Wednesdays are a busy day in Hawthorne. We are averaging over 100lbs of produce for just that day of the week! In the afternoons, we split up into 3 cohorts who make breakfast, preserve a little of summer for the winter months and prepare the rest to give away to...
Youth Farmers in Frogtown had so many highlights this past week. We welcomed guests to lunch and had awesome farm time. We had a guest artist show us how to make copper artwork, trellised beans, and got to explore Como Lake’s creatures with the MN Wildlife...
West Side Youth Farm has been rocking-it in the gardens, kitchen, and all afternoon. We have harvested produce for almost every lunch so far this summer and awarded countless garden skill wristbands. This Friday we’ll be rallying around our compost and setting...
The afternoon artists in Hawthorne have had some fun as well as thoughtful activities. These last few weeks they’ve been exploring questions around the purpose of art in the community and how that relates to their own self-expression. As a result, they have made...
We were honored to have a visit from Senator Franken today at our Nellie Stone Johnson farm-site in North Minneapolis’s Hawthorne neighborhood. Youth Farmers led the senator on a tour of the farm, before sharing some Youth Farm-made pickled dilly beans and...
