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...
Community Adaptability and a Good Sense of Humor Thayne Mackey, from Hi-Line Kitchen Processing and Garden Center in Malta, MT, has known first hand the importance of community-grown food for a long time. “In the Hi-Line if we don’t have our own consumable...
Where Human, Animal, and Soil Health are Interwoven Jaimie Stoltzfus and her husband Austin are behind Cowgirl Meat Company, a regenerative cattle and pork ranch just outside McLeod, MT along the West Boulder river. Since 2014, the couple have been raising meat for...
Closing the Loop in Local Food Waste On a smoky July day, with temperatures hanging just below 100° F, I visit with Adrienne Huckabone and Ryan Green, the husband and wife duo behind Happy Trash Can, in Bozeman. Around a bend at the Bozeman...