What part of the food system do you work on? We are a nonprofit organization that works to build a stronger, more equitable neighborhoods. Rise is a nonprofit developer and development consultant that provides predevelopment lending and capacity-building technical assistance and training to other nonprofit community development organizations (CDCs), government agencies and institutions in…
Read MoreSTLFPC Spotlight on Brian DeSmet of the Fair Food Network
What part of the food system do you work on? The Fair Food Network focuses on eliminating food insecurity. The program I’m working on, Double Up Food Bucks, works on food insecurity, as well as local and regional food. Double Up Food Buck is an incentive program for SNAP recipients to get extra money for…
Read MoreConnecting the dots: The evolving saga in the link between the Clean Water Commission and factory farms
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…
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