On Saturday, August 27, Youth Farm broke ground on its newest farm site in the Frogtown neighborhood in St Paul. Volunteers from the community and friends of Youth Farm worked together to dig and plant. Early this week, the first seeds sprouted! Questions about the...
Youth Farm is ready to break ground on a new farm site in Frogtown! On Saturday, August 27, from 9:00am to noon, Youth Farm will host a work day for community members and volunteers to come out and help build a farm. The farm is located at 501 Lafond Avenue in St...
If you missed the presentation of the much coveted “Compost Cup” at the Lyndale Harvest Festival on Wednesday, you missed your chance to see how excited youth can be about Compost. The West Side YFMP won the Cup this year with a compost temperature of 142...
Many of you know how great the Youth Farmers are at growing vegetables, but did you know that Youth Farm can rock the Brazilian Drums? Well, thats what you missed if you weren’t at the Powderhorn Harvest Festival Thursday night. Here’s a video of the Youth...
Here are a few images from a great Lyndale Harvest Festival Wednesday night. What a HUGE crowd. The food was excellent, music was great, and we couldn’t be more proud of the Lyndale Youth Farm....
YFMP Harvest Festivals This is one of the most exciting times of year at YFMP. Our summer programs have been amazing and are heading towards their conclusion. One of the great culminating events at YFMP is our neighborhood Harvest Festival. If you have never been to...
We are excited to announce JP Mason as our first Hawthorne Neighborhood Program Director. JP is beginning his official work with YFMP after serving as an AmeriCorps Vista at Nellie Stone Johnson Community School (NSJ) where he initiated an expansive farm collaboration...
