North End Urban Farm

06/04/2012

North End Urban Farm on the news again!

04/30/2012

Nice article about some of our growers

“This is a giant cement square!” Xavier, 8, leans on his shovel, delivers his assessment, and turns back to loosening soil from the old foundation. He’s the youngest of a crew of a dozen or so helping Stone’s Throw Urban Farm prepare a field at 391 W. Maryland in St. Paul. The commercial farming ent...

03/28/2012

North End Urban Farm grower Pig's Eye has merged into Stone's Throw Urban Farm to form a bigger, badder, more financially sustainable heirloom veggie growing business. They started fundraising through Kickstarter and are close to meeting their goal. If they meet it, they get their $15,000! If they don't meet their goal, they get nothing. Please support them today, and at our little neighborhood farmers market again this summer.

We, revolutionary urban vegetable growers in the Twin Cities, need to convert 10 new vacant lots into vibrant, productive micro-farms.

09/21/2011

Some of the fun and funky produce available yesterday at Holistic Health Farm's stand: ground cherries, purple tomatillos, white and green eggplant, and the prizewinning World's Largest Carrot. And here is a widely-circulated blog post about the similarly unique offerings of Pig's Eye Urban Farm, featuring garlic mustard grown wild at the farm, and hops!

It’s no secret to regular readers of this blog, or regular readers from the summer of 2009 at least, that I get pretty excited about going to the farmers market, especially Minneapolis’s Midtown Farmers Market. When asparagus, tomatoes, or sweet corn show up on vendors’ tables that excitement is eas...

08/24/2011

Best article yet, on the front of the Pioneer Press Local section. Thanks to everyone who participated and shopped at the event yesterday!

Nestled about halfway between Rice and Dale streets, the vacant stretch of land along the 400 block of Maryland Avenue had long been envisioned as a site for future housing and even a school.

08/24/2011

08/23/2011

Created: 08/22/2011 2:34 PM KSTP.com | Print | Email By: Gail Brown

08/23/2011

Catch our farmers Tim, Cherry, and Nate on KARE 11 all day tomorrow, including 5:30am, 6:30am, 11am, 4pm, and probably the evening shows too!

07/28/2011

07/26/2011

Mini farmers market starts tonight at the farm, 425 W. Maryland, 4:00-7:00! Stop by on your way home and get some greens!

07/21/2011

Mayor Chris Coleman and Councilmember Lee Helgen will join us for a farm launch and press conference on Tuesday, August 23 at 4pm!

07/19/2011

Mini farmers market at the North End Urban Farm, 425 W. Maryland launching Tuesday, July 26! Hours are Tuesdays 4-7 and Saturdays 9-1.