“So what do you do in the winter?” is a question I hear at least once a month. The answer can be long, but it is simple. Since we can’t grow food, we focus on growing leaders and community. We reflect and plan. We cook and have community events. We...
We really love our greenhouse on the West Side, so much that we have nearly all of our meetings there. The West Side LEAD Interns, All-Stars, Youth Farmers, volunteers, and also Cherokee School students all visit the GH regularly to keep it looking nice and green....
This morning a group of Lyndale Project LEAD toured the Minneapolis School Districts’ Culinary and Nutrition Services Facility. Our LEAD braved the early morning and cold weather for the chance to see where their lunches are produced. It was a sobering...
Today, Saturday February 1st, St. Paul Public Schools (SPPS) and the Friends and Amigos of Baker are sponsoring a community Open House at Baker Center, 209 W. Page Street 55107. There will be swimming, sledding, seed starting workshops hosted by Growing West Side,...
Over the winter we’ve been asking our youth and community what we should grow at Youth Farm this year. Our Project LEAD have begun reflecting on all the input and making decisions on what foods we will grow to send home. Lyndale is especially excited to try...
Last weekend Lyndale Project LEAD and Farm Stewards drove 3 hours north to Two Harbors for an intensive retreat. Over the weekend we began planning our summer program, committed to our food distribution outlets for this growing season, and made lots of yummy food...