THE TALE OF THE TWISTED CARROT.

I was  in  the  garden and thinning carrots. I  pulled  a carrot and it was twisted together with another carrot. This is me (Myanna) and Antonio with our...

Bats, kites, and garden signs, oh my!

Despite rainy mornings and the continued heat, we had a great week in Hawthorne. A bat decided to come hang out (bad pun intended) for lunch, we made kites at Northern Mississippi Regional Park, and the public art focus group finished a new garden sign for NSJ Farm....

Water Fun in Hawthorne

With one of hottest weeks in Youth Farm (and Twin Cities) history last week, we decided to try and cool things off as much as possible last Friday. A water balloon toss, water relay race and game of water balloon capture the flag weren’t enough for some, and a...

YFMP highlighted on WCCO about Roots for the Home Team

While they may not have mentioned our name in the video, we sure are proud of our Hawthorne YFMP youth and their work with Roots for the Home Team. Here is the video from WCCO news! Way to go Sergio, JP and all the other Hawthorne Youth that continue to participate on...

Hawthorne Fun: Wirth Beach Trip + Making cookies @ Cookie Cart

What a blast. The first week of the first summer of Youth Farm in Hawthorne neighborhoods under our belt, and we’re already gearing up for our second week of harvest today (think peas, lettuce, basil, squash, cilantro, chard, kale, collards and more!)...

First full day of YFMP’s 18th summer program!

The Youth Farm and Market Project has started it’s 18th year of summer programming in it’s 5 Minneapolis and Saint Paul neighborhoods!  Check out the days events in the photos below.