After 14 years as a Youth Farmer, Project LEAD, young adult staff, and Powderhorn Program Director, we bid a bittersweet farewell to Hashep Seka this week. Hashep has contributed so much of herself in the last 14 years at Youth Farm. She is a talented community...
I have been thinking a lot recently about the impact of our work at Youth Farm, particularly the impact of our work on my life. In the middle of a hot summer program, my brain full of logistics-did we order too many pounds of ground turkey? What did I do with that...
Alexis first heard about Youth Farm from his neighbors Anahi and Josefa. He had just moved in next door to a Youth Farm site, and the two sisters shared with him their experience in Youth Farm. Soon after, he went down the street to visit his cousins and saw a Youth...
We were thrilled to get an email from a Frogtown parent that shared their daughter’s love for the 2015 summer program. ” Annabel had an amazing experience this summer. When I asked her what she liked best about YouthFarm, she said “I feel grown up...
Over the last couple weeks Yasmin, Project LEAD, has been a vital part of harvesting and distributing Lyndale produce. With her help we’ve been able to pick hundreds of pounds of fresh food for our Youth Farm families and our neighborhood. Yasmin is going into...
Today I wanted to share a great pickling recipe that one of our Hawthorne youth tried out last week. Aareal Taylor has been working hard all year at our Nellie Stone Johnson Farm caring for the plants as part of her school classes, her after school activities and...
If you got your tickets to this years Farm in the Cities Event this year, consider yourself lucky! Surly Brewing Co. is hosting this years event and it’s going to be a blast! Not only is there going to be a chance to meet some local farmers, eat some great food...
Today myself and awesome Hawthorne All Star Breonna drove around the northside jamming to the radio and delivering veggies to Youth Farm families. Summer program feels like such a long time ago (just last week!), so it was great to see familiar faces and...
Week 5 in Frogtown was filled with sweet moments. After learning about compost we had our annual “compost eating” competition between Youth Farmers and staff. We ate watermelon and learned about backyard chickens with a Youth Farm parent. Then we ended...
Over the past few weeks, all 5 of our summer programs had a visit from JonnyPops to help us make some frozen treats. JonnyPops taught us how to turn fresh fruit, combined with other simple ingredients, into delicious pops. We had a blast experimenting with different...
