Lunch!!

What’s the best part of the day at YFMP you ask? Lunch!! On the menu today: tuna melts and salad straight from the farms in Hawthorne. Yum!...

Summer Program Countdown

The farms are ready, the Program Directors are busy putting finishing touches on the plan, summer program starts one week from today! We are excited to see all you Youth Farmers soon!         ...

Rainbow over Hawthorne

I was out at the SOCC (Saint Olaf Community Campus) Farm last week cleaning up from a volunteer group work day when I snagged this shot. Hawthorne’s newest YFMP farm at Saint SOCC is in the foreground.  With YFMP summer program just a week away, I’m...

Roots for the Hometeam!

A press release last week announced what Youth Farm LEAD in Hawthorne and Lyndale Neighborhoods have been working on behind the scenes for the last several months: The Minnesota Twins Community Fund has partnered with Roots for the Home Team to bring fresh produce...

Community Partners Bike Library Orientation

Last Friday, Project LEAD from Hawthorne and the West Side participated in the Community Partners Bike Library (CPBL) orientation, organized by Cycles For Change.  The CPBL loans bikes to community members to use during the spring, summer, and early fall.  Project...