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Food Banks
6:35 am
Mon November 21, 2011

St. Louis-area food banks struggling to keep up with rising need

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Credit (Tim Lloyd for St. Louis Public Radio)
Captain Paul Ferguson (left) directs volunteers during a weekly food pickup day at the Salvation Army’s food pantry in O’Fallon, Mo. The food pantry has seen a ten-fold increase this year alone.
Credit (Tim Lloyd for St. Louis Public Radio)
A rack of US Department of Agriculture bonus commodities is empty at the Saint Louis Area Food Bank’s warehouse in Earth City.
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With one of the biggest meals of the year fast approaching, those who rely on St. Louis area food pantries for Thanksgiving may be in trouble. The USDA’s food assistance program is sending far less to agencies like the St. Louis Area Food Bank than in past years. And as Tim Lloyd reports, the shortfall is making it hard for the food banks to keep up with a rising need for help.

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from Cityscape
4:29 pm
Fri October 21, 2011

Sound Bites: Ten years in a tasty town

Bacon Jam, as featured in the October edition of Sauce Magazine. (photo by Chris Ryan)
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This month on Sound Bites, Sauce Magazine publisher Allyson Mace, managing editor Stacy Schultz, and senior staff writer Ligaya Figueras take us on a walk down memory lane as they celebrate ten years in print. From craft beer and locally sourced ingredients to foam and sous-vide, the Sauce team helps us remember the tastes that have defined the past decade of St. Louis food.

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