Building leaders is what Youth Farm is grounded in. We believe that leaders, no matter how young, can change not only their communities, but the world. However, we also recognize that leadership comes in many forms, both good and bad, and we aim to overcome challenges...
At Youth Farm, we are constantly preaching the importance of community connections, and our youth continue to remind us why that is so important. St. Paul Project LEAD, Seeha Sangwang, has been involved at Youth Farm for about two years, but would never have been...
As we continue to expand our work with public schools, it is extremely beneficial for us to explore our past successes within these partnerships. To say that school partnerships oftentimes serve as a youth’s first experience at Youth Farm would be an understatement....
Alecia, center, with Program Specialist, Jesus (right), and fellow Project LEAD, Dani (left) The range of talents we have on our youth staff team consistently astounds us. Some of our youth are amazing athletes, mentors, artists, musicians, actors, and gardeners....
This past Saturday marked the second episode of the Playing for the Plants garden music series. This installment was very special to Youth Farm’s North Minneapolis team because it was hosted in the Nellie Stone Johnson Community School garden. This garden is the...
Farm Steward Sergio, left, with North Minneapolis Program Director, Marcus Kar. Northside Farm Steward Sergio Arredondo is heavily involved in Youth Farm’s operations, however his involvement started almost accidentally many years ago. Now 21, Sergio had to dig deep...
We are constantly astounded by the youth who choose to be involved in our programs. They are all extremely smart, charismatic, and multi-talented, characteristics that are easy to see in Project LEAD Pedro Bayon. Pedro originally got involved at Youth Farm because...
Herbalist, social justice fighter, college student, mentor, leader, and Youth Farmer. All of these words describe Northside Farm Steward Yasmin Banishoraka, but they don’t even begin to scratch the surface of this young leader’s multifaceted interests and skills....
On Saturday, June 22nd, the 2019 Playing for the Plants series kicked off at the Peace Haven Herbal Garden located in the Harrison neighborhood of North Minneapolis. Community came together in the space to listen to live music, explore the garden, and eat colorful...
Although Youth Farm is no longer offering direct programming in South Minneapolis, there is still so much going on throughout the community. Zion Lutheran Church, whose building houses Youth Farm’s Minneapolis office, has been hosting the Lyndale Community Dinner on...
