Last week Tyler and the third grade team spent the day harvesting beans for drying to plant in the spring. They also got to snack on the last of the fresh beans with parsley hummus! Throughout the fall the third graders and fifth graders at Nellie Stone Johnson...
Our gardens are right in the middle of the neighborhoods and communities where our young people live. Their work in the gardens create community meeting spaces that are used by outside of our Youth Farm programs. This week our Lyndale Project LEAD got to meet with a...
After 14 years as a Youth Farmer, Project LEAD, young adult staff, and Powderhorn Program Director, we bid a bittersweet farewell to Hashep Seka this week. Hashep has contributed so much of herself in the last 14 years at Youth Farm. She is a talented community...
I have been thinking a lot recently about the impact of our work at Youth Farm, particularly the impact of our work on my life. In the middle of a hot summer program, my brain full of logistics-did we order too many pounds of ground turkey? What did I do with that...
We were thrilled to get an email from a Frogtown parent that shared their daughter’s love for the 2015 summer program. ” Annabel had an amazing experience this summer. When I asked her what she liked best about YouthFarm, she said “I feel grown up...
Over the past few weeks, all 5 of our summer programs had a visit from JonnyPops to help us make some frozen treats. JonnyPops taught us how to turn fresh fruit, combined with other simple ingredients, into delicious pops. We had a blast experimenting with different...
