Last week Tyler and the third grade team spent the day harvesting beans for drying to plant in the spring. They also got to snack on the last of the fresh beans with parsley hummus! Throughout the fall the third graders and fifth graders at Nellie Stone Johnson...
Powderhorn Empty Bowls (PEB) is a wonderful community-building event that will celebrate its 9th Anniversary this coming November. Organized and carried out by a core group with the help of approximately 180 volunteers from the neighborhood this is an all-day event...
It is no secret that Minneapolis boasts the best city parks in the country and at Youth Farm we agree! Not only are we able to access park buildings for cooking classes we are excited and proud to be putting up one of the first hoop houses on Minneapolis Park’s...
There was an article in the StarTribune today about how so many Twin Cities Churches are digging up their grass lawns for gardens, and I thought that would be a great way to kick off our month long celebration of our partners and volunteers here at Youth Farm because...
I am always proud of that our blog does a pretty good job of capturing a variety of moments that happen throughout the year, the silly moments, the mission focused moments, and the moments that capture and convey the visual images of our work. The one thing that has...
Our gardens are right in the middle of the neighborhoods and communities where our young people live. Their work in the gardens create community meeting spaces that are used by outside of our Youth Farm programs. This week our Lyndale Project LEAD got to meet with a...
Thanks to everyone who came to our 2nd Annual Taste of the Farm Fundraising Dinner this past Sunday, September 13th at our West Side Farmsite in St. Paul. It was an absolutely beautiful afternoon and evening and we were honored to spend the evening alongside 100 of...
Fall program kicked off in Powderhorn today with hearty harvest of carrots, tomatoes, hot peppers, and chard all from just one garden! We welcomed back a team of Youth Farmers to help us eat all of those yummy vegetables! There is talk of salsa and ratatouille in...
If you have NOT gotten your tickets to the Taste of the Farm Dinner, you are going to miss out on a chance to win some great raffle prizes! We’ve got gift cards from partners like Lakewinds Coop, The Wedge, and Jerrys Foods, not to mention Juut SalonSpa who...
Our Lyndale Youth Farm enjoyed hosting Congressman Keith Ellison on Friday night at their Lyndale School Farm. In addition to touring the Congressman around their farm and sampling their produce, they talked to the Congressman about food policy, college...
