YFMP Helps Build a New Farm at Jackson Elementary in Frogtown

Last Saturday, community members in Frogtown, master gardeners, youth from the Wilder Foundation’s Youth Leadership Initiative, and staff from Jackson Preparatory Magnet built a new garden in the neighborhood.  Volunteers worked hard to build eight new...

Frogtown has a new shed!

The Frogtown neighborhood has a brand new shed!  Students, staff, and AmeriCorps members from the YouthBuild program at Guadalupe Alternative Programs have been working hard to build the shed this spring in Frogtown.  The shed was custom-made for Youth Farm, including...

YFMP awarded $300,000 USDA Community Foods Project Grant

YFMP is honored to be one of only 27 organizations nation-wide to be awarded a 2011 Community Foods Project grant through the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA). While we alluded to it in our winter fundraising appeal, YFMP’s proposal focuses...

Support YFMP with a year end contribution

Support your Community by Supporting Youth Farm  At Youth Farm and Market Project (YFMP), we respect our roots and our history.Without ongoing support, we would not be where we are today. We would love to have your support. Click Here to support Transformative Youth...

Mayor Coleman Visits Youth Farm in Frogtown

On Thursday, October 20, Mayor Coleman of St Paul visited Youth Farm in Frogtown.  Mayor Coleman rode the Frogtown circulator to the farm with neighborhood youth from the Boys and Girls Club and the Hallie Q Brown Center as part of the Sprocket’s out-of-school time...

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...