Harvest Time!

Harvest Time!

Lyndale youth have had a bountiful first week harvesting radishes, chard,kale, spinach, cilantro, basil, lettuce, raspberries, and baby carrots. Num...

Lyndale Builds New Farm in Whittier

This last weekend Lyndale LEAD staff led a community groundbreaking celebration for our brand new farm site in the Whittier neighborhood. Over 40 youth and a handful of adults came together to stake and till 13 garden beds and build and install 3 raised beds. We...

A Day in February

Even in winter Youth Farm is busy all day everyday! Here are a set of photos all snapped on Thursday February 24th. The Farm Stewards were in our Cherokee School Greenhouse reviewing the growth of onion starts, micro greens, and more. Later that night we had a crew of...

First Harvest in Frogtown

Last Friday, Youth Farm celebrated its first harvest from its newest farm in Frogtown.  High school students from Twin Cities Academy harvested eight and a half pounds of lettuce, arugula, and mustard greens.  The harvest was distributed to neighbors around the farm...

Lyndale Dry Run

Its Kick Off Week for 2011 Summer Program! We are super hyped to be getting out into the farms with our youth and having some summer fun. The weather has been a bit of a damper to the week. All neighborhoods called in a rain day for the First Day of Summer. It was a...