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...
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...
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...
Youth Farm and Market Project kicked off 2013 with our annual LEAD retreat. This year the retreat agenda focused on seasonal menus, farm planning, and working collaboratively between our 5 different neighborhoods. The collaboration started early by breaking into...
Last week Jesus and Nora teamed up with Blaisdell YMCA’s staff to cook up a chili dinner celebrating the end of the Y’s Physically Healthy and Driven program. Over 80 youth in K through 5 and parents gathered for the hearty meal. Lots of kids were scared...
If you have not had a chance to learn about Roots for the Home Team, it is collaborative effort spearheaded by dietitian Sue Moores, involving Youth Farm and Market Project, Community Design Center, Emerge Community Development, and the Minnesota Twins. Watch this...
