Overland Park has the state s largest retail trade capture, attracting approximately 261,496 customers or almost 10 percent of the Kansas retail market. The state s capital city, Topeka, continues to flex retail muscle with a retail trade capture of 188,822 customers. The conference, sponsored by Kansas State University, will be Aug. 2-3 at the Embassy Suites hotel near Kansas City International Airport. Kan. Many of the farm markets that once dotted rural landscapes are moving to community centers. The number of markets in Kansas continues to grow, said Karen Gast, Kansas State University Research and Extension horticulturist, who has tracked farmers markets in the state for more than a decade.
Food sold at the markets is comparable in price to foods sold in the supermarkets.
What s different is the personal contact. Kan. Parents can set a good example by eating a variety of foods. Children are attracted to vegetables because they are colorful, she said. They may, however, be more likely to eat vegetables that are steamed lightly or stir-fried. Those cooking methods make raw vegetables easier to chew, heighten color, and also tame flavors that children sometimes find objectionable.