Photos: Fridays at the Farm

Children learn about growing, harvesting and making their own food at the Cultivate Hope Urban Farm in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Friday, August 1, 2025.

Campers and staff smell and taste the herbs growing in the education garden during a Cultivate Hope food camp at the Cultivate Hope Urban Garden in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Friday, Aug. 1, 2025. The Friday camps have different themes and activities including food scraps tie dye and making pickles. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Wesley Becker, 10, of Cedar Rapids checks out the carrot he pulled during a Cultivate Hope food camp at the Cultivate Hope Urban Garden in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Friday, Aug. 1, 2025. The Fridays at the Farm camp allows children to have a hands-on experience picking various fruits and vegetables. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Wesley Becker, 10, of Cedar Rapids holds a pollinator scavenger hunt paper as he searches for a honeybee during a Cultivate Hope food camp at the Cultivate Hope Urban Garden in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Friday, Aug. 1, 2025. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

A bee lands on a sunflower as children walk around completing a pollinator scavenger hunt during a Cultivate Hope food camp at the Cultivate Hope Urban Garden in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Friday, Aug. 1, 2025. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Matthew 25 education leader Kendal Hausmann talks about the milkweed plant while walking past a flower bed on a pollinator scavenger hunt during a Cultivate Hope food camp at the Cultivate Hope Urban Garden in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Friday, Aug. 1, 2025. The scavenger hunt allowed campers to search for various pollinators like bees and butterflies that are important for thriving gardens. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Matthew 25 education intern Jaedyn Toman holds a branch for Wesley Becker, 10, of Cedar Rapids as he picks a pear during a Cultivate Hope food camp at the Cultivate Hope Urban Garden in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Friday, Aug. 1, 2025. Children had the opportunity to harvest various fruits and vegetables to snack on. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Matthew 25 education leader Kendal Hausmann holds up a pear for children to check out during a Cultivate Hope food camp at the Cultivate Hope Urban Garden in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Friday, Aug. 1, 2025. Hausmann explained that pears are picked while they are not ripe and have a hard, crunchy texture at this stage. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Matthew 25 education leader Kendal Hausmann cuts up cucumber campers picked during a Cultivate Hope food camp at the Cultivate Hope Urban Garden in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Friday, Aug. 1, 2025. The Fridays at the Farm camp happens the first three Fridays in August for children ages seven to ten. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Matthew 25 education intern Jaedyn Toman shows her campers pears growing while exploring the garden during a Cultivate Hope food camp at the Cultivate Hope Urban Garden in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Friday, Aug. 1, 2025. During the camp children are able to harvest fruits and vegetables for snacks. They also learn more about growing your own food and starting a garden. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

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