We have really celebrated All Stars this week both at the baseball game and here in Hawthorne. On Tuesday our LEAD sold out of West Side’s Tic Tac Taco salad at the All Star Game! It was a hit and we all had a blast taking in the festivities and bustle of the...
Friday was the last day for Minneapolis students! We celebrated at Lyndale elementary during recess with 60 students coming in to harvest a head of lettuce to take home. Later that night we harvested 14 pounds of radishes with All Stars and then took a field trip to...
Saturday is our first Roots for the Home Team Twins Game and Hawthorne has a bountiful harvest of fresh dill, spring greens, Red Rover radishes and crisp chives for the Big Bang Seoul and Kickin’ Quinoa Salads. Here’s a sneak peak at the Kickin’...
Be on the lookout in the neighborhood for groups of young people growing food. Youth Farmers are out and about five days a week in the farms. We are deep in spring cleaning and planting early crops. Before you know it we will have a bounty! Our hoop house at Lyndale...
Over the winter we’ve been asking our youth and community what we should grow at Youth Farm this year. Our Project LEAD have begun reflecting on all the input and making decisions on what foods we will grow to send home. Lyndale is especially excited to try...
Farm Stewards are getting a jump on the summer by testing out different salad and dressing combinations. Youth Farm grows all the produce for our summer lunches, including enough salads for over 6000...
