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Jay Thornton / KANSAN
Service puts vegetables in the bag
Subscription produce program offers patrons new food possibilities
By Ken Gates Special to the Kansan
Patty Legenza gets one of 10 sacks from farmers of Rolling Prairie at Community Mercantile at Ninth and Mississippi streets. Legenza is one member of a group of 10 that comes to Lawrence from the Kansas City area to pick up their subscription produce.
Kathleen Glynn waited patiently for a bag of food she had paid $9 for, not knowing what it would contain.
Subscribers get a chance to meet the farmers who grew their food when they pick up the fresh-picked produce.
Glynn and other members of Rolling Prairie's subscription produce service look forward to Monday afternoons, the time they pick up their weekly bag of goodies. Depending on what the farmers have included, the bag might include combinations of lettuce, cilantro, snap peas, snow peas and broccoli. The vegetables are all fresh and organic, and the price of a bag varies from $7 to $10.
Weekends are a busy time for the eight growers in the Rolling Prairie Farmer's Alliance. They harvest, sort and box the rewards of their labor.
Then every Monday, the farmers begin arriving with their harvest around 3 p.m. at the distribution point, Community Mercantile, Ninth and Mississippi streets.
Empty, paper grocery bags are lined up on a long counter and filled assembly-line style by the farmers. Also included is a short newsletter from Rolling Prairie, including healthy recipes specific to that week's items.
Because the produce is locally grown and different crops are harvested at different times, each weekly bag provides the subscriber with a different combination of produce recipes.
Monday afternoons at the Mercantile are festive.
During the pick-up hours, which are on Mondays from 4 to 7 p.m., the farmers get a chance to plan the next week's harvest and delivery.
Nancy O'Connor, nutritionist at the Community Mercantile, is responsible for the recipes, which are intended to provide nutrition as well as taste appeal.
"I get foods in my weekly bag that I'd never buy at the store, so it challenges me to be more creative with food preparation."
"Everyone knows what to do with broccoli, but some
people are stumped by cilantro," O'Conner said. "I try to focus my recipes on the foods that people aren't accustomed to preparing."
Samples using the recipes and that week's produce are provided for customers to taste on pick-up days.
Cat Cortese subscriber
"You get samples, fresh organic produce and recipes all at one location," O'Connor said.
Cat Cortez is a second year subscriber to Rolling Prairie.
Cortese said. "I get food in my weekly bag that I'd never buy at the store, so it challenges me to be more creative with food preparation.
"I love organic food because it's more nutritious and tastes better,"
"Since the produc travels very little distance between grower and buyer, transportation costs are minimized, the food is fresher and the local economy benefits. It's a great opportunity. Everyone wins."
See SUBSCRIPTION PRODUCE,
Page 15C.
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BUSES WILL BERUNNING FREE AUGUST 16TH
Changes have been made this year! *New bus route names *Changes in routes The new West 6th bus route
Student semester pass gives you unlimited rides for $60.00 Non-student rate is $75.00 Cash fares are $1.00/ride
Passes can be purchased in the Kansas Union Banking Window and the Burge Union Candy Counter after August 23,1995. Fall bus passes ordered through options can be picked up in the Kansas Union starting August 16, 1995.
HAVE A GREAT SEMESTER!