Footprint Magazine
Food & Agriculture
Who benefits from Sustain Mizzou’s Local Food Drive?
Now, with new standards allowing fresh produce, Tiger Pantry can accept the Local Food Drive’s donations. Think the MU campus doesn’t have a food insecurity problem? Think again. Continue reading
Tofu takes on tailgating, and it’s less full of manure
Tailgating—nothing beats sizzling, fat sausages and well-seasoned burgers on charcoal grill washed down with enough beer to kill a horse. According to statistics compiled by Nationwide Insurance, an estimated 50 million Americans tailgate, with as many as 40% of those spending over $500 a season on food and other supplies. However there are many externalities … Continue reading
Across the U.S: Sustainability on Campus
I have a confession: The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) is a thing, and until very recently, I had never even known it existed. As something of a journalism student and a big fan of student sustainability, my complete lack of knowledge when it came to AASHE and their growing … Continue reading
Ode to the Fall Farmers Market
By Laura Ebone Let’s go on an adventure together, I want you to see what I see. The crisp crunchy leaves crumble beneath your feet. The tips of your fingertips begin to tingle at the chill in the air. There is a definite sense of activity but no one is in a rush. You are … Continue reading
“American Meat” and the failure of food discussions
American Meat has everything you’d expect from another documentary about food production: an airy-voiced narrator, hand-drawn maps that wiggle with their inconsistency, clever infographics, and Joel Salatin. But we’ll get to him later. The film features farmers from all walks of meat, and that’s where it outshines close cousins such as Food, Inc. In one … Continue reading
Kombucha Curiosities
She is born from a floating white film, this mother of fermented tea. The film thickens, and grows to look like a slimy pancake. Lying atop green or black tea, she is a SCOBY, a symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast, two organisms that usually do not grow together. A new, baby SCOBY pancake will … Continue reading
How to Keep Tomato Plants Alive
Photos and description courtesy of Adam Saunders, of the Columbia Center for Urban Agriculture. A massive heat wave has settled in over much of the country. This creates challenges for all people, but especially gardeners. Tomatoes are a staple crop for gardeners but the hot weather can cause the flowers to fall off before they … Continue reading
Life on the Farm
Sunburns, caterpillars and hot summer days. For most people these things are not necessarily synonymous with sustainable farming, but for me they are a fact of life. In the short time I have spent as an intern I have experienced and learned a lot about the day-to-day routine of life on a farm. For the … Continue reading
Students sell produce to Campus Dining
Tigers for Community Agriculture, Sustain Mizzou’s gardening group, have sold 324 pounds of lettuce, chard and broccoli to MU Campus Dining Services and the University Club in just one month. The journey from seed to students resulted entirely from student volunteer efforts. Continue reading
Edible Columbia Tour on May 6
The Center for Sustainable Living will take a caravan tour of the urban gardens of Columbia to learn about edible landscapes, urban farming, herb gardening, rain gardens, raised beds and much more! The tour will run from 2 to 5 p.m. The final stop of the tour is Comedor Popular, the new eatery opened by … Continue reading
