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Bozeman Public Schools Is Cooking-up A Storm Using Montana Beef!

HOM in Action Tags: Beef

Bozeman Public Schools Food & Nutrition Services is raising the bar by cooking Montana raised burgers every Tuesday at both high schools. “Here is Cean, the kitchen manager at BHS, working hard to grill them up before lunch! Thank you Cean and thank you Little Belt Cattle Co !” Great job and keep up the

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Madison-Jefferson Counties MSU Extension Using Grains With Whitehall Elementary!

HOM in Action Tags: Grains

MSU Extension Madison-Jefferson Counties joined Whitehall Elementary for March’s Harvest of The Month of grains. They also partnered with the Montana Office of Public Instruction and the MSU Dietetic Internship Program to learn about the grain industry. Then they all made granola and even a grain art mosaic! So much collaboration paired with delicious and

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Mayfly Montessori Using Cherries & Beets Last August

HOM in Action Tags: Beets, Cherries

Last August Mayfly Montessori tried cherries from Ramrock Orchard for their HOM tasting, and even made cherry fruit leather! They also made beet hummus with beets from Ploughshare Farm, and this February was beet month! What a perfect Harvest of The Month combo! Great job Mayfly!

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Gallatin Conservation District Made Beet Slaw!

HOM in Action Tags: Beets

Gallatin Conservation District worked with schools in their area making beet slaw to highlight February’s Harvest of The Month of beets! So much colorful, and delicious, fun! Keep up the good work Gallatin CD!

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AgCorps Members Made Naturally Colored Playdough For Grains Month!

HOM in Action Tags: Grains

NCAT AgCorps Members made homemade playdough to use in their HOM community outreach. They also altered the recipe to use natural dyes instead of food coloring! The colors came from cocoa, turmeric, beets (which was February’s HOM!), matcha, and even avocado pits! What a fun way to incorporate March’s Harvest of The Month of grains

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HOM & Beet Painting At Bozeman Winter Market!

HOM in Action Tags: Beets

NCAT AgCorps member, Luca Mele, made beet paint, and brought it to the Bozeman Winter Market on February 17th while tabling for HOM. They had a “Beet By Number” coloring sheet for the kiddos at the market to use with the paint as well. So much fun! Access the handout here. They made beet paint

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Zero to Five – Butte Silver Bow Showcases Winter Squash at the Farmers Market!

HOM in Action Tags: Winter Squash

Zero to Five – Butte Silver Bow showcased winter squash at the Butte Winter Farmers Market! They had a taste test of squash chips and created a winter squash scavanger hunt for the little ones! How fun!  

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MSU Extension- Silver Bow County made Beet Smoothies!

HOM in Action Tags: Beets

MSU Extension Silver Bow County made beet smoothies with Kennedy Elementary in December! They visited with the 4th, 5th and 6th graders over 2 days learning about beets in Montana, playing a little trivia game, and taste-testing smoothies. All but 7 total students “liked it” or “loved it”! Great job MSU Extension Silver Bow County!

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Harvest of the Month in the News

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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

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Mint Chocolate in Carbon County

HOM in Action Tags: herbs

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

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Mayfly Montessori uses CSA to Showcase HOM

HOM in Action Tags: Brassicas, ECE

“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!”

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Missoula Food Bank Creates Activity Sheets

HOM in Action Tags: Apples, B&C, Cherries, Dairy

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  

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Questions? Contact:

MAURA HENN

Local Food Systems Specialist

National Center for Appropriate Technology

maurah@ncat.org

406-723-7579

The Montana Harvest of the Month Program showcases Montana grown foods in Montana communities. This program is a collaboration between Montana Farm to School, Office of Public Instruction, Montana Team Nutrition Program, National Center for Appropriate Technology, Montana State University Extension, Gallatin Valley Farm to School, FoodCorps Montana, Montana Department of Agriculture, and Montana Organic Association. More information and resources are available at mtharvestofthemonth.org

Funds were provided in part by USDA Team Nutrition Training grants, USDA funds, USDA Farm to School grants, Montana Healthcare Foundation, Northern Pulse Growers Association, Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services, Montana School Nutrition Association, Montana Department of Agriculture Specialty Crop Block Grant, Montana Grains Foundation, Dairy MAX, Montana Pulse Crop Committee, and Montana Wheat and Barley Committee. The institution is an equal opportunity provider and employer. The Montana State University Extension Service is an ADA/EO/AA/Veteran’s Preference Employer and Provider of Educational Outreach.

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