Known & Grown STL is partnering with local hero and sustainability guru Jean Ponzi to bring you Earthworms on the Farm, an occasional series for the Earthworms podcast on KDHX. Check out the latest episode of the series, which features Tyler Bernsen of Legacy Circle Farm. Listen here.
Read MoreKnown & Grown STL is partnering with local hero and sustainability guru Jean Ponzi to bring you Earthworms on the Farm, an occasional series for the Earthworms podcast on KDHX. Check out the latest episode of the series, which features Holly Evans of Rosy Buck Farm. Listen here.
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How much does it cost to buy a loaf of bread, go to a fast-food restaurant, or order from a pizza chain? Due to industrial agriculture, food can be purchased at rock-bottom prices. Bread fetches prices as low as $2 a loaf. A fast-food meal combo can cost only $5. It’s possible to order a…
Read MoreWe are absolutely delighted to be partnering with local hero Green Jean Ponzi to bring you Earthworms on the Farm, an occasional series for the Earthworms podcast on KDHX. Check out the second episode of the series, which features Tyrean Lewis of Heru Urban Farming. Listen here.
Read MoreWe are absolutely delighted to be partnering with local hero Green Jean Ponzi to bring you Earthworms on the Farm, an occasional series for the Earthworms podcast on KDHX. Check out the first of the series, which features Crystal Stevens of FLOURISH. Listen here.
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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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If you eat meat, there’s a good chance that what you buy comes from a Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation — also known as a Factory Farm. Factory farmed animals are packed nose-to-tail in cramped quarters, pumped full of antibiotics to keep them alive, denied access to the food they evolved to eat, and, as is the case…
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Systemic racism and white supremacy have shaped our current food system for hundreds of years, from forced slave labor on plantations to land theft from black and indigenous farmers to inequitable distribution of farm subsidies to the food apartheid we see in black and brown neighborhoods today. Poor access to healthy food creates devastating health disparities for people of color. Lack of food security and…
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Building a Better Food System: A Guide The way our food is grown, raised, and sent to market exploits workers up and down the food chain. Farmhands are exposed to toxic chemicals, meat packing workers are exposed to dangerous conditions (especially during the pandemic), residents who live near factory farms have worsened air and water quality, and those…
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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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What we choose to eat is no longer seen as neutral. What we choose to eat is no longer seen as neutral. In recent years, our food purchasing and consumption habits have increasingly been characterized as decisions that carry moral ramifications. Consumers are increasingly focused on knowing who produces our food, were they fairly compensated,…
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