Policy is the backbone of our entire food system. From soil health and sustainable farming practices to nutrition and food security, food and agricultural policy significantly impacts what ends up on our plates. While the Farm Bill governs an array of federal programs...
Grow Montana Works to Improve Our Citizens’ Access to Healthy Montana Foods In 1950, 70% of the food Montanans ate was grown in Montana. Today the percentage of local food that Montanans consume is just a fraction of what it once was (3%). With shifts to large scale...
Helping Make Your Food Business’s Dreams Come True The journey our food takes, from a tiny seed to the hearty meal on the tines of your fork, is no easy task. Every stop on the road to food business success is wrought with challenges. There are many that don’t...
RegenMarket is a membership-based local food retailer founded by two families grounded in their community in Big Sky, Montana. Their slogan is “The Best Food on Earth!” How can they make such a bold statement? Because they only sell food grown by Montana farmers and...
When visiting Amaltheia Organic Dairy on a sunny September day, the efficient energy of the farm is palpable– two employees bustle away at the onion processing machine in a greenhouse, while goats bleat before their evening milking. Meanwhile, a hundred feet away, a...
Growing Mushrooms, Trees, and Vegetables in Relationship With Land at Shields River Farm and Nursery Jessica and Tyson Stillman founded Shields River Farm and Nursery in Wilsall, MT in the summer of 2020, with the intent of creating a business that returns...
