Abundant Montana’s annual Local Food Guide is a free, full color, magazine-style publication highlighting Montana’s expansive local food offerings. It includes farms, ranches, restaurants, retailers, farmers markets, breweries, wineries, cideries, distilleries, and more. Plus, check out the annual Farmers Market Guide, Grow & Tell stories highlighting Montana food businesses, seasonal recipes, and the Seasonality Guide!
This is the ultimate guide to eating locally in Montana.
You can read the 2024 Local Food Guide online here. And you can find a print copy near you using this map.
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2024 Local Food Guide Sources:
- PG 15 | #futuregenMT : Designing the Path for the Well-Being of Montana’s Future Generations
- Future Generations Commissioner for Wales. (2015). Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015. www.futuregenerations.wales. https://www.futuregenerations.wales/about-us/future-generations-act/
- PG 16 | Soil, Soup, and Stories: Cultural Regeneration Efforts with FAST Blackfeet
- Healthy Tribes | CDC. (2019, August 7). www.cdc.gov. https://www.cdc.gov/chronicdisease/resources/publications/factsheets/healthy-tribes.htm
- PG 23 | Montana Feeding Montana : The Alliance to get 33% Montana-Grown Food on All Montanan Plates by 2033
- How California Agriculture has Shaped the State and the Country. (n.d.). California Local. https://californialocal.com/localnews/statewide/ca/article/show/36707-california-agriculture-dairy-wheat-fruit-vegetables/
- PG 23 | Montana Feeding Montana : The Alliance to get 33% Montana-Grown Food on All Montanan Plates by 2033
- New England Feeding New England | Cultivating A Reliable Food Supply. (n.d.). nefoodsystemplanners.org. Retrieved May 6, 2024, from https://nefoodsystemplanners.org/
- PG 27 | Water in the West: Montana’s Producers are Leaders in Water Conservation Innovation
- USDA. (2024, January 1). Montana Water Supply Outlook Report [Review of Montana Water Supply Outlook Report]. USDA.gov; USDA. https://efotg.sc.egov.usda.gov/references/public/MT/WSOR202401.pdf
- PG 27 | Water in the West: Montana’s Producers are Leaders in Water Conservation Innovation
- West’s megadrought worsens to driest in at least 1,200 years. (2022, February 14). PBS NewsHour. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/west-megadrought-worsens-to-driest-in-at-least-1200-years#:~:text=The%20American%20West%27s%20megadrought%20deepened
- PG 37 | Fun Fact
- Help, M. L. (n.d.). Library Guides: Soil Research Guide: Home. guides.lib.montana.edu. https://guides.lib.montana.edu/soilsurveys#:~:text=Montana%20has%20a%20state%20soil
- PG 40 | Fun Fact
- USDA Releases 2022 Census of Agriculture Data. (n.d.). agr.mt.gov. Retrieved May 6, 2024, from https://agr.mt.gov/News/USDA-Releases-2022-Census-of-Ag-Data#:~:text=There%20were%2024%2C266%20farms%20and
- PG 43 | Fun Fact
- USDA/NASS 2019 State Agriculture Overview for Montana. (n.d.). www.nass.usda.gov. https://www.nass.usda.gov/Quick_Stats/Ag_Overview/stateOverview.php?state=MONTANA
- PG 52 | Fun Fact
- Economic Value and Impact of Local Food in Montana – Grow Montana. (n.d.). Retrieved May 6, 2024, from https://growmt.org/economic-value-and-impact-of-local-food-in-montana/