[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] STLFPC Member Organizations The St. Louis Food Policy Coalition is a group of stakeholders who represent organizations, businesses, farms, local government, and other entities that either 1) work to advance at least one of the core values or 2) work in the counties that the St. Louis Food Policy Coalition supports. The STLFPC functions as…
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After releasing the St. Louis Regional Food Study in November 2014, Missouri Coalition for the Environment sought to bring experts and passionate individuals together from diverse interest groups to address the food system needs of the Greater St. Louis area. In St. Louis, there are many great, local efforts addressing hunger, food access, sustainable agriculture, nutrition, social justice, community and economic development. The St….
Read MoreWe are teaming up with the Sierra Club to ask Attorney General Koster to support President Obama’s Clean Power Plan that will set limits on carbon dioxide pollution for the first time ever. Missouri’s Attorney General Chris Koster has a key role to play in protecting President Obama’s historic action on climate change. The EPA’s…
Read MoreApparently, When it’s in Missouri! By Brad Walker, Former MCE Rivers Director Published on August 12, 2015 Before Americans began to drain the river bottoms for farmland in the early 1900s, the wetlands connected to the Mississippi River were incredibly biodiverse. Bottomlands all along the river flooded on a regular basis, leaving…
Read MoreSeeds of Hope Farm Their Food Story: CAASTLCis a nonprofit social service agency with a mission to end poverty and prevent the conditions of poverty for present and future generations of St. Louisans. CAASTLC’s Seeds of Hope Farm project addresses food insecurity by operating an income-tiered co-op to improve physical and economic access to fresh…
Read MoreWritten 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…
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