Eat Local & Organic Expo and other weekend possibilities

March 29, 2013

Jonathan Bender,

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The Kansas City Food Circle’s 15th annual exhibition of farmers, the Eat Local & Organic Expo, is set for Saturday, March 30, at the Shawnee Civic Center (13817 Johnson Drive, in Shawnee) from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

On the following Saturday, the expo shifts to the Penn Valley Community College Gym (3201 Southwest Trafficway) from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Admission is free. Local producers will be on hand to sell seedlings, produce, meat, dairy and eggs. You also can purchase community-supported agriculture subscriptions and learn how to practice aquaponics. Beth Bader, co-author of the The Cleaner Plate Club, leads a seminar on how families can eat seasonally and locally.