Andy Roark

Andy Roark 417.505.0096   Age 42
Kendra Roark 417.252.0659 Age 38
3 year old & 10 year old
Farmers. Construction.
Jack of All Trades.
from West Plains, Missouri areas

Available FRIDAY-SUNDAY

Let's make plans to meet, visit.
Kendraroark2013@outlook.com

Junsai harvest last week
Rachel West and Dee!

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Group link:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/junsailove/?ref=share&mibextid=NSMWBT

The Junsai Appreciation Society. We have no official organization, we just love Brasenia and want to share with other fans of the plant and its uses.

Contributions to this collection will range from anecdotal to empirically repeatable.....with everything between.

Oral histories (family stories) are encouraged.

Please 'scroll through' the featured posts for starters on Your Junsai Journey.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/junsailove/?ref=share&mibextid=NSMWBT


Tools, harvest May 2025
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Ava and Mansfield are main locations
Contact Dez for more information
Calendar of events found in Ozarks Agrarian News

"We have several new members and I just wanted to take a moment to welcome you all!! Feel free to post and introduce yourself.
We have several regular classes including School of Dirt, our school garden, music, pottery, Craft Corner, Cooking with Courtney, regular hikes, and more!! Hope to see y'all at a class soon!" an April Update


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"RURAL OZARK COUNTY - The staples binding the pages of The Ozarks Agrarian News are perhaps the publication’s weakest connection point. Not because they are inferior, but because the energy, enthusiasm and desire for regional bonds from those doing the stapling are so much greater.

The OAN — a publication that’s hand-produced by a small group of people eight times each year — has long fascinated me with almanac-like folklore, local happenings and seasonal highlights. Its creation is currently based at Oran Mor, an egalitarian community in rural Ozark County."  - Ozarks Alive

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"RURAL OZARK COUNTY - The staples binding the pages of The Ozarks Agrarian News are perhaps the publication’s weakest connection point. Not because they are inferior, but because the energy, enthusiasm and desire for regional bonds from those doing the stapling are so much greater.

The OAN — a publication that’s hand-produced by a small group of people eight times each year — has long fascinated me with almanac-like folklore, local happenings and seasonal highlights. Its creation is currently based at Oran Mor, an egalitarian community in rural Ozark County."  - Ozarks Alive

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⚡Have you thought of advertising your business or craft in The Ozarks Agrarian News?!
We can make it happen!! ⚡

💰💸Prices:
$10 - business card
$25 - 1/4 page full color ad
$40 - 1/2 page full color ad
$75 - full page full color ad

☎️ Contact Dez for details by sending us a message here, email dezdino@protonmail.com, or text/call 417-251-5211.

I sampled some bread & butter Junsai Pickles at EPIC:Farm to For in the Ozarks by Ozarks Small Business Incubator. West Plains, Missouri
Springfield Community Gardens recently helped create the Water Queen logo. Looking forward to trying the tea today.

Junsai also known as watershield or Brasenia schreberi, is an edible aquatic plant with a gelatinous coating that is popular in Japan and China.
Find more information in the Junsai Appreciation Society Group on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/junsailove/?ref=share&mibextid=NSMWBT

From the Water Queen, "My goal over the next month, or so, is to 'teach' anyone who is interested what We are learning.

It will be as little 'raw', because we're doing and learning, at the same time. But hopefully,  it will help others start their Junsai Journeys, with more successes and less painful 'learnings'.

Please feel free to share any Junsai/Brasenia experiments that others are doing, in the FB Group: Junsai Appreciation Society. This helps us all learn faster too.

There is a closed flock of Australorps in West Plains, MO downsizing. Chicks available at end of March too. Advertised on Craigslist.
Seems like there is a farm in Thayer that has a number of heritage...
-Kendra
Time Well Spent in the Ozarks with the Roarks

Erica Worhatch wrote:I have property in south east Missouri, Shannon county.  Was wondering if anyone on the area was working with any heritage chicken breeds (listed on the livestock conservancy site).  Even if we werent working with the same breeds maybe we could still collaborate.  I don't have a flock yet, still deciding.  Just trying to source local:)  I'm interested in the old standards: new hamshires, rhode islands, barred rocks australorps  etc.....basically good dual purpose breeds