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Philipsburg Elementary Visits Sift Farm

3rd-6th grade classes from Philipsburg Elementary came out to NCAT’s Sift Farm for a field trip. At the leafy greens stand, the classes played true and false, a guessing game, and did a taste test. The students looked at seedlings of arugula, spinach, kale, lettuce, and rainbow chard, and guessed which was which. Then they

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St. Peter’s Health Serves Bison Burgers

St. Peter’s Health HOM Coordinator and Nutrition Services Team served Montana-raised bison burgers to patients and staff. What a great way to promote May’s HOM item.         Source: St. Peter’s Health | Facebook

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Harvest of the Month Virtual Field Trip: Beef

Check out this video created by Kim LLoyd, HOM Coordinator out of St. Peter’s Health. This video is used as a virtual field trip for students across Montana. Share with parents, students, teachers, or on your social media outlets!

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Grains Field Trip at Sunflower Bakery

Check out this video created by Kim LLoyd, HOM Coordinator out of St. Peter’s Health. Sunflower Bakery is a Business & Community HOM participant located in Helena. This video is used as a virtual field trip for students across Montana. Share with parents, students, teachers, or on your social media outlets!

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North Valley Food Bank Roasts Chickpeas

  North Valley Food Bank in Whitefish roasted chickpeas in their commercial kitchen and handed out samples to their customers! Source: North Valley Food Bank | Facebook

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Chickpea Salad in Park County

Our chickpea taste test was a hit! We served a mock chicken salad made with chickpeas instead of chicken. Lots of students and teachers loved this one. Hudson, a kindergarten student said “This is bustin’ bustin'” and Cy, a fourth grader, said “This is better than pizza!” We do cafeteria taste tests for two reasons:

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Kindergarteners Make Carrot Salad

Kindergarteners in the Gallatin Valley had the unique experience of cooking in the classroom! We made a delicious carrot salad using @amaltheiadairy carrots! Source: Gallatin Valley Farm to School | Facebook

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Carrots in Helena

St. Peter’s Harvest of the Month Program Coordinator Kim Lloyd visits Broadwater Elementary to talk about all things carrots and a Helena high schooler gives a rainbow carrot demo. Sources: Kim LLoyd and St. Peter’s Health | Facebook

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Beet Smoothies at Helena Food Share

Kim Lloyd (center) is the Harvest of the Month Coordinator at St. Peter’s Health. She joined Janet & Mandy today to offer Beet Smoothies to our customers as a demo of this month’s product and a Montana Harvest of the Month recipe. Source: Helena Food Share | Facebook

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Painting with Beet Juice!

Children at Munchkin Land Daycare used the juice from cooking beets to paint Valentine’s bags! Source: Munchkin Land Daycare – Posts | Facebook  

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Questions? Contact:

MOLLY KIRKHAM

Montana Local Foods Specialist

National Center for Appropriate Technology

mollyk@ncat.org

406-494-8672

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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