Written by Melissa Vatterott, Food and Farm Coordinator. Originally published in September 2015. Their Food Story: Urban Harvest STL transforms forgotten city spaces into productive foodscapes and inspires city dwellers to creatively grow food where they live. Urban Harvest STL built St Louis’s first rooftop farm, the FOOD ROOF Farm, atop a downtown building. The FOOD ROOF…
Read MoreLocal Food Hero: Skinker-Debaliviere Community Council
Their Food Story: Skinker-Debaliviere Community Council is a community development organization in St. Louis City, which according to its website, “aims to be the connector, coordinator and facilitator of all aspects necessary to maintain and enhance the diverse, desirable and thriving community of Skinker DeBaliviere.” The Council oversees several programs for the community of Skinker DeBaliviere,…
Read MoreLocal Food Hero: Aaron McMullin
Written by Melissa Vatterott, Food and Farm Coordinator. Originally published August 2015. Her Food Story: Aaron McMullin, a native of the St. Louis metro area, is a social and environmental justice advocate, an engaged and passionate adventurer, and a lover of small-scale, sustainable agriculture. From March 2013 until November 2014, Aaron McMullin was an AmeriCorps VISTA with SLU…
Read MoreLocal Food Hero: Sprouthood
Written by Melissa Vatterott, Food and Farm Coordinator. Originally published in August 2015. Their Food Story: Sprouthood is an app for discovering the food produced around you. Connect with gardeners, farmers, friends and neighbors to plan gardens, share harvests, and eat well together. Sprouthood is your connection to local food. A Person Behind…
Read MoreLocal Food Hero: Schlafly Farmers Market and Gardenworks
Written by Melissa Vatterott, Food and Farm Coordinator. Originally published August 2015. Their Food Story: The Schlafly Bottleworks brewery and restaurant hosts a Wednesday afternoon producer-only farmers market April through October and a once a month Saturday morning winter market November through March. Schlafly also grows seasonal produce in a less than 1/7 acre…
Read MoreLocal Food Hero: Franciscan Sisters of Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Their Food Story: The Franciscan Sisters of Our Lady of Perpetual Help are a religious congregation of Catholic Sisters who support ecological stewardship through their Franciscans for Earth Effort. As stated on their website, “In 2007, the Franciscan Sisters of Our Lady of Perpetual Help chose Earth as their corporate stance! Through witnessing to the…
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