A Red Circle Holds Good Food Fridays

Nonprofit presents free drive-thru farm-fresh produce to the neighborhood.

(St. Louis, Mo., May 17, 2024) A Red Circle not too long ago launched its third annual Good Food Friday’s program, a free weekly produce giveaway that runs from 3 to five p.m. each Friday by October. The initiative takes place at A Red Circle’s North County Agricultural Education Center (NCAEC) situated at 4521 Hamilton Ave. in Pine Lawn, Mo.

Good Food Friday guests obtain a complimentary bag containing freshly harvested fruits, greens, herbs, and eggs from NCAEC’s collaborative rising house on a first-come, first-served foundation. A Red Circle additionally offers recipes plus storage ideas, and the nonprofit’s Food & Farm Teaching Specialist Chef Queenie Vesey conducts recipe demonstrations with meals samples, climate allowing.

The NCAEC is an city farm oasis established by A Red Circle in 2019 on 5 transformed residential tons. The house options fruit timber, chickens, bee hives, and a hoop home that enables for year-round vegetable manufacturing. Visitors are invited to tour the farm the place their produce has been grown.

Founded in 2017, A Red Circle is a nonprofit devoted to the development of racial fairness in North St. Louis County, Mo. The group creates financial and neighborhood betterment options by training, employment, and empowerment. A Red Circle has 4 Missouri areas – Healthy Flavor Community Garden in Riverview, North County Agricultural Education Center in Pine Lawn, The Creative Spot in Ferguson, and North County Community Nexus in Bellefontaine Neighbors – to finest serve the neighborhood and enhance wellness alternatives for its residents who expertise wholesome meals entry disparities within the area.

Reservations usually are not required. For extra details about Good Food Fridays, name (314) 328-2286 or go to www.aredcircle.org.