Check out the 2023-2024 Montana Harvest of the Month calendar! We have added summer squash, retired dairy, and moved a few things around. Remember, the calendar does not need to be strictly followed and retired items can still be used for HOM activities. We are looking forward to another year of celebrating Montana grown and raised foods!
Join the National Center for Appropriate Technology and St. Peter’s Health for the webinar “Using Harvest of the Month to Promote Community Health” on July 19, 1pm – 2pm. During the webinar, we will briefly go over the Montana Harvest of the Month (HOM) program, then dive into how health care and community health employees and stakeholders can use the program to promote healthy eating in their communities. You will hear from HOM Program Co-Coordinator, Molly Kirkham, and Helena HOM Community Coordinator, Kim Lloyd. There will also be some time for networking and group discussion. Register here.
2023 Helena Independent Record | An Upstream Approach to Health: Harvest of the Month Brings Montana Grown Foods to Montana Classrooms Fallon County Time | FFA HOM 2022 Montana Standard | Children learn about dairy products produced in Montana
The Montana Farm to School Leadership Team works through partnerships across the state to build farm to school initiatives that help kids eat healthy, connect kids with agriculture and nutrition through education, support Montana farmers and food producers, foster economic vitality, and strengthen communities. The Montana Farm to School Leadership Team has working groups to
Boys and Girls Club of Carbon County harvested mint and strawberries straight from their garden to dip in some chocolate. What a way to showcase Montana herbs! Source: Boys and Girls Club of Carbon County Facebook
“Another great shopping trip to Benson’s Farm and we got our first fall CSA from Western Montana Growers Cooperative & CSA We are so excited, we even had seconds on tasting the spinach from North Shore Farm in Lakeside! The cauliflower from Harlequin Produce will go perfectly with our Montana Harvest of the Month: Brassicas!”
Missoula Food Bank and Community Center used Montana Harvest of the Month materials to create awesome activity cards showcasing apples, dairy, and cherries. They are putting these cards in lunches that they distribute to children across Missoula! Cherries Activity Cards Dairy Activity Cards Apples Activity Cards
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NfEkNWKYX4 Watch this video to receive a refresher on Montana Harvest of the Month requirements, a portal walk through, and information on Helena’s HOM program!
Above is a great picture of one of Polson’s lunches that their food service provided for the students in their district. This meal contained a delicious spaghetti main course with fresh broccoli and fruit cocktail. Along with that, a bread stick with the HOM Pesto recipe, Nut Free Spinach Basil Pesto. They had mixed reviews
Bradley and Loretta Dunn-Meier of BLD farms in Troy, Montana displayed Harvest of the Month materials and offered taste tests to showcase herbs and summer squash at the Troy Farmers Market in September. The herbs taste tests included basil, tomato, and mozzarella with a basil vinaigrette and the summer squash taste test offered was chocolate
Montana Team Nutrition Program and Montana Office of Public Instruction have released six recipes for school nutrition programs as part of the Harvesting Montana Recipes project featuring Montana grown foods— barley, beets, bison, lentils, and sweet cherries. The recipes were selected as winners of the Harvesting Montana Recipe Contest in January 2021. Six recipe test schools—Belfry, Phillipsburg, Gardiner, Somers,
Budding Botanist Grant The Klorane Botanical Foundation is committed to supporting programs that teach respect for the environment and protect nature through the preservation of plant species and biodiversity. Designed to further their mission, the Budding Botanist Grant will help students learn about plants, explore their world and inspire them to take care of the