Earlier this season, Known & Grown Program Manager, Rae Miller sat down for an interview with Feast Magazine. Read the full article.
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Announcing: 2023 Known & Grown Micro-grant Award Recipients
Known & Grown selected 7 recipients to award funds for projects in North St Louis that develop or improve environmental stewardship practices for their farms or gardens. Congratulations to our 2023 recipients! These microgrants are made possible by the Building Resilient Inclusive Communities (BRIC) program. Additional funding from A.C.R.E.S. (Agriculture for Community Restoration, Economic Justice,…
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Your Source for Local, Environmentally Responsible Food
Congratulations to Local Food Director, Rae Miller, and her partner Jarred on their brand new daughter, Maple Breese. We are all wishing you well! The Known and Grown family of farmers continues to grow as we have recently added two new farms. Long time area organic farm Biver Farms joined us in July, as well…
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Support Local Farmers this Holiday Season!
Get the special foodie in your life goodies from our local, sustainable farmers with Known & Grown gift bag. Bags include items ranging from handmade soaps made with pasture-raised animal products, finishing salts, and cooking oils made from pesticide-free ingredients. Available now at Local Harvest Grocery, Find Your Farmer, Fair Shares CCSA, and Tale to…
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Reflections from a Known & Grown Intern During Covid
From our 2019-2020 Farm to Table Intern, Jenny Fang: For my last semester in college, I wanted to do something to contribute to the local sustainability initiatives. I wasn’t sure what or how in the little time I had left at WashU. I stumbled upon this internship opportunity in an email and was given the position. I…
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Where Does Our Food Come From?
Throughout human history, at least up until the 20th Century, this question has had a fairly straightforward answer: the land around us. To ask that question now is to invite all of the confusion and existential anxiety that a post-industrial society can offer, which is why mostly we don’t ask it. Our supermarket shelves are…
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