Visiting Stone’s Throw

Youth Farm went on a mini field trip to Stone’s Throw Urban Farm on Wednesday where Eric showed us the farm. Eric gave us a tour and we had fun.   Post by Youth Farmer,...

Pocket Park Party

Lyndale All Stars have been super engaged in their neighborhood this summer, and their work came together last Thursday for a Pocket Park Extravaganza. Lyndale has a neglected park space just half a block from our PillsburyFarm, and this year Youth Farm and the...
Metro Transit Visits Frogtown

Metro Transit Visits Frogtown

Youth Farmers in Frogtown didn’t let the heat slow them down this week. Between harvesting fresh summer squash, tie dying t-shirts, watering both plants and each other; and learning to ride Metro Transit buses thanks to the St. Paul Youth Commission and Metro...

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...

Breakfast Fun

Last Friday morning the Blaisdell YMCA visited Lyndale Youth Farm for the first of five breakfasts together. Lyndale’s cook Heidi James baked up 120 scones to go with delicious orange slices to feed over 135 neighborhood youth. After the breakfast the Y’s...

Lyndale Builds New Farm in Whittier

This last weekend Lyndale LEAD staff led a community groundbreaking celebration for our brand new farm site in the Whittier neighborhood. Over 40 youth and a handful of adults came together to stake and till 13 garden beds and build and install 3 raised beds. We...