Lyndale Kick Off

Youth Farmers from across Lyndale and Whittier have come together for another fun and productive summer. We’ve kicked off our summer program with plenty of games, delicious foods, and a plentiful harvest. Throw in a bit of yoga, biking, and arts and that makes...

Summer Programs Kick-Off!

Today marked the first day of Youth Farm’s 21st year of summer programming! Youth Farmer’s enjoyed the beautiful weather on our farm-sites and some tasty spanakopita, hummus, and greek salad on today’s lunch menu. As is often said, a picture is worth...

Signs of Summer

Its summer time in Minneapolis! Like many of you we’ve been picking strawberries, getting our last tomatoes and peppers into the ground, celebrating the end of the school year, and enjoying big thunderstorms. We’re seeing friends at the neighborhood pool,...

Harvesting Begins

We’ve begun harvesting lettuce, spinach, and radishes out of the Lyndale hoop house. We cooked up a delicious spanakopita and have been eating salads galore. We’ve been distributing bags of produce to our farm helpers at Lyndale school. We’re...

Thank You Allison!

This weeks marks the last week of work for our Macalester intern, Allison Vandenberg-Daves. Over the course of the year Allison harvest hundreds of pounds of foods, canned so many goodies, served up loads of snacks, facilitated countless cooking groups, mowed more...

Going on a Bee Hunt

We heart bees! Our pollinators help us produce the food our Youth Farmers grow and get back into their community. To say thank you to our pollinators, we’ve been learning all about what makes them tick. Our Macalester intern Allison Vandenberg-Daves has been...