Hawthorne Youth Farm All Stars and Project LEAD had blast this last Saturday! A perfect fall afternoon, we ventured down to Deardorff Orchards. It didn’t matter that most of the apples were off the trees by this point in the season; there were plenty of apples...
Last Saturday Hawthorne Youth Farmers, All Stars and Project LEAD showed off their cooking skills at the Lowry Harvest Fest in conjunction with Minneapolis Open Streets in North Minneapolis. We cooked and sampled food with other urban agriculture groups and...
By Shanna Woods, Farm Steward Since the age of eight I have been with Youth Farm. My evolution of involvement began as a youth farmer, to a Youth Farm Allstar, and then transitioned into a LEAD staff, and now a Farm Steward. Between the path of being a LEAD staff and...
West Side Youth Farmers got up early today to set up their stand at the farmers market. This is a brand new market located at the corner of George and Stryker in the “Icy Cup” parking lot. This week we have fresh collards, kale, yellow squash, and...
Lyndale All Stars have been super engaged in their neighborhood this summer, and their work came together last Thursday for a Pocket Park Extravaganza. Lyndale has a neglected park space just half a block from our PillsburyFarm, and this year Youth Farm and the...
If there is one thing I’ll take away from my first year as Hawthorne Program director it is that springtime at Youth Farm is synonymous with busy! This spring has been jam packed with farm work days, cooking classes, Project LEAD meetings and community events....
