Youth Farm has 5 different Neighborhood Programs throughout the Twin Cities. Each summer we like to get together for a day of fun with our counterparts. Last Friday the Frogtown and West Side Programs had a St. Paul Picnic at Cherokee Park. We played and played and...
Wednesdays are a busy day in Hawthorne. We are averaging over 100lbs of produce for just that day of the week! In the afternoons, we split up into 3 cohorts who make breakfast, preserve a little of summer for the winter months and prepare the rest to give away to...
West Side Youth Farm has been rocking-it in the gardens, kitchen, and all afternoon. We have harvested produce for almost every lunch so far this summer and awarded countless garden skill wristbands. This Friday we’ll be rallying around our compost and setting...
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...
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...
The season has begun! Lyndale students have seeded up the hoop house, and our seedlings have sprouted. This spring we are growing leaf lettuce, spinach, radishes, and carrots. We also have a spring greens mix growing to support our soil before growing heirloom summer...
