Today marks the end of the 7th week of our 8-week summer program and it feels as if we just started. We have nearly checked off all the boxes on our list of what makes a Youth Farm Summer ; veggies harvested, new friends made, compost cake eaten, skills learned,...
Today in Hawthorne the Art and Culinary Focus groups combined their awesome skills to make and decorate Watermelon Cake! First you cut away the rind of the watermelon then you top it with icing and fruit. YUM! After learning how to change a flat, the Biking group was...
Master Gardeners and the Urban Farm and Garden Alliance in Frogtown hosted a “Pollinator Workshop” for Youth Farmers. We learned about bugs, seed bombs, and plum trees. Big thanks to the Urban Farm and Garden Alliance!...
We have been buried by the harvest this summer! Its almost been a struggle to keep up with all this food. Lyndale has already harvested over 900 pounds of food and we’re still in July! It is a testament to all the amazing work of our young people and staff this...
Why not? Last week we sold some of our beets and basil to Izzy’s Ice Cream Cafe. Our All Stars harvested the 48 pounds of beets needed for their Berry Beet ice cream and we all harvested the 2 pounds of basil needed for their Basil ice cream. Of course that...
Youth farmers are making the best out of the most freshest food in our garden! Here it is, very enthusiastic and energetic, the kitchen crew is preparing for another fantastic meal for our awesome hard-working little farmers here in Frogtown. -Bee Yang...
And the winner is… Rachel!!! For the 3rd year in a row Rachel and Junior have come in neck and neck in our compost eating competition! We had a great...
Columnist Neal St. Anthony of the Star Tribune shared an article today highlighting Youth Farm’s contributions to MLB’s All-Star Game last week, Full Story Here. Youth Farm and Urban Roots sold our youth created locally sourced “Roots for the Home...
