Seed Starting in Frogtown

On Wednesday, youth farmers at Jackson Elementary planted kale seeds during an after-school class.  The seeds will grow in the greenhouse until they can be transplanted outside later this spring.  Youth farmers love playing with soil!

It’s Greenhouse Season!

We really love our greenhouse on the West Side, so much that we have nearly all of our meetings there.  The West Side LEAD Interns, All-Stars, Youth Farmers, volunteers, and also Cherokee School students all visit the GH regularly to keep it looking nice and green....

Sleds and Salads

Lyndale All Stars visited the West Side Youth Farm’s greenhouse last week to check out the new hydroponics system. Loads of lettuce are coming out of the greenhouse this winter for our classes and dinners, and this was a chance for All Stars to sow some seeds...

Swimming Sledding and Greenhouse Fun!

This past weekend at the Baker Center open house, West Side Youth Farm gave greenhouse tours, tabled, and guided kids as they sled down the huge baker hill.  It was exciting to see so many people and organizations at Baker, the Southside YMCA, Cherokee Elementary...

Greenhouse Party and Mini-Field Trip

To celebrate our final greenhouse class of the fall the Youth Farmers decided we should have a party.  With music, decorations, dancing, courtyard soccer, gummy worms, and guests, we celebrated the past seasons accomplishments.  This fall there was a lot of be proud...