food

Michael Pollan Takes To The Kitchen In ‘Cooked’

Mary Edwards, Alex Heuer and Don Marsh — Mon, 13 May 2013 22:00:57 +0000

UC Berkeley Journalism Professor Michael Pollan has devoted a good deal of his career to examining the food we eat in today’s society and the hazards of much of it. Four of his books are New York Times Bestsellers and have received many other accolades: Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual, In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto, The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals and The Botany of Desire: A Plant’s-Eye View of the World.

Old North Grocery Co-Op In Need Of Volunteers For Store's Survival

Erin Williams — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 18:08:37 +0000

After only two years of doing business in north St. Louis, the grocery store known as the Old North Grocery Co-Op may soon close down.

Local Food May Feel Good, But It Doesn't Pay

Adam Allington — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 20:48:53 +0000

Transcript

MELISSA BLOCK, HOST:

These days, farmers markets are springing up all over the place, from small towns to big cities. Locally grown food is booming, as shoppers invest more time, money and thought into what they eat. But not all is well in the local food movement.

As St. Louis Public Radio's Adam Allington reports, many of the farmers who supply local markets are barely getting by.

ADAM ALLINGTON, BYLINE: It's a chilly March morning in Elsah, Illinois, near the banks of the Mississippi.

Food Insecurity Prevalent In St. Louis, Throughout The Country

Alex Heuer, Mary Edwards and Don Marsh — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 23:42:24 +0000

The number of people who do not have enough food in the United States is a serious problem.

Information from the United States Department of Agriculture in 2011 shows:

50.1 million people in the United States live in food insecure households
33.5 million are adults
16.7 million are children
14.9% of all U.S. households are food insecure

Host Don Marsh talked with guests about the food crisis nationally as well as locally.

His guests were:

Small Farmers Aren't Cashing In With Wal-Mart

Abbie Fentress Swanson — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 19:35:09 +0000

When Wal-Mart calls, Herman Farris always finds whatever the retailer wants, even if it's yucca root in the dead of winter. Farris is a produce broker in Columbia, Mo., who has been buying for Wal-Mart from auctions and farms since the company began carrying fruits and vegetables in the early 1990s.

During the summer and fall, nearly everything Farris delivers is grown in Missouri. That's Wal-Mart's definition of "local" — produce grown and sold in the same state.