from the service are the asp aragus, sugar snap peas and broccoli." Maxwell said.
Like Maxwell and Talmidge, Kansas city resident Kathleen Glynn also shares a subscription — with 10 friends. They're all from the Kansas City area, so they make the trips to the Mercantile on a rotating basis. But the miles are worth it.
"The produce is always fresh, and I like to be surprised with foods I haven't tried before." Glvnn said.
Schnebel likes the subscription service because the grower sells directly to the consumer, eliminating the middleman and increasing profits.
"The difficult part of the service for the grower is having the produce
"There are many subscription services,but as far as I know, we're the only one to collectively provide the produce."
As a grower in the produce-subscription service, Joe Schnebel raises vegetables and chickens on his "Worksonore Farm," 10 miles north of Lawrence.
Dan Nagongast creator Rolling Prairie Farmer's Alliance
At any given time during the growing season, Schnebel has about 13 different crops growing in his 1/2 acre garden.
ready at the right time," Schneebel said. Dan Nagengast and his wife Lynn Byczynski are largely responsible for the creation of the Rolling Prairie Farmer's Alliance.
During pick-up
The service began in mid-May and will continue until the fall's first frost. People can still be come a part of the service be-cause several past subscribers have moved from Lawrence.
time at the Mercantile, the growers offer fresh-cut flowers, plants and Rolling Prairie T-shirts. Organic beef and chicken also can be ordered from some growers.
"There are many subscription services, but as far as I know, we're the only one to collectively provide the produce," Nagengast said.
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