Spring seeding!

The warm weather has us excited! Program Directors are busy sorting their neighborhood seeds and getting trained in seed starting by our West Side Program Director and resident greenhouse expert Tyler.  Look for pictures of our seedlings soon! ...

Schoolyard Garden Conference

By Callie Recknagel   On February 27 and 28th, hundreds of people from across the state gathered at the MN Landscape Arboretum to learn more about school gardens. The MN School Garden Coalition organized this conference and helped get February 27th recognized as...

Project LEAD Reflections

Last weekend we had an overnight retreat with our Project LEAD interns from across all five neighborhoods. The theme of the retreat was creating emotionally safe spaces at Youth Farm. One of our activities focused on recreating scenarios where young people may feel...

Meet Mimi

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 her introduction, below, for a...