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FoodCorps Montana Farm to Cafeteria Grow Montana About Us Resources Sites Service Members Connect Select Page Planting Seeds of Wonder by mstefan | Apr 5, 2018 As the days get longer - but not necessarily warmer - here in Montana, our service members are eagerly awaiting gardening season again! We're hosting a #throwbackthursday to warmer days when the soil was ripe and ready for planting. Polson service member Mary Auld... read more Montana Crunch Time: A Bite of Success by mstefan | Dec 6, 2017 On October 24th at 2:00 PM, students and adults across the state took a bite into a locally or regionally grown apple to celebrate Montana Crunch Time. The annual event, part of a greater movement of National Farm to School Month activities, was a success in the... read more Chief Executive Dave Palmer to Join Nationwide Effort to Recognize Impact of National Service by NCAT | Mar 27, 2017 BUTTE- On Tuesday, April 4, Butte/Silver Bow Chief Executive Dave Palmer will join city and county leaders across the country in a day of recognition to highlight the impact of AmeriCorps and Senior Corps service in Butte. Palmer will participate in the Mayor and... read more iinníí: The Power of Tradition by NCAT | Jan 6, 2017 By Graham Schreiber At the turn of the 19th century, an estimated 60 million bison roamed freely throughout North America. Bison were a primary food source for many Northern Plains Native Americans, including the Blackfoot Confederacy. The precious animal, referred to... read more A Place for Everyone (Even a Squash) at the Table by NCAT | Dec 9, 2016 By Lexie Gallegos, Polson, MT This fall, Polson Middle School garden students organized the third annual Garden Harvest Feast to celebrate a successful growing season and to share their garden bounty with the community. The feast was an incredible undertaking for... read more Cooking Together, Eating Together by NCAT | Jul 30, 2016 As I wrap up my second year as a FoodCorps service member, I am lucky enough to conclude the term with one of my favorite series of events. In partnership with Garden City Harvest’s Farm to School Program, our team leads family friendly cooking classes in the... read more Making Messes to Make Memories by NCAT | Jun 10, 2016 Last week after an interactive cooking lesson, I stood back and looked at the classroom. It was full of kids with kale in their teeth, honey on their hands, and shredded carrots that had somehow made it under their desks and in every nook and cranny of the classroom.... read more Five Reasons to Love Lentils by NCAT | May 17, 2016 A few weeks ago, a group of Ronan 2nd graders were asked to identify what Montana is famous for. Their list included: "big sky, wilderness and lentils." Born and raised in Montana, I know that more than twice as many cows as people live in our state — about 1 million... read more There is a Season by NCAT | Apr 18, 2016 Over my two years as a service member in Montana, I've always wanted to do lessons that utilize local Native American tribal knowledge. However, as a white person who is new to this area and who lives near, but not on, a reservation, I've always struggled with how to... read more Oh the places a lesson can go… by NCAT | Mar 21, 2016 During some of my lessons I am so impressed, and amazed, at where a lesson will end up. In February, I've taught 14 classes of second graders about where and how fruits grow through Garden City Harvest's Farmer in the Classroom program. 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Click here for inspiring videos about building healthy, accessible food systems. Check out "Local Farms, Local Kids" a short documentary video about farm to school and its positive economic effects in western Montana produced by Lake County Community Development Corporation and Mission Mountain Food Enterprise Center . FoodCorps Montana Report! Interested in learning how FoodCorps Montana has been creating a healthy food environment for schoolkids across Montana? Read the 2013 FoodCorps Montana Evaluation Report to get the dirt on what has made FoodCorps Montana such a hit in communities across the state. Check out this beautiful video about getting MT beef into MT school lunchrooms made by former FoodCorps fellow Lea Howe. Learn more about beef to schools and other farm to cafeteria programs at farmtocafeteria.ncat.org . Contact Us Mallory Stefan FoodCorps Montana Fellow mallory.stefan@foodcorps.org 406.533.6645 ...or send us a message . 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