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Hair stylists from 26 Great Clips Ohio salons shave the heads of over 200 people, Friday, Aug 1, 2014, at Kings Island amusement park in Mason, Ohio. — AP photos Hybrid kalette veggies set to tempt US taste buds

he prospect of eating kale or Brussels sprouts might food, really,” Rogers said of its reputation in Great Britain. marketing for Golden Sun Marketing, the Minnesota com- relationship with Tozer but will continue marketing his make some people gag, but a British company is “For a lot of people, the only time they’ll eat Brussels pany hired to promote kalettes. Lollipop kale sprouts. Small organic grower Rock Garden Thoping a hybrid mix of the two vegetables called sprouts is at Christmas.” The vegetable was introduced in South in Miami also plans to continue distributing its “kalettes” will appeal to taste buds when they start to hit the UK in 2010 exclusively to the up-market Marks and What’s in a name? BrusselKale to food stores in Miami and California. the broad US market this fall. The tiny, curly-leafed purple Spencer food chain under the name flower sprouts, and is Despite the big promotional effort, some Americans Tozer is hoping to clear up the confusion by working and green sprouts are being promoted as the first major now moving into other stores. Rogers said it was “catching have already sampled kalettes, albeit under a different directly with large growers - mostly in California - settling new vegetable product since broccolini, a cross between on” with British buyers although prices are more than 10 name. The Tozer seeds have been available for several years on the name kalettes, and getting them into U.S. super- broccoli and the Chinese leaf vegetable kai-lan, was intro- times the cost of Brussels sprouts. in the United States but have been slow to catch on, in part market chains across the country. “We will have distribu- duced in the United States in 1998. “New varieties of fruits and vegetables are introduced because growers say the vegetable hybrid is labor inten- tion pretty much nationwide in Whole Foods and Trader Though vitamin and mineral-packed kale has become all the time, but they’re usually minor breeding tweaks that sive, heat sensitive and takes almost six months to culti- Joe’s by September,” said Friedrich. trendy among health-conscious Americans, its marriage result in better flavor profiles or color,” said Ray Gilmer, a vate. Nevertheless, some smaller US growers have been “Obviously, our preference is to have it all under one with Brussels sprouts in the United Kingdom was a product spokesman for the United Fresh Produce Association. selling it as a niche vegetable to the restaurant industry name for consumers to avoid confusion. But we under- risk, said David Rogers, sales manager for Britain’s Tozer Those who have tried kalettes say they have a slightly nut- under the names Lollipop kale sprouts and BrusselKale. stand (that the other US growers) had already started and Seeds, which created the hybrid after 15 years of research ty taste that is milder than kale and less earthy than “They’re saying kalettes is a brand new vegetable. It is a made headway with their own effort. That’s fine with us.” “It and development. Brussels sprouts. “They look like a tiny little head of lettuce brand new brand name,” said John Moore, president of is a new vegetable,” she said. “It will be brand new (this fall) “Kale for a long time has just been known as a sheep on a Brussels sprouts stalk,” said Lisa Friedrich, director of Salad Savoy Corporation in Salinas, who says he has a good to the majority of customers.” — Reuters Musicians and vendors celebrate culture at Indian Market and Festival

everal festival attendees stopped by call. He then put the whistle aside, exchanging it arts and crafts,” Jones said. After she finished Akabana Morales’ booth on Friday to for a sampona flute. The flute is similar to a pan playing the flute, Miss Northern Navajo Nation Sadmire his handcrafted jewelry and flutes. flute and has two series of pipes. Morales then Megan Bedonie spoke to the crowd. “It’s events Morales was among the vendors at Friday’s began to play the flute, which he said is a popu- like this that bring different arts from the local Indian Market and Festival at Berg Park. The lar instrument in his native country of Ecuador. area together,” Bedonie said. Farmington Indian Center organizes the annual Morales now lives in Albuquerque and was On Friday afternoon, Elizabeth Whitehat and event, which is now in its 13th year. Each year, invited to participate in the festival. His brother her adult daughters, Danialle and Keithley the market and festival features a number of makes the flutes being sold at the market, and Whitehat, sat in the park’s grass and watched performers from various Native American cul- Morales creates the jewelry. He was not the only Bedonie sing traditional Navajo dance songs. tures. Vendors also sell their wares, including art, flautist who played at the festival on Friday. Miss “It’s been a while since I’ve been out here,” jewelry and textiles. Farmington Indian Shenoa Jones also played the Elizabeth Whitehat said. Danialle Whitehat said In addition to selling his goods, Morales is flute after giving the opening address. the three women came to the event because also performing at the festival. As people Jones said she enjoys seeing a variety of per- they wanted to do something as a family. “It’s admired the items on his table, he picked up a formances at the festival. “It brings people always nice to know a lot of other cultures,” she bird-shaped whistle and demonstrated a bird together, and it has beautiful performances and said. — www.daily-times.net

This March 21, 2014 file photo shows actress Cheryl Hines, right, posing with her fiance Robert F Kennedy Jr, at the UCLA Institute of the Environment. — AP Robert Kennedy Jr to marry actress Cheryl Hines Akabana Morales, of obert Kennedy Jr and “Curb Your The 60-year-old Robert Kennedy is an Albuquerque, NM Enthusiasm” actress Cheryl Hines environmental lawyer and activist who plays music during are planning to tie the knot in a lives in New York. He is son of the late R the Indian and wedding at the Kennedy compound in Sen Robert F Kennedy and nephew of Market Festival at Massachusetts. Kennedy’s cousin Patrick President John F Kennedy and the late Berg Park in Kennedy, a former congressman, says the Sen Edward Kennedy. It will be his third Farmington, NM on wedding is planned at Ethel Kennedy’s marriage. Hines, who’s 48, has been nom- Friday. The festival home in Hyannis Port on Cape Cod. He inated twice for Emmys for her role play- features traditional says many members of the family are ing Larry David’s wife on HBO’s “Curb arts and cultural planning to attend. Your Enthusiasm.” — AP events. —AP