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New donut shop, taco chain, pop-up events among Lawrence business updates
Some new businesses are in the works around Lawrence, including a donut shop on Wakarusa, a taco chain coming to town and a pop-up vendor set to appear this weekend and next.
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Maya Smith / Lawrence Times
Lawrence Farmers Market celebrates 50th anniversary with tattoos, tie-dye and live music
Farmers, bakers, vendors and community members celebrated the Lawrence Farmers Market’s 50th anniversary Saturday morning with tattoos, tie-dye and live music.
Kansas wheat harvest projected to be lowest in decades, adding to agriculture stress
Kansas is on course for its smallest winter wheat harvest since the 1950s because of drought and freezes. A July report shows the state’s farmers are expected to produce almost half the number of bushels they did at the same time last year.
August Rudisell/Lawrence Times
The Crossing at KU to add 3 dining options on west campus
Construction has begun on three new retail buildings at The Crossing at KU, soon to bring three dining options to the development: CAVA, Playa Bowls and Jersey Mike’s.
Jacob Rice / Lawrence Times
New venue to open in the Castle, popular deli to return and more Mass Street business updates
The Mass Street business landscape is shifting as a mansion becomes an event venue, a beloved deli announces its return, a pizza shop suddenly closes and more.
Jacob Rice / Lawrence Times
Lawrence Farmers Market invites community to celebrate ‘50 Years Fresh’
The Lawrence Farmers Market will soon celebrate its 50th anniversary with a 1970s-themed event with live music, tie-dye, tattoos and more.
Cyclospora has Kansans shopping for locally grown produce. Is it safer?
A parasite that causes a nasty intestinal illness has sickened thousands nationwide and hundreds in Kansas and Missouri, is causing some people to consider locally grown produce options. Is that safer?
A new Kansas-grown wheat could soon be in your box of noodles
A new type of wheat dotting Kansas fields has a special use: making pasta. Wheat acres have continuously declined in Kansas. The noodle-focused wheat variety could change that.
Courtney Lane / Lawrence Times
How one bad pretzel became a pink empire — and soon a Lawrence storefront
The pink Pretzelly Truck is expanding this fall, bringing its sweet and salty empire to a storefront in Lawrence.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
World Cafe to seek community input on Indigenous foodways
An upcoming event will seek to bring the community to the table for food and small group discussions to share experiences, ideas and hopes for Indigenous food systems.
August Rudisell/Lawrence Times
Get help applying for SNAP benefits at these events, plus more summer food support
Extension Master Food Volunteers host regular sessions to help Douglas County folks apply for SNAP. Here is their July schedule, plus more summer food support.
Courtney Lane / Lawrence Times
Vietnamese cafe, donut shop open in Lawrence; chicken chain to add second location
A new Vietnamese cafe and a donut shop have opened in Lawrence, and a chicken chain plans to open a second location in town.
Algerian fans find more halal food in Lawrence as restaurants and bars embrace ‘radical hospitality’
To welcome Algerian visitors and make them feel at home in the charming college town, Lawrence restaurant owners offered more halal options, with some pulling pork from their menu.
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