Youth Farmers in Frogtown love to try new things. This week, we learned a new cooking technique and tried something most of us had never made before: sushi! Youth Farmers learned about the history of sushi, and practiced preparing and rolling veggie sushi. We had...
On Tuesday in our Cooking Class, our All Stars learned a valuable lesson that mistakes can sometimes lead to even better discoveries. One of the cooking teams was making Banana Pudding and when they whipped the whipping cream, well, they did a very thorough job of...
Lyndale All Stars visited the West Side Youth Farm’s greenhouse last week to check out the new hydroponics system. Loads of lettuce are coming out of the greenhouse this winter for our classes and dinners, and this was a chance for All Stars to sow some seeds...
This morning a group of Lyndale Project LEAD toured the Minneapolis School Districts’ Culinary and Nutrition Services Facility. Our LEAD braved the early morning and cold weather for the chance to see where their lunches are produced. It was a sobering...
It’s been a busy winter for the Powderhorn crew! We kicked off the season with a Martin Luther King Jr. celebration down at Powderhorn Park Recreation Center where we served over 700 Youth Farm plates of food to neighbors in our hood! Farm Stewards, Asiya and...
Every Tuesday, youth farmers at Liberty Plaza in Frogtown are cooking, eating, and playing after-school. Yesterday, we made chicken quesadillas and took care of some recycling.
Last weekend over forty of us Project LEAD, Farm Stewards, and Program Directors gathered from across Youth Farm for intensive training and togetherness. Here are a few snapshots of our winter...
All Stars in Frogtown made a guest appearance in the kitchen at St Paul College. Chef Dan and the culinary arts students taught All Stars about fresh pasta. All Stars brought some new ideas to traditional pasta shapes, and topped their pastas with tomato sauce and...
On Monday, Youth Farmers in Frogtown tried out some news ways to eat an old favorite. Youth prepared a yummy veggie stir fry using broccoli and bell peppers grown in the garden at Jackson Elementary and preserved for the winter. The best part of the meal was...
Mondays get a bad rap, but one hasn’t come around for me in a while and I LOVE and miss them! Finally, the weather was mild enough for school to be open so our class at Nellie Stone Johnson got to meet today. We made parfaits to reconnect and learn about...
