ST. LOUIS, MO (KTVI-FOX2now.com) -
A former Catholic school in St. Louis became a farmers' market Tuesday thanks to some helpful farmers from northern Lincoln County. It will keep going for the next 16 weeks. It's the official start of making St. Louis a healthier place to live.
Midtown Catholic Charities is now featuring the best of produce available anywhere. Twenty-seven farmers from Lincoln County are lending their support. In trucks and vans, the farmers brought their bounty to St. Cronan south on south Boyle a block or two south of Manchester
This first-ever marketing project is spearheaded by Ashley Getz who helped start a small neighborhood garden.
Getz says, "They don't have the capacity to grow all the food they need or, enough food for all the people living in this neighborhood."
Now these residents have a full-blown farmers' market of their own. Are they really concerned about healthier diets? Farmer Desiree Rutherford thinks so.
"I think so. Now with the Presidential garden and I think with the web sites like 'local harvest dot org.' I think people are learning eating better means better health."
Getz sees projects like this springing up all over town.
"The vision of it is that the market becomes its own sustainable entity and that some of the neighbors in this community will be managers of other markets."
Midtown Catholic Charities is now featuring the best of produce available anywhere. Twenty-seven farmers from Lincoln County are lending their support. In trucks and vans, the farmers brought their bounty to St. Cronan south on south Boyle a block or two south of Manchester
This first-ever marketing project is spearheaded by Ashley Getz who helped start a small neighborhood garden.
Getz says, "They don't have the capacity to grow all the food they need or, enough food for all the people living in this neighborhood."
Now these residents have a full-blown farmers' market of their own. Are they really concerned about healthier diets? Farmer Desiree Rutherford thinks so.
"I think so. Now with the Presidential garden and I think with the web sites like 'local harvest dot org.' I think people are learning eating better means better health."
Getz sees projects like this springing up all over town.
"The vision of it is that the market becomes its own sustainable entity and that some of the neighbors in this community will be managers of other markets."
