Earlier this week, YFMP debuted its first summer program in the Frogtown neighborhood of St. Paul. Armed with lots of enthusiasm and positive, engaging activities for the youth, YFMP staff helped kick the summer off to a great start. Despite the rumblings of rain on...
The Youth Farm and Market Project has started it’s 18th year of summer programming in it’s 5 Minneapolis and Saint Paul neighborhoods! Check out the days events in the photos below.
The farms are ready, the Program Directors are busy putting finishing touches on the plan, summer program starts one week from today! We are excited to see all you Youth Farmers soon! ...
I was out at the SOCC (Saint Olaf Community Campus) Farm last week cleaning up from a volunteer group work day when I snagged this shot. Hawthorne’s newest YFMP farm at Saint SOCC is in the foreground. With YFMP summer program just a week away, I’m...
This last weekend Lyndale LEAD staff led a community groundbreaking celebration for our brand new farm site in the Whittier neighborhood. Over 40 youth and a handful of adults came together to stake and till 13 garden beds and build and install 3 raised beds. We...
YFMP staff finished their fifth and final neighborhood staff work days today in Frogtown. In both the spring and fall all our year round staff spend at least one half day working in the farms of the other neighborhoods. Today was a beautiful day for some weeding and...
A press release last week announced what Youth Farm LEAD in Hawthorne and Lyndale Neighborhoods have been working on behind the scenes for the last several months: The Minnesota Twins Community Fund has partnered with Roots for the Home Team to bring fresh produce...
