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…
Read MoreLocal Food Lifestyle: Cooking Veggie Scraps and Home Canning
Written by Claire Mai, Summer 2015 Food and Farm Intern, on August 18, 2015. Originally published September 22, 2015. Updated December 4, 2015. Today we’re highlighting two articles to demonstrate how you can best use your seasonal produce to reduce food waste and enjoy fresh food for longer! An article by Susan Selasky in today’s St. Louis…
Read MoreWorlds of Fun Polluting Missouri River
Date: September 17, 2015 Contacts: Alicia Lloyd, Clean Water Policy Coordinator, Missouri Coalition for the Environment (314) 727-0600 x. 12, alloyd@moenviron.org Bob Menees, Attorney, Great Rivers Environmental Law Center (314) 231-4181, bobmenees@greatriverslaw.org Lia Comerford, Staff Attorney, Earthrise Law Center (503)768-6823, comerfordl@lclark.edu Environmental Group Reveals Worlds of Fun is Polluting the Missouri River Kansas City, MO: The Missouri Coalition…
Read MoreRadioactivity Found Offsite Near West Lake Landfill
PRESS RELEASE Date: September 3, 2015 Contact: Ed Smith, (314) 727-0600, esmith@moenviron.org Radioactivity Found Offsite Near West Lake Landfill St. Louis, MO: Attorney General Chris Koster released expert reports today related to his lawsuit against Republic Services and its smoldering West Lake Landfill. Particularly concerning is the discovery of radioactive materials in offsite vegetation. The…
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