Family Farms

Two years ago this spring, six renegade steers who would later come to be known as Chico, Eddie, Houdini, Johnny Cash, Roo and Spirit took to the St.…

St. Louis-area restaurants and consumers are becoming more interested in knowing where their food is coming from. And, they are discovering the benefits…

As life expectancy increases, farmers are staying in the business, but there’s still a need to plan for what happens when they die. At the same time,...

Shirley isn’t familiar with the concept of personal space.The 80-pound Alpine milking goat wanders around the yoga class, closely inspecting the other…

A bill in the Missouri House would bring back a ban on foreign ownership of Missouri farmland.The ban was lifted by the Missouri General Assembly in 2013,…

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who’s expected to make a Republican bid for the White House in 2016, was in the St. Louis area Monday evening to raise…

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This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, March 9, 2009 - Over the last century, America watched its marketplace change from local to national.…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon: October 5, 2008 - Bowood Farms and Cafe Osage, on Olive in the Central West End, prepare for fall…