West Side Youth Farmers got up early today to set up their stand at the farmers market. This is a brand new market located at the corner of George and Stryker in the “Icy Cup” parking lot. This week we have fresh collards, kale, yellow squash, and...
Farm Stewards Jesus, Alice, and Teng and I are attending the 14th Annual Rooted in Community Conference. This year the conference is held in Ames, Iowa. Currently we are touring Table Top Farm, a 26-acre CSA and Market Farm and will be checking out a restored Prairie...
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...
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...
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...
Last Saturday, community members in Frogtown, master gardeners, youth from the Wilder Foundation’s Youth Leadership Initiative, and staff from Jackson Preparatory Magnet built a new garden in the neighborhood. Volunteers worked hard to build eight new...
