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County executive proposes RFP and $4.5M transfer to human services after farmers decline urban-farming plan
Summary
County Executive Sam Page said he will seek a countywide RFP and move $4.5 million to the Department of Human Services to address food insecurity after three farmers withdrew from a prior urban-farming plan; he asked the council to permit the RFP approach.
St. Louis County Executive Sam Page told the County Council on April 29 he intends to seek a countywide request for proposals (RFP) to address food insecurity and asked the council to authorize moving $4.5 million from the general operating fund to the Department of Human Services to support a new program.
Page said three farmers who had been part of a previously approved urban‑farming plan withdrew because they were uncomfortable with the process as proposed and recommended that any allocation for urban farming be awarded through a competitive, countywide bidding process rather than limited to one district. He said the new…
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