Paint Paint Paint all the way to Harvest Fest!

Youth Farmers really like to paint.  We’ve painted our sheds (inside and out), signs, benches, numerous tools, our trash can lid, t-shirts, and even our van.  So when we stared at this blank, grey, leaky, cinder block eye-sore we knew just what to do.  Farm...

Impact!

This summer Lyndale’s primary method of food distribution has been a family shares program. All summer youth and parents have been telling us how they’ve used the produce. We’ve heard about kids making and eating pesto, kale chips, and lots of green...

West Side’s Robert Street Garden

The Robert Street garden is just over 4,00 square feet of garden space, large enough that years ago when starting the garden we used a tractor to turn the soil for the first time.  Over the 10-ish years Youth Farm has been growing in Robert, the garden has produced...

Spring Seeding

We’ve seeded the hoop house and teeny, tiny sprouts are popping up! They survived last weeks cold snap and will only keep growing as the weather warms. Farm Stewards put in the work to add compost and prep the beds, and now Lyndale School youth have come over...

LEAD Retreat – 2013 Edition

Youth Farm and Market Project kicked off 2013 with our annual LEAD retreat.  This year the retreat agenda focused on seasonal menus, farm planning, and working collaboratively between our 5 different neighborhoods.  The collaboration started early by breaking into...