Lyndale Elementary is not on Lyndale Avenue but sits deep in the heart of the Lyndale neighborhood. The neighborhood school has been a backbone of this community for many years and is a cornerstone partnership of Lyndale Youth Farm. Lyndale Elementary boasts a school...
Huge thanks to Tracy Singleton, Marshall Paulsen, and the whole crew at Birchwood Cafe for hosting our 1st Annual Volunteer & Partner Appreciation Event. We have been so lucky to have the support of hundreds of volunteers and partners over the last year and we...
Nathan Sartain is a true professional chef, gifted educator, and also a long time Youth Farm supporter. In the words of Frogtown LEAD staff, Nathan is “like the nice Chef Ramsay”. Nathan has been inviting Youth Farm staff to his classes to recruit...
Youth Farm has a vision for our young people rooted in their capacity as leaders, critical thinkers, and food revolutionaries. That vision doesn’t end when a young person becomes a legal adult, and we support their continued development as Farm Stewards and as...
West Side LEAD are participating in the first ‘651 Youth for Justice’ forum today making great use of their time out of school. We are all currently focusing on identity and the complexities of self, culture, and race. So glad to be here...
The Alley Bike Shop is an incredible Whittier neighborhood resource that is also a bit of a hidden secret. The Bike Shop is run out of the garage of Jeff “Nacho” Carlson, who is a youth worker at Village Parks, a community ed coordinator at Whittier...
Generosity comes in many forms, and for Uri & Melissa Camarena, that form is their remodeled Alfred Pillsbury Mansion in Minneapolis. Youth Farm was lucky enough to be connected to the Camarena’s in 2007 through a board member who had attended an event at...
Sometimes partnerships take a while to form, and that has been the case with our growing partnership with Chipotle. Mike Fuller from Chipotle approach me 4 years ago about exploring ways to partner between Youth Farm and Chipotle. We threw around a lot of ideas...
How do thank someone who goes so above and beyond your expectations, all the time? Well, we will try here. Jill Wroblewski joined the Youth Farm board in 2010 after attending our gala event that year and the commitment she has shown since day one is second to none!...
Avenue Eatery is the spot to be on any given afternoon (or morning for that matter). Around there I’m known as the “Tomato Lady,” because Sammy, the inspired owner, buys Youth Farm produce from us through most of the fall. (Thanks Fresh Corners!)...
