Designing a Path for the Well-being of Montana’s Future Generations In 2024, Alternative Energy Resources Organization (AERO), the parent nonprofit to Abundant Montana, celebrates its 50th year! For half a century, its members–farmers, ranchers, and community...
AERO 2023 Jane Kile Memorial Scholarship Awarded to Helena Community Gardens “Housing has gotten so expensive that some people have had to move out of their homes, where they had their garden, and into an apartment,” described Helena Community Gardens Executive...
“Housing has gotten so expensive that some people have had to move out of their homes, where they had their garden, and into an apartment,” described Helena Community Gardens Executive Director Sheri Steckler. Across the country, the cost of living is skyrocketing,...
In late February, the town of Red Lodge, MT was under two feet of snow and experiencing yet another wave of sub-zero temperatures—one more storm in what had so far been a long winter. Chia and Ivan Thrane, the owners of Healthy Meadows, a family ranch in the hills...
It was 7 below zero in Poplar, MT and Heather Snell was looking through seed catalogues for the upcoming growing season. “It’s time for a lot of planning,” she said with a chuckle. Snell is a gardener at the Tribal Community Services Department community garden on the...
