What if you were told that, globally, 1.3 billion tons of gold is thrown out and buried deep in the earth each year, never to be recovered? You might think, “Why is that happening? Why would we allow such a valuable resource to be wasted? What can we do to...
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...
Four Farmers Taking a Stand It’s a rainy Saturday morning in Whitefish and The Farmers’ Stand (TFS), the new 100% farmer-owned market in town, is bustling with activity. The two goals of TFS are 1. to provide their community with fresh and nutritious food, while 2....
Janie Locker, the new owner of Lower Valley Farm, smiles and waves to me as I pull into the driveway, and then immediately disappears into a high tunnel. I walk through the maze of farm equipment and poke my head into the door I think she has slipped into.“HI!...
The Art of Farming Mushrooms We all understand the general idea of fruit and vegetable farming: you take a seed, you plant it into the ground, a plant grows from that seed and produces something edible. But how do you grow mushrooms, which produce microscopic spores...
