National home farming nonprofit Urban Farming has broken ground on a new project in St. Louis. Two weeks ago, Urban Farming founder and executive director Taja Seville, representatives from Mayor Slay’s office and corporate sponsor Triscuit were on hand to begin transforming a 20-foot-by-20-foot space at The Computer Training Village in north St. Louis into a community farm. The food raised at the farm at 1451 Mullanphy St. will support community volunteers and a local church food pantry.
The project is a joint collaboration between Urban Farming and Kraft Foods’ Triscuit brand. St. Louis is one of 50 cities that Urban Farming has slated for building community-based home farms in 2010. Triscuit is also encouraging people to grow their own food by including basil and dill herb seeds in 4 million packages of Triscuit crackers.
– Ligaya Figueras
This article appears in May 1-31, 2010.