Opposing any regulation that may cut into its profits,the industrial meat production sector has a disturbingly close tie to the public commission that oversees water protections in Missouri. The factory farm lobby has focused its efforts on compromising our state Clean Water Commission which certifies the industry’s permits. A new state law has removed the…
Read MoreSoil and Agriculture
Soil is a diverse ecosystem of living and nonliving elements working together to create the surface of our Earth. Soil provides many services such as habitat to many creatures, the ability to facilitate plant growth, and provides a stable surface for all infrastructure. Without soil life on Earth would be very different, but today soil…
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Local Food Hero Spotlight on Josh and Alicia Davis of Green Finned Hippy Farm
Alicia and Joshua Davis never intended to become full time farmers. The husband and wife duo both have engineering degrees from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. However, when Joshua discovered aquaponics, a system of aquaculture in which the waste produced by farmed fish supplies the nutrients for plant growth, which in turn purifies the water, the…
Read MoreSTLFPC Spotlight on Matt Even of Gateway Greening
What part of the food system do you work on? Community Development, Education and Access. We are a community development organization that uses the power of growing food to change people’s lives and communities. Working with small children to adult populations we try to serve all demographics while focusing…
Read MoreLocal Food Hero Spotlight on Deidre Kelly of Seeds of Hope Farm
When did you start farming? I’m not actually a farmer per se, but rather a farm educator. I run all of the youth programs at CAASTLC’s Seeds of Hope Farm, with our teen employment program being the bulk of what I do. What is your background? I was raised in Southern California and attended college…
Read MoreSTLFPC Spotlight on Lucas Signorelli of Metro Market
What part of the food system do you work on? I work for the St. Louis MetroMarket which is part of the grocery/retail section of the food system. The MetroMarket bus is a City Transit bus converted into a mobile health food store. The purpose of the bus is to bring healthy, cheap, locally sourced…
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