Just Saying "Hay!" from Urban Roots Staff!
The sky was cloudy but spirits were sunny for our Market Garden Staff Work Day! Market Garden team members Summer, Jaclyne, and Sydney... Read More
Get your Peanuts! Popcorn! Salads?
Once again Roots for the Home Team will be bringing fresh, local, and youth-grown salads to the Twins stadium. Early this March, Urban... Read More
Cooking Fresh with Nicole Chimbetete (U of M Masters of Public Health Student)
Nicole is a graduate student at the University Minnesota in the Masters Public Health Nutrition program through the School of Public Health.... Read More
Phalen Freeze Fest=Outdoor Fun!!
At times it felt more like a thaw fest than a freeze fest, but those who came out to Lake Phalen on... Read More
Harvestars Hard at Work – The Crop Planning Project
In January and February our gardens sleep, but there’s no rest for the growers! Harvestars Imogene and Tony have spent the past three weeks... Read More
Freeze Fest Puppet Making in Full Force!
The snow is falling, the lakes have frozen and that means that the Urban Roots interns are busy building puppets again for... Read More
Tis' the Season for Urban Roots Preserves!
At the end of each growing season, interns and staff at Urban Roots develop and process preserves to sell in our Market Garden... Read More
Metro Deaf School Farm-to-Table Experience
Here’s a quick look at two days that exemplified the journey of our young Metro Deaf School entrepreneurs, who have been engaged... Read More
What a buzz!
This fall, the Conservation Program was able to reap rewards from the bee hives at our office demonstration site. With guidance from... Read More
Seed Collecting at Belwin Nature Conservancy
On a beautiful fall morning the conservation interns went out to Belwin Nature Conservancy to collect native plant seeds to help with... Read More