Market Garden

MARKET GARDEN PROGRAM

Youth in the Market Garden paid job program participate in small-scale crop production at our urban gardens while engaging with our hands-on curriculum.  Interns practice valuable job skills and life skills through growing food—becoming stewards of their environment and communities. The produce we grow goes into the Cook Fresh program to be made into shared meals for interns across all three programs, taken to farmers markets including our Mobile Markets, and distributed into East Saint Paul community hunger relief efforts.

PROGRAM AT A GLANCE:

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Plant, care for, and harvest over 50 crop varieties from five urban farm and orchard sites.
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Donate fresh, local and culturally affirming produce to East Saint Paul community members and hunger relief efforts.
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Propagate transplants in Grow-It Center Community Greenhouse.
Grow and harvest between 10,000 to 15,000 pounds of produce each year.
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Interns proudly display and sell our produce at farmers markets, including our Mobile Markets. Snap/EBT recipients can triple their money at our markets through Minnesota’s Market Bucks matching program.

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Lead volunteer and service-learning days with schools, business groups, and community members.
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Steward 2.5 acres of urban farm land and green space across the East Side of Saint Paul.

PROGRAM STAFF

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SKYLER HAWKINS

Market Garden Farm Manager

shawkins@urbanrootsmn.org

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MARCOS GIOSSI

Market Garden Coordinator

mgiossi@urbanrootsmn.org

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ALFREDO ALVARADO

Mobile Market Coordinator

aalvarado@urbanrootsmn.org

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JACLYNE JANDRO

Market Garden Education Manager

JJandro@urbanrootsmn.org

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