On a sunny June day Dylan Brady was in Clark Fork Organic’s humid hoop house in Missoula, trellising young tomato plants. He carefully chose the most promising stalks of each plant, chopped off the others, and attached the remaining spindly stems to a string hanging...
Vermicomposting for Healthier Soil in the Gallatin Valley “Worms stitch everything together.” Karl Johnson, the founder and owner of YES Compost, gently pulls his fingers through the top layer of a compost bin at his Belgrade facility, inspecting the...
Regenerative Agriculture in NW Montana I received a text on the Sunday morning I was scheduled to visit Blarney Heights Farm. It had rained all night and was supposed to rain all day, and Brian wanted to make sure I was still up for the trip out there. I pulled...
Following a tradition of land stewardship and community building Every weekend of the 2020 summer season the same senior couple drove along the Flathead River to the Glacier Tilth farm store. The pair would look at the fresh produce and pick out a week’s worth of...
The Necessity of Flowers for the Soul Phyllary Farm is a non-certified organic flower farm located in Kalispell that aims to steward the land and connect the community through positivity. This year is Phyllary Farm’s first year in production, but Althea Hogle,...
