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Asian Carp / Food Banks
2:27 pm
Mon July 4, 2011

Invasive Asian carp: protien-rich offering for Ill. food banks?

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Cleaning an Asian carp for food preparation.
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Reporting from Illinois Public Radio's Luke Runyon used in this report.

Asian carp - the invasive fish that's plagued Illinois rivers and is threatening the Great Lakes could soon become a staple at food banks.

Todd Main, with the state Department of Natural Resources, says there's more than two hundred million pounds of Asian carp swimming in the state's rivers.

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Missouri Food Stamps
2:54 pm
Tue June 14, 2011

Mo. awaiting feds' decision on food stamp error

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Missouri could soon learn whether it will have to repay the federal government for accidentally inflating the state's food stamp rolls.

State officials acknowledged in December 2009 that a computer programming error led Missouri to over-report the number of food stamp participants to the federal government for six straight years. During that time, Missouri received more than $14 million in federal bonuses because of its high participation rates.

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Urban Gardening
10:01 am
Mon May 30, 2011

Urban gardening making its way into St. Louis schools

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This is the third year for the Shining Rivers' edible garden. It's grown so much that now community members can purchase produce from the garden.
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Urban gardening has found a stronghold in backyard and community plots and now, with some help from one organization, urban gardening is making its move into St. Louis schools.

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