Food Access

The food co-op aimed to provide food insecure residents with healthy products, but low business and dwindling grant money forced it to close.

A free fresh produce program is returning to select St. Louis County Libraries this week. The St. Louis County Library’s Florissant Valley, Lewis and Clark, and Weber Road branches are offering 50 boxes of fresh produce every Thursday.

Congress expanded work requirements for food assistance during the debt ceiling negotiations, a move that would normally happen in the Farm Bill. Shortly before that, the state of Kansas made similar changes.

The project is a collaboration among multiple local organizations and will include research that is connected to the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.

While there is a Schnucks and Aldi on the same road, Walmart’s closure in the lower-income community will limit options for residents, experts say.

The box sits just outside Scott Elementary School, located adjacent to the base's southwest corner.

An urban farming organization received $350,000 in American Rescue Plan Act funds to support urban farmers in north St. Louis County and address accessibility to healthy food.

The report paints a grim picture of accelerating consolidation over the past three decades. Yet some communities and local grocery stores are finding ways to thrive.

Native American tribes and communities are creating formal programs that focus on their traditional foods to not only combat systemic food insecurity, but also connect people to their culture.

A federal lawsuit filed Tuesday against the Missouri Department of Social Services alleges that its unresponsive call line and burdensome application process for food assistance violates federal law and residents' constitutional rights.