from the St. Louis Post-DispatchAugust 9, 2015 The best solution for cleaning up radioactive waste buried at the West Lake Landfill in Bridgeton is to give control of the site to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The corps runs the tongue-twistingly named Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program (FUSRAP), which controls every other site in St. Louis County…
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Food in the News: Dietary Guidelines vs. Big Ag
Written by Claire Mai, Food and Farm Intern, July 8, 2015. Originally published September 22, 2015. Maddie Oatman, the senior research editor at Mother Jones magazine, posted a great article in June 2015 that we’d love to share with MCE supporters. The article, “Congress Doesn’t Think Agricultural Sustainability Has Anything to Do With Your…
Read MoreLocal Food Event: Meet the Buyers Event
Written by Megan Finnell, Spring 2015 Food and Farm Intern. Originally published in August 2015. On March 3, 2015, Melissa Vatterott attended the Meet the Buyers Event, the purpose of which was to allow local farmers to connect with grocery stores, food distributors, and restaurants in the St. Louis area. The event was held in…
Read MoreLocal Food Hero: St. Louis Community College – Florissant Valley
Written by Melissa Vatterott, Food and Farm Coordinator. Originally published August 2015. Local Food Hero: St. Louis Community College is a community college with four campus locations in the St. Louis Area – Florissant Valley, Forest Park, Meramec, and Wildwood. STLCC offers two food and farm-related programs, Horticulture and Culinary Arts. At the Florissant Valley campus,…
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Written by Melissa Vatterott, Food and Farm Coordinator. Originally published in August 2015. Local Food Hero: Food Cowboy is a technology-based reverse supply chain solution for wholesome unsaleable food. Our mobile app helps supply chain growers, shippers and brokers route unmarketable produce to food banks instead of to landfills. Local retail donors (restaurants and…
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