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From Cityscape
11:18 am
Fri August 5, 2011

Sound Bites: Ones to Watch 2011

Credit (Courtesy Sauce Magazine/Carmen Troesser)
Amy Marcoot, Beth Marcoot and Brooke Segrest Why watch them: These seventh-generation dairy farmers are expanding locally made cheese options.

This month on Sound Bites, we get a look at Sauce Magazine’s 2011 “Ones to Watch List” and an introduction to some of the region’s most innovative culinary up-and-comers.  From underground dinner parties and ultra-modern cocktails, to family traditions that go back generationsSauce says these food and drink professionals show promise.   Sauce senior staff writer Ligaya Figueras stopped by Cityscape with a couple of the folks she's watching. You can listen to Steve Potter's discussion with Will Fischer and Amy Marcoot above.

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From NPR's All things Considered
2:47 pm
Tue August 2, 2011

Missouri outlaws student-teacher Facebook friendship

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Facebook.

Originally published on Tue August 2, 2011 2:28 pm

A law signed into law last month in Missouri is making waves nationally, this week. A small part of the wide-ranging SB54, makes it illegal for teachers to be "friends" with students on any social networking site that allows private communication.

That means teachers and students can't be friends on Facebook or can't follow each other on Twitter for example.

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Photo of the Week
12:03 am
Mon August 1, 2011

Attention to Detail

Credit Kemolledog / via Flickr

Photo taken in St. Louis by Michael Rudolph on Flickr.com.

Join the St. Louis Public Radio Flickr group to see interesting photos taken in the St. Louis region and submit your own. Each week we feature, on our website, one outstanding photo from the group.

The Weekend Gardener
6:05 pm
Sat July 30, 2011

A tour of urban farms in St. Louis

Organizers of Yours Market in the Baden neighborhood.

For this installment of the Weekend Gardener, we're going to think beyond the weekends and look at what some innovative growers are doing full-time.

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