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!
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
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:
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
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
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
Children at Munchkin Land Daycare used the juice from cooking beets to paint Valentine’s bags! Source: Munchkin Land Daycare – Posts | Facebook
Story Creek Elementary School in Belgrade served Bison and Barley soup to their students as a part of Montana Harvest of the Month! Along with 5 other school districts in the state, Belgrade is working with Montana Team Nutrition to develop 6 new recipes for use in school meal programs using ingredients from foods produced
On December 14th, MSU Extension and the National Center for Appropriate Technology teamed together to present on December’s Harvest of the Month Product, Lentils in Whitehall Elementary. Each afterschool group of K-5th graders participated in a true/false lentil facts game after watching the Lentil HOM video, made their own lentil hummus with a mortar and
Harvest of the Month Group Purchasing Three group and family early care and education facilities in Billings, MT connected through a Montana Food Economy Initiative (MFEI) to increase local MT Harvest of the Month procurement. The goal was to lower the cost of local HOM products through group wholesale purchasing, to help connect more students with MT HOM products, as