Youth Farmers Earn-a-Bike in Frogtown

This month, youth farmers in Frogtown have been working on bikes in partnership with Cycles for Change.  Youth farmers learned how to fix flat tires and loose breaks.  This week, youth farmers will finish fixing their bikes, and will get to take them home on Friday! ...

Thanks to all for a successful SpringFest 2013!

All of us here at Youth Farm want to extend a huge thank you to everyone who made SpringFest 2013 at Summit Brewery last week a huge success. Thank you to Alex Roberts for being a continual champion and organizer to support our work. To all the chefs and restaurants,...

Black History Month Celebration in Frogtown

Last Tuesday, Youth Farmers in Frogtown prepared and served food at the annual Black History Month Celebration at the Jimmy Lee Rec Center.  Highlights of the event included playing in the bounce castle, meeting new people, making art, and of course, the delicious...

500 Cookies Later…

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,...

Chili Dinner for Blaisdell Y’s PhD

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...