Urban Agriculture

Urban Harvest STL's new farm will cover 10,000 sq. ft. on the roof of a two-story building in downtown St. Louis.

Downtown St. Louis To Sprout Its First Rooftop Farm

St. Louis will soon have its first rooftop farm.Urban Harvest STL signed a lease for the space this week on the roof of a two-story building a couple of…

Gateway Greening intern Ting "Bella" Liu shows students at Clay Elementary School in North St. Louis how to harvest peas.

Health, Science & Environment

St. Louis Nonprofit Celebrates 30 Years Of Community Gardening And Outreach

A St. Louis-based community gardening organization is wrapping up its 30th year with a record harvest.Gateway Greening’s community and youth gardens…

Economy & Business

Young Entrepreneurs Plant Sweet Potatoes in Missouri Botanical Garden

Sweet potatoes planted by St. Louis teens now have their own plot in the Missouri Botanical Garden.Young members of an effort called the Sweet Potato…

To qualify for the program, the youth had to work at least one hour on June 8, planting sweet potato crops.

Economy & Business

Spuds, a way to keep kids off the streets

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon: A slightly more unconventional role for the sweet potato these days is keeping kids off the…

Land Lab Aims To Find New Use for Vacant Lots

If you live in any big city in the Midwest, and St. Louis in particular, you’re probably all too familiar with the site of vacant, empty land where homes…

St. Louis County Library District Seeds Community Gardening Effort

Tim Lloyd

Even though up to a foot of snow could blanket parts of the region by tomorrow night, that didn’t stop the St. Louis County Library District from…