YLP

The Youth Leadership Program at the South Plains Food Bank is designed to teach young adults, ages 14 to 18, life and job skills using our farm and community gardens as a backdrop to this education.
The Food Bank’s 5-acre Carolyn Lanier Youth Farm, located at 76th Street and Avenue B in Lubbock, is the primary work site for the program. Work includes garden planning, soil preparation, maintaining the irrigation system, planting seeds and young plants, nurturing, harvesting, and marketing the produce. The youth produce and market a value-added product, giving them experience in marketing and small business operations.

The Youth Leadership Program also offers employment to youth who have proved to be hard workers and are interested in a deeper connection to our program.

South Plains Food Bank aims to develop the whole person with an educational component that includes topics such as horticulture, nutrition, money management and other life and job skills issues. Many of our classes are taught by experts from the community who volunteer their time. The Youth Leadership staff is committed to nurturing and educating the youth involved in our program. We welcome referrals of teens.