What part of the food system do you work on? Marketing locally produced foods from small producers to consumers in the St. Louis area via a Combined CSA model—we are in our 10th season. What other organizations in STL does your organization work with on food issues? Though we have worked with several organizations in…
Read MoreLocal Food Hero: Spotlight on Bryan Meyers of Three Springs Farm
When did you start farming? We three have slightly different backgrounds. Andrew and Jacob have been farming for about as long as they have been able to stand up! Bryan is late to the work and he started when the team assembled in 2011 to begin our joint work as Three Spring Farms. What is…
Read MoreSTLFPC Spotlight on Kaitie Adams of EarthDance Organic Farm School
What part of the food system do you work on? We work on a lot of different sections of the food system at the exact same time. We grow food organically here in Ferguson in North County so we are producers. We are also educators, through our farm school….
Read MoreLocal Food Hero: Spotlight on Blaine Bilyeu of Papa’s Pasture
When did you start farming? I was raised on the farm I currently own. I have been in love with this land and the potential it holds as far back as I can remember. Some of my earliest memories are of climbing out of my crib at nap time to go check on the hogs….
Read MoreSTLFPC Spotlight on Jenn DeRose of the Green Dining Alliance
What part of the food system do you work on? The Green Dining Alliance is a certification program that works with restaurants to reduce their environmental impact through reducing their energy and water use, reducing waste, educating their staff and customers, and encouraging them to source more local food. Restaurants in the GDA receive an…
Read MoreLocal Food Hero: Spotlight on Sandy Sorensen of Sorensen’s Heritage Farm
Sandy Sorensen is not your average pork farmer. In the overcrowded field of meat vendors at the farmer’s market, Sorensen sets herself apart by inventing new, innovative sausages. Examples of her “wacky” products include sriracha honey chicken jerky, Total Eclipse (black, polish sausage with squid ink) and maple chocolate bacon skewers. She is well…
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