As a young boy, Yia Vang thought hot dogs were “the greatest idea ever.”   To Vang, a Hmong refugee born in Thailand and living in Minnesota, an American… Read More

Have you ever wished there was a restaurant that feels like your own dining room, with big tables like Thanksgiving night? A place where you… Read More

“It’s me on a plate,” said John Gleason, owner and head chef at Bap and Chicken.   Located at 1328 Grand Ave. in St. Paul’s Macalester-Groveland… Read More

The sweet aroma of a medicinal garden easily overpowers that known feeling of stepping into a bakery.  The Medicinal Garden is nestled outside a greenhouse… Read More

In 2016, youth involved with a North Minneapolis-based nonprofit called Appetite for Change created a music video called “Grow Food.” The five-minute video, (embedded below)… Read More

Yia Vang never enjoyed cooking growing up. He didn’t even enjoy it during college, when it was just a way to pay the bills while he pursued… Read More

Dig a hole, place the seeds, fill with soil.  Next comes the waiting.  You can give a seed everything it needs – sun, water, nutrients… Read More

Ariana Feygin is a chef, a successful philanthropist and a motivational speaker who has spoken in front of 11,000 kids.   She’s only 15 years old.  Feygin, a… Read More