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RUSTY LEE OF TRUXTON MISSOURI MAKES HIS WEEKLY TRIP TO ST.
LOUIS. LEE DRIVES 70 MILES FROM HIS
FARM TO DELIVER FRESH PRODUCE TO FAMILIES IN THE OLD NORTH ST.
LOUIS NEIGHBORHOOD. WITH NEW FAMILIES MOVING IN,
THE ST. LOUIS NEIGHBORHOOD IS MAKING A COMEBACK.
SOT-----(:17)-------------------------------------- Kara Lubischer
MU Extension Community Development Specialist
“You see it housing in the new retail spaces that are going in into the
community but the biggest amenity missing is still the supermarket is food there is
no place to purchase food other than at the
farmers markets in this community.” LUBISCHER IS A COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST WITH UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI
EXTENSION. SHE’S HELPING CITY FAMILIES GET
EASY ACCESS TO FRESH MISSOURI PRODUCE.
COMMUNITY SUPPORTED AGRICULTURE ALLOWS FAMILIES
MILES AWAY FROM THE COUNTRY TO BUY VEGETABLES DIRECTLY FROM
THE FARMER. SOT-----(:51)------------------
Tino Ochoa Old North St. Louis Resident
“I think that’s one thing I like about it
as well is not only that it is fresh but it’s local,
it helps to promote the Missouri economy let alone local farmers.”
THIS IS PART OF A BIGGER GOAL. MU EXTENSION SPECIALISTS ARE
WORKING WITH THE OLD NORTH ST. LOUIS NEIGHBORHOOD TO
ESTABLISH A COMMUNITY DRIVEN GROCERY STORE.
THE GROCERY COOP WOULD SELL MISSOURI PRODUCTS SUCH AS
DAIRY, MEAT AND FRESH PRODUCE. (SOT) “What we are doing is creating a new
opportunity a new business venture of sorts a food coop community driven that is filling
a gap in a neighborhood where there is not a
supermarket.” SUPPORTERS OF THE
REVITALIZATION EFFORTS SAY REDEVELOPING HISTORIC BUILDINGS
IS NICE BUT ITS IMPORTANT NOT TO OVERLOOK
A NEIGHBORHOOD’S BASIC NEEDS SUCH AS A GROCERY STORE.
SOT-(1:35)---------------------------------------- Sean Thomas
Old North St. Louis Restoration Group We see this as one of the ways to keep
the population present that is here already and to attract new residents so
it is a crucial piece of the revitalization and the rebuilding of this
neighborhood.”
UNTIL THE LOCAL GROCERY STORE HAPPENS, LEE WILL CONTINUE
DELIVERING TOP QUALITY PRODUCE FROM THE FARM.
SOT---------(1:52)------------------------------ RUSTY LEE
MISSOURI FARMER The appreciation that the consumer has for
the farmer and what we do and the thanks we get it is very genuine and it’s profitable.”
Kent Faddis/Reporting (1:58) IN ST. LOUIS KENT FADDIS
REPORTING…