Youth Farm and Market Project kicked off 2013 with our annual LEAD retreat. This year the retreat agenda focused on seasonal menus, farm planning, and working collaboratively between our 5 different neighborhoods. The collaboration started early by breaking into...
How many feet of lettuce does YFMP need to plant to feed all five our neighborhoods a farm fresh salad during the first week of summer programming? 50 feet- Our Farm Stewards discovered as they began to match the summer lunch menu to the crops we will grow this...
Lyndale Project LEAD and Farm Stewards got out of town last weekend for a stay up on the north shore. We planned our summer food distribution, prepared for winter classes, explored the frozen beauty of the north shore, and made a lot of delicious food from scratch....
By Shanna Woods This fall I got a chance to work along side of the Lyndale farm stewards and learn all the ways you end the growing season. This year we are took on the approach of preserving food to use for past the the first frost. It was so exciting learning how to...
Over the weekend the Lyndale Neighborhood Association and Youth Farm celebrated La Posada with over 300 community members. Our Project LEAD were all over the event! They developed the menu, flyered before the event, welcomed guests as they arrived, ran musical chairs,...
Last week Jesus and Nora teamed up with Blaisdell YMCA’s staff to cook up a chili dinner celebrating the end of the Y’s Physically Healthy and Driven program. Over 80 youth in K through 5 and parents gathered for the hearty meal. Lots of kids were scared...
