The Youth Farm offers its participants: Educational activities, field trips, and guest speakers on gardening, nutrition, financial planning, and career development Training in customer service, leadership, and team work Access… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Gardens
January 2022: Internships available at the Youth Farm!
FOOD For Lane County’s Youth Farm is a 6-acre urban educational farm where we work with community to increase food security and offer skill-building opportunities to people of all ages…. Read more »
Oregon Grapevine: FOOD For Lane County Youth Farm
FOOD For Lane County’s Youth Farm helps young people experience the production of food from farm to table. A food stand sells produce produced on five acres, and much of… Read more »
FFLC COVID-19 Video Updates
COVID-19 Video Update: The Gardens
Hello, This week’s video update highlights our COVID-19 response at our Gardens Program – The Youth Farm in Springfield and GrassRoots Garden in Eugene. I appreciate hearing from you,… Read more »
‘Life skills, self confidence, leadership’: Life on the FOOD For Lane County Youth Farm
SPRINGFIELD, Ore. — On five acres of land in Springfield, a group of teens are learning the ropes of the workforce each summer. The FOOD For Lane County Youth Farm… Read more »
FOOD for Lane County Partners with Trillium Community Health Plan to Grow Produce Plus and Veggie Rx Programs
EUGENE, OREGON – (June 25, 2018) – Trillium Community Health Plan is partnering with FOOD For Lane County to expand the Produce Plus Program and improve health through a new… Read more »
Sharing the Harvest
FOOD For Lane County’s Community Garden Exchange Summer food means fun, right? Barbeques, picnics, leisurely dinners in the outdoors. But for many in our community — those struggling with food… Read more »
Summer Plant Sale 2017 – May 13th!
Please note that today’s Home & Garden section in the The Register-Guard says our summer plant sale is on May 12th – that’s for 2018! This year’s summer plant sale… Read more »
Summer Plant Sale on Saturday!
Saturday May 14, 10am-5pm at the FFLC Youth Farm, 705 Flamingo Ave., Springfield Staff and volunteers will be selling veggie, flower and herb starts appropriate for spring/summer gardens. All available… Read more »