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Montana F2S Leadership Team Working Group Quarterly Meetings

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

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2022-2023 Program Year Virtual Training

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!

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Harvesting Montana Recipes

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,

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School Garden Grant Opportunity

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

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Montana Crunch Time

Montana Crunch Time is a statewide event to celebrate National Farm to School Month in Montana by crunching into locally grown or raised foods (including and beyond apples!) in October. Montana Crunch Time 2022 will be held on October 19th. Register your crunch by October 31st to help Montana win the Mountain Plains Regional Crunch Off. Please

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MT Farm to School Leadership Team Public Working Groups

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 MT F2SLT has working groups to achieve our specific goals. These

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Wear Orange Wednesday

Wear Orange Wednesday raises awareness of childhood hunger in Montana and takes place Wednesday, Sept. 14th during national Hunger Action Month. It’s an annual event of Montana No Kid Hungry. Please help us spread the word by promoting the event, wearing orange on Sept. 14th, and snapping and posting a pic of you and/or your group with a Success Sign

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Lentils in Whitehall, MT

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

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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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