Ivan & Chia Thrane Awarded Jane Kile Memorial Scholarship In late February, Red Lodge, MT was under two feet of snow and experiencing yet another wave of sub-zero temperatures. Chia and Ivan Thrane, the owners of Healthy Meadows, a family ranch in the hills above...
“The farm, once the work of parents, grandparents, and great grandparents, and the dream of so many who came before, is itself like an old, immortal relative. . . It has, and it will endure beyond the time of its current steward or their successors,” opens Megan...
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...
A Full-Circle Dairy Erica Capp walks through a pasture at Lifeline Farm one September afternoon, talking in a low voice to her cows. She’s the head herdsman at Lifeline Farm, where she manages the farm’s operations. The animals are at ease in her presence. One even...
