The REAL Green St Louis Machine

09/19/2026

When we visited to kick off the school year at Ferguson Middle School, Stella Erondu and Sherry Amen were gifted with some eggs and cherry tomatoes from sustainability teacher, Ryan Young! Earlier in the day students harvested the tomatoes and collected the eggs! These were left from what was distributed. See what Stella and I did with them!

09/18/2026

First week of September, North Side Community School's after school Farm to Table Club pre-K - 2nd and 3rd- 6th graders planted seeds right away so they would have sprouts to transfer to their Tower Garden when they assembled it!
The students planted the seeds in rock wool and watered the seeds. The seeds sprouted and wow! 

09/01/2026

Thank you Alisa Bennett-Hart for coming down to the Tower Farm this past Saturday! We appreciated your positivity and resourcefulness! You are truly a motivated and motivating gardener and friend!

07/22/2026

It was a creative and delicious good couple of days at Gene Slay's Girls & Boys Club of Saint Louis you can read more about it on the upcoming summer issue of the Green STL Machine Gazette! Thank you Chef Rona Leah for taking time for the teens even as you are working to open your place in Alton! GSM loves you!

07/01/2026

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07/01/2026

06/30/2026

🥬 Fresh from the garden! Today, the kids at Gene Slay's Girls and Boys Club celebrated an abundant harvest of fresh lettuce. It is going straight to the lunch table for some delicious, healthy salads! 🥗A huge thank you to the Green St. Louis Machine Team and their leader, Mary Bueckendorf for making this sustainable, hands-on learning possible! 💚

06/19/2026

FARM-TO-TABLE MASTERCLASS! 🍽️✨We are incredibly proud of Kairos Academy's Green St. Louis Machine Club, led by the brilliant educator, author, and PhD candidate, Emi Belciak!These amazing high school students are on an absolute roll. You might remember seeing this exact same team working flawlessly alongside professional chefs at the Green Gala on April 9th! 🌟 Fast forward to their May 15th Cook-Off at Kairos, where they took over the cooking completely—harvesting their own school garden to cook an absolute feast for parents and the community! 🤯👇Check out the 100% student-grown menu from the night:🍠 2 Roast Sweet Potato Dishes – featuring a fresh, homegrown parsley & basil herb mix.🥔 Mashed Potatoes – whipped with fresh, student-grown green onions.🥬 Asparagus – tossed in a signature, custom-grown herb blend.🌿 Fresh Pesto Pasta – made with vibrant, homegrown basil.🍝 Red Pasta – infused with unique salad burnet and basil.🥘 Scalloped Potatoes – layered with fresh parsley, green onions, and salad burnet.This unforgettable evening truly showcased the power of GSM, sustainable agriculture, and hands-on culinary education. Maybe next year you can join us to taste their creations yourself! 😋Way to go, team! 💚👇 Drop a 💚 or 👏 in the comments to congratulate our student chefs and Emi Belciak! Which dish would you try first?— 🚀

06/18/2026

Teacher Spotlight: Cassandra Lentz Shines at UMSL Summer Series! Huge shoutout to our very own GSM Champion Teacher, Cassandra Lentz! Yesterday, Cassandra took the stage at the University of Missouri–St. Louis College of Education Summer Series event, "The Art of Teaching Science & Engineering." Hosted at the vibrant Third Degree Glass Factory in St. Louis, this event brought together top STEM/STEAM educators for an incredible day of hands-on innovation.Cassandra blew the crowd away with her dynamic presentation: "Green Machine from Tower to Classroom." She dropped serious knowledge on:
Cross-Curricular Power: Why Green Machine stands alone as the ultimate science and multi-subject class. Real-World Growth: The massive impact of bringing hands-on agricultural science directly into school hallways. Igniting Curiosity: Inspiring fellow educators to elevate their STEM curriculum with living, breathing classroom tools.Thank you, Cassandra, for leading the charge, inspiring educators, and showing everyone how the Green Machine completely redefines modern STEM learning! 🙌🔥