Going on a Bee Hunt

We heart bees! Our pollinators help us produce the food our Youth Farmers grow and get back into their community. To say thank you to our pollinators, we’ve been learning all about what makes them tick. Our Macalester intern Allison Vandenberg-Daves has been...

Seedlings start the season

The season has begun! Lyndale students have seeded up the hoop house, and our seedlings have sprouted. This spring we are growing leaf lettuce, spinach, radishes, and carrots. We also have a spring greens mix growing to support our soil before growing heirloom summer...

Mimi’s Monthly Post: Creating Emotionally Safe Spaces

Mimi is a current Youth Farm Project LEAD in Lyndale and is also part of our Youth Program Quality Assessment team. She will be a monthly contributor to our blog – giving the inside scoop on her experiences as a Project LEAD. Read below to see her April post.    Hello...

Cooking Cooperatively at SOCC

On Tuesday, we had our last All Stars cooking class of the winter and it was packed full of silliness and camaraderie. At the end, we reflected on different ways that we had seen our group agreement in action. Here’s what the group had to say (between mouthfuls...