Upcoming Events
July Community Volunteer Day at the Farm
You are invited to join us at the Community Farm for an evening of volunteering!
Many hands make light work, we will be weeding, turning compost and doing general farm maintenance tasks with...
***BONUS***
Dinner provided by LEC!
The Community Farm is home to our Produce Donation Program, all food grown is donated to local community partners such as ECHO Food Shelf, MY Place, and the St Peter Food Shelf.
You will be making a difference and helping to feed YOUR community.
Registration is not required but appreciated for meal planning.
Vegetable Dehydration Workshop
Want to learn how to preserve your garden harvest that doesn't involve canning?
Or what to do with leftover purchased produce, like when your recipe calls for 1 celery stalk but you have to buy an entire bunch?
Dehydration is the answer!
Learn the basics and how to get started from LEC Farm Manager and homesteader SkyAnne Walker, who has been using dehydration at home for many years.
If you don't have access to a food dehydrator, alternative methods, such as dehydrating in your oven, will be covered.
Class Size is limited, so register today!
Class is offered on our tiered pricing scale:
$45 - Benefactor: purchase your ticket and sponsor 2 scholarship tickets
$22 - Sustainer: purchase your ticket and sponsor a reduced/student ticket
$15 - General Admission: base class price
$7 - Reduced/Student Admission: reduced pricing for students and attendees needing a reduced rate
To request a scholarship ticket please email info@livingearthcentermn.org
August Community Volunteer Day at the Farm
You are invited to join us at the Community Farm for an evening of volunteering!
Many hands make light work, we will be weeding, turning compost and doing general farm maintenance tasks with...
***BONUS***
Dinner provided by LEC!
The Community Farm is home to our Produce Donation Program, all food grown is donated to local community partners such as ECHO Food Shelf, MY Place, and the St Peter Food Shelf.
You will be making a difference and helping to feed YOUR community.
Registration is not required but appreciated for meal planning.
Native Pollinator Garden Workshop
Support pollinators by learning how to grow native Minnesota wildflowers!
Join LEC and Master Gardener Mary Walker to learn about all things pollinator!
From what to plant to attract pollinators to how, and the benefits of native plants, to how to tend your plants throughout the growing season, learn the basics to get started with your own pollinator garden
Class Size is limited, so register today!
Class is offered on our tiered pricing scale:
$45 - Benefactor: purchase your ticket and sponsor 2 scholarship tickets
$22 - Sustainer: purchase your ticket and sponsor a reduced/student ticket
$15 - General Admission: base class price
$7 - Reduced/Student Admission: reduced pricing for students and attendees needing a reduced rate
To request a scholarship ticket please email info@livingearthcentermn.org
Canning 101 workshop
Too many tomatoes?!? Want to preserve your pickles?!?
Join LEC Farm Manager and owner of Wiimąnį Homestead SkyAnne Walker to learn how to preserve your garden harvest by canning.
Learn the basics, from what equipment you'll need to the importance of food safety.
Want to can but don't have the equipment? LEC has you covered! We have all sorts of canning equipment available for checkout from our lending library for free!
Class Size is limited, so register today!
Class is offered on our tiered pricing scale:
$45 - Benefactor: purchase your ticket and sponsor 2 scholarship tickets
$22 - Sustainer: purchase your ticket and sponsor a reduced/student ticket
$15 - General Admission: base class price
$7 - Reduced/Student Admission: reduced pricing for students and attendees needing a reduced rate
To request a scholarship ticket please email info@livingearthcentermn.org
October Community Volunteer Day at the Farm
You are invited to join us at the Community Farm for an evening of volunteering!
Many hands make light work, we will be weeding, turning compost and doing general farm maintenance tasks with...
***BONUS***
Dinner provided by LEC!
The Community Farm is home to our Produce Donation Program, all food grown is donated to local community partners such as ECHO Food Shelf, MY Place, and the St Peter Food Shelf.
You will be making a difference and helping to feed YOUR community.
Registration is not required but appreciated for meal planning.
Fall Farm Fest
Join us to celebrate the end of the growing season at the farm! There will be fall related games and activities and refreshments. Bring the whole family, its FREE!
Time TBD, more details to come
20th Annual Earth Conference
Join us for the 20th Annual Earth Conference!
Time TBD, more details to come.
Winter Solstice Celebration
Join us as we celebrate the shortest day of the year and welcome back the light with community reflection and bonfires.
Time TBD, more details to come.
LEC News and Updates
The summer season of Seed to Sauce is in full swing at both the Community Garden and Farm. The program has seen incredible growth this year with past participants continuing and new groups reaching out, wanting to be a part of the program.
"Already after just one year, teachers have heard about Seed to Sauce and are reaching out to us asking to bring the program to their classrooms," said LEC Program Manager Cora Uyigue. "It highlights the need for hands-on, outdoor learning for our students...
Through a partnership with MNSU's Nutrition and Dietetics Program LEC is excited to announce that we have three interns working with us this summer! Jeana and Jean are working with Program Manager Cora helping with our Seed to Sauce Program They are working hands-on with the students during Seed to Sauce classes and also behind the scenes to develop nutrition curriculum for the program. Rukayah is working out at the Community Farm with Farm Manager SkyAnne. She is helping manage the Seed to Sauce plants growing out at the Farm as well as with general farm operations.
Click headline link above to read more!
The 2025 growing season is off to a resoundingly successful start at the LEC Community Gardens! The Garden is full to bursting with every plot spoken for and we have over 20 new gardeners this year!
The gardens are a flurry of daily activity with plants being planted and seeds being sown. The Eng-AGE-ment Garden (which is operated in partnership with MNSU College of Allied Health and Nursing) has been planted and youth gardening classes have been held on location in the gardens!
This time of year is always full of excitement and potential at LEC as we anticipate all that the coming growing season will bring!
