Urban Farming

The St. Louis Board of Building Appeals ruled Monday that officials correctly condemned an urban farm north of Delmar Boulevard for operating without proper permits.

Urban farmer Gibron Jones had big plans for an industrial kitchen in north St. Louis. He is the founder of the Holistic Organic Sustainable Cooperative.…

On a recent sunny-side-up morning, Seth Jansen delivered two lively hens and a rental coop to Anne Miller’s home in Olivette.Miller smiled nervously as…

The first time Jean de Dieu Sebunyenzi saw American food, he didn’t want to eat it. It was airplane food — hardly America’s finest culinary…

On Wednesday’s St. Louis on the Air, host Don Marsh talked about urban agriculture and food justice in the St. Louis region for our monthly Sound Bites…

Anyone in St. Louis, Kansas City, or any other urban area in Missouri who wants to plant rooftop gardens or fruit trees can get financial help from the…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon: Twenty-two years ago, when Merryl Winstein began raising chickens in her own Webster Groves backyard,…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Aug. 20, 2012 - EarthDance, a 13.93 acre farm founded in 2008 by Molly Rockamann, trains individuals…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Aug. 14, 2012 - Carlos Villarreal is a photo lab manager, and his wife, Jeri, is an IT worker. Each…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, June 22, 2012 - Even as a kid, Hunter Beckham loved gardening. His family tended a vegetable patch at…