Our Whittier School youth faced down the salad challenge! After many initial protests of how gross and nasty salad is, we challenged the youth to make a salad they would enjoy. We chopped up tons of veggies and learned how to make different salad dressings. Salads...
We’ve seeded the hoop house and teeny, tiny sprouts are popping up! They survived last weeks cold snap and will only keep growing as the weather warms. Farm Stewards put in the work to add compost and prep the beds, and now Lyndale School youth have come over...
On March 14th our All Things Food program celebrated the end of winter session with a yummy community dinner. Our youth invited their families and LNA’s ESL class for a big meal of chicken and veggie enchiladas, baked potato fries, cheddar biscuits, and salad....
Last Tuesday, Youth Farmers in Frogtown prepared and served food at the annual Black History Month Celebration at the Jimmy Lee Rec Center. Highlights of the event included playing in the bounce castle, meeting new people, making art, and of course, the delicious...
YFMP is now accepting applications for 2013 summer internships. Please note that all summer internships are unpaid. Apply Online Exact internship descriptions will be developed between the intern and the neighborhood Program Director to meet the the specific...
Emery and Carlos closely examine their pizza before sending it to the oven. Whittier Elementary’s afterschool “cooking with youth farm” program have been excited about making pizza since day one. This week their dreams of homemade dough, spicy sauce...
Youth Farm has amazing volunteers and supporters. We wouldn’t be able to do our work with the hundreds and hundreds of volunteers we get each year and the many hundreds that donate resources to make our work happen. But one supporter, Melanie Christensen, took...
On Tuesday, youth farmers in Frogtown prepared for the annual Black History Month Celebration next week. The Black History Month Celebration will be on Tuesday, February 26, from 5:00-7:30pm at the Jimmy Lee Rec Center. Youth farmers will cook part of the community...
Here’s a few pictures from the Hawthorne Neighborhood’s Tuesday night cooking class at Saint Olaf Lutheran Church. This last week we made spaghetti (with tomatoes from our garden last summer), homemade bread sticks, salad with homemade french dressing and...
