The Robert Street garden is just over 4,00 square feet of garden space, large enough that years ago when starting the garden we used a tractor to turn the soil for the first time. Over the 10-ish years Youth Farm has been growing in Robert, the garden has produced...
The summer solstice treemageddon has slowed down the whole city, but it hasn’t stopped our food from growing. Today we harvested mushrooms, spinach, lettuce, green onions, carrots and mint for our lunches and cooking programs. Across Youth Farm we’ve been...
53 bags of goodness! Lyndale Youth Farmers picked spinach, green onions, lettuce, beets, and collards today and its all getting sent home. Over 70 lbs was harvested! Plus! Our lunch today included mushrooms and cilantro we picked...
Tuesday was my 14th time experiencing the excitement and anticipation of the first day of Youth Farm’s summer program. It never has gotten old for me. Over the years, much has changed and developed – – new farm sites and and new neighborhoods,...
Today was the first day of Youth Farm’s summer program! Youth farmers in Frogtown gardened, biked, cooked, ate, painted, and played games. We’re excited for a great summer! ...
With 50 Project LEAD and summer staff from all 5 Youth Farm neighborhood programs present, we’re gathered for the last staff training before summer program kicks off. This summer, over 250 youth will participate in Youth Farm across the Twin Cities. We’re...
Youth Farm loves collaborating, and this is a great example. Big props to Sue Moores from Roots for the Home Team as well as our youth program partners at Urban Roots and...
If you’re headed out to the Twins Stadium this weekend, be sure to stop by the Garden Goodies Cart for a healthy, youth grown and youth inspired salad! For a second consecutive year, Youth Farm is partnering with Roots for the Home Team to offer a healthy...
