This Week: New Products; Cleaning Products Sale; Spring Brews; Easter
 

LHC

Brunch hours are changing.  Join us 9-3 every Saturday and Sunday.  Try our iced lattes, iced coffee and fresh squeezed orange juice.

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Anne Tkach Memorial

We are so sad to share the news that Anne Tkach, our store manager for over 7 years passed away unexpectedly on April 9th. Many of you have written or stopped by to express condolences--thank you. Anne was a rock at Local Harvest. She managed our ordering, staff and welcomed customers and vendors with a smile.  Many of you have asked about services and donations.  Please find information below.

Anne's Memorial Service will be held on Saturday, April 18, 2PM at

Emmanuel Episcopal Church,  9 S. Bompart, Webster Groves.

Her loved ones have suggested that donations can be made in her name to the places listed below.

 

Gateway Greening

http://www.gatewaygreening.org/donate/

 or mail to:

 Gateway Greening

 2211 Washington Avenue

 St. Louis, MO 63103

 Gateway Greening provides St. Louis with a fun, safe and educational environment for people to learn. Gateway Greening strives to provide the community with a sense of safety, advocates for healthy living and helps spread the idea of sustainable, urban agriculture. Gateway Greening works with people throughout the St. Louis area to build and sustain community gardens, thus providing a source of clean, healthy food. .

 

 Slow Food St. Louis

http://www.slowfoodstl.org/

Donations made in April and May will go to the Anne Tkach fund (name still to be determined). The fund will be used to support farmers and gardeners throughout the region who are selected for projects that preserve and expand tasty heirloom plant and heritage animal varieties. Heirloom varieties are defined as a horticultural variety that has survived for several generations and is not used in large-scale agriculture. Heritage breeds are livestock animals that are likewise no longer found in large-scale agriculture.

 

STORE CLOSED SATURDAY 1-4:00 for Memorial Service

We are closing for a few hours on Saturday so that our staff may attend the memorial service. Thank you for your understanding

 

ORGANIC PLANT STARTS

Starts $2.99-3.99

It?s planting time??and we?ve got beautiful organic starts from Crown Valley Organics and Biver Farms. 

Cabbage, herbs, kale, lettuces, tomatoes, peppers and more.

NEW TO GARDENING, select one of the Perfect Picks. Gateway Greening selected 24 varieties that are perfect for our area and Crown Valley grew them.  A portion of each sale of ?Perfect Picks? goes to Gateway Greening. 

 

KNIFE SHARPENING

Local Harvest Grocery is now a drop-off and pick-up point for Jansen Sharpening.  Seth and Maria Jansen, owners of Jansen Sharpening, received individualized training from a professional sharpener in Chicago and are putting it to good use!  Items dropped off by 3 p.m. Wed will be ready for pick-up after 3 p.m. on Saturday. You can also get on site sharpening every Saturday at the Tower Grove Farmers? Market. 

Tips for knives:

?       Keep them out of the dishwasher

?       Use wood or soft plastic cutting boards instead of glass or other hard surfaces

?       Between uses, straighten edges with a ceramic sharpening rod

?       Store in a block or on a magnetic strip to prevent damage and to edge.

 

*They also sharpen machetes, mower blades, swords, pocket knives, scissors, glass clippers and loppers.

 

 

CLASSES

The Coffee Route: From Peru?s Chilchos Valley to Local Harvest in St. Louis

Wednesday, April 22, 6-7:30, $5.00

Location: 3137 Morgan Ford Road, 63116

Presented by Rainer Bussmann, Ph.D, Director and Curator for Economic Botany, William L. Brown

Center,Missouri Botanical Garden

Rainer Bussmann will introduce you to the Kuva Coffee collaboration and discuss the Chilchos Valley, its people and their environmentally sustainable coffee growing practices. Offered through the Academy of Science, St.Louis

Sign up: http://www.academyofsciencestl.org/event/coffee-route-perus-chilchos-valley-local-harvest-st-louis/  Registration is $5 per person. Open to ALL space is limited.

 

Plant Power?How to Incorporate more plant based foods into your diet

Presented by Kayli Dice, a plant-based dietician

May 12, 6-7:30, $15.00

Location: 3137 Morgan Ford Road,63116

Register: 314-865-5260

Join Kayli Dice, a plant-based dietician and recipe blogger at planteatersmanifesto.com  to learn how to add more plant life to your diet. Learn the latest reaseach on plan-based nutrition, sample simple plant-based recipes,get a one week plant-based meal plan and see how easy more plants on your plate can be.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quinoa Black Bean Burger
You will love the new Smoked Quinoa and Black Bean Burger at LHC! Yes, we smoke the quinoa first for a rich, bbq flavor. Best of all the burger is vegan and gluten-free! Get it at brunch this weekend.
LH Catering
We are booking weddings and events for 2015.  Be sure to get your event on the calendar.  Local Harvest Caf? and Catering offers full service catering options for weddings, rehearsal dinners, office parties and even baby showers. 
Brunch Cocktails!

We are now serving delicious cocktails made with fresh-pressed juices at brunch!

Best Brunch in STL!

Three awards for our weekend brunch so far in 2014!

The St Louis Post's Go! Magazine named our brunch the best in St Louis!

ALIVE Magazine has named our brunch the best for vegans in St Louis in their 2014 Hot List!

The Riverfront Times recently named our brunch the best in St Louis!

We are really honored to receive these awards! Come see us for brunch on Saturdays and Sundays from 8am-3pm.

Our Locations & Hours      
Tower Grove Grocery
3108 Morgan Ford Road
314-865-5260
7 Days: 8am-8pm
LHC
3137 Morgan Ford Road
314-772-8815
Saturday & Sunday Brunch: 8am - 3pm