Farmers' Markets

A male hybrid that is 50% cattle and 50% bison stands in the pasture on the A&K Ranch near Raymondville, Missouri. This bull will be part of the process to create beefalo that are 37.5% bison, the magic number for the best beefalo meat and an animal that is also easy to care for.

Beefalo — producers say this cattle and bison crossbreed provides the best of both

Jonathan Ahl

The crossbreed gained some attention in the 1970s. Supporters today say there is big potential to provide better, healthier meat by combining the best qualities of the two animals, in just the right amount.

Patrick Horine joined Wednesday's program.

Arts

As Farmers Market Season Winds Down, Tower Grove's Grows A Winter Version

Evie Hemphill

The weather outside may be frightful, but Patrick Horine, co-founder of the popular Tower Grove Farmers' Market, isn’t exactly closing up shop for the…

Visitors look over produce at one stand at the Old Town Farmers Market on July 20. The Belleville market started accepting SNAP benefits this year.

Other

SNAP Benefits Expand To More Metro East Farmers Markets

Eric Schmid

The Old Town Farmers Market draws people seeking fresh, local produce to Belleville’s downtown every Saturday morning. Food stands line a block of South…

Apples at the Tower Grove Farmers' Market

Government, Politics & Issues

St. Louis aldermen make it easier for growers to sell at farmers markets

Rachel Lippmann

The St. Louis Board of Aldermen has made it easier for farmers to sell the produce they grow at farmers markets.Aldermen on Friday voted by a wide margin…

Health, Science & Environment

Fighting against food deserts; Wendell Pierce talks about his New Orleans grocery stores

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Sept. 14, 2012 - Actor and activist Wendell Pierce remembers, as a boy, hearing the sound of the…

Long Acres Farm co-owner Debbie Schneider talks to long-time customer Susan Wells-Souza during the produce stand's last day at Delmar Loop, October 29, 2016.

Arts

'A lot of heritage': Delmar Loop produce stand forced to move

A produce stand that’s been a Delmar Loop institution for more than four decades is moving to a new location.After 43 years at an outdoor market in a…

Health, Science & Environment

Program giving double dollars for fruits and veggies to expand into St. Louis grocery stores

A program started last year to make locally-produced fresh fruits and vegetables more affordable for low-income St. Louisans is planning to expand into…

Health, Science & Environment

‘Ugly food’ needs love too — 2 restaurateurs are sweeping St. Louis off its feet with it

Kelly Moffitt

Michael and Tara Gallina are the proprietors of Rooster and the Hen, a culinary concept — they say — that seeks to delight eaters through thoughtfulness;…

Health, Science & Environment

Surveying St. Louis' farmers market scene: What’s changed in the past 15 years?

Kelly Moffitt

The oldest, still-operating farmers market in St. Louis, Soulard Farmers Market, has a history that stretches back over 200 years. But it is only in the…

Flooded fields, an inability to plant, and the possibility of disease are all concerns Missouri farmers have due to recent rains.

Health, Science & Environment

Heavy, continuous rains put strain on Missouri farmers

Missouri's farmers are facing significant challenges as heavy rains from Tropical Storm Bill compound an already wet planting season.Recent U.S.…