Montana Harvest of the Month in Action
Welcome to the Montana Harvest of the Month (HOM) in Action page! Here you can see the creative ways sites across Montana are implementing HOM. Read some stories to get ideas for what to do at your HOM site! Tag #MTHarvestoftheMonth when you share your activities on Instagram or Facebook, or send your story to Molly Kirkham at mollyk@ncat.org to be featured on this page!
Harvest of the Month in the News
2023 Helena Independent Record | An Upstream Approach to Health: Harvest of the Month Brings...
Mint Chocolate in Carbon County
Boys and Girls Club of Carbon County harvested mint and strawberries straight from their garden...
Mayfly Montessori uses CSA to Showcase HOM
“Another great shopping trip to Benson’s Farm and we got our first fall CSA from...
Missoula Food Bank Creates Activity Sheets
Missoula Food Bank and Community Center used Montana Harvest of the Month materials to create...
Basil Pesto Served in Polson
Above is a great picture of one of Polson’s lunches that their food service provided...
BLD Farms Showcases Herbs and Summer Squash
Bradley and Loretta Dunn-Meier of BLD farms in Troy, Montana displayed Harvest of the Month...
Family Cooking Night-Cherries
Co-coordinators of the Montana Harvest of the Month Program were lucky to attend the August...
Harvest of the Month Family Cooking Night
Dish-Ability, MSU Extension- Silver Bow County SNAP ED & Butte 4-C’s Zero to Five Butte-Silver...
Leafy Greens from the Garden
Kim Lloyd serves up the Harvest of the Month recipe, Simple Snazzy Salad, using...
Grains in Gallatin Valley
A Day in the Life of a Farm to School Educator 🥕🌾 Lesson scheduling, planning...
Park County Celebrates with FIVE HOM Items!
  To celebrate the last Farm to School lessons of the school year...
Polson Students Learn (and teach us) about Cows
https://mtharvestofthemonth.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Beef-Month.mp4 JB Capdeville, Farm to School Coordinator of the Polson School District, and students created...
Chef Carole’s Famous Bison Rocks
“We wrapped up a year of Farm Fresh Friday lunches with Chef Carole’s famous Bison...
Philipsburg Elementary Visits Sift Farm
3rd-6th grade classes from Philipsburg Elementary came out to NCAT’s Sift Farm for a field...
St. Peter’s Health Serves Bison Burgers
St. Peter’s Health HOM Coordinator and Nutrition Services Team served Montana-raised bison burgers to patients...
Harvest of the Month Virtual Field Trip: Beef
Check out this video created by Kim LLoyd, HOM Coordinator out of St. Peter’s Health...
Grains Field Trip at Sunflower Bakery
Check out this video created by Kim LLoyd, HOM Coordinator out of St. Peter’s Health...
North Valley Food Bank Roasts Chickpeas
North Valley Food Bank in Whitefish roasted chickpeas in their commercial kitchen and handed...
Chickpea Salad in Park County
Our chickpea taste test was a hit! We served a mock chicken salad made with...
Kindergarteners Make Carrot Salad
Kindergarteners in the Gallatin Valley had the unique experience of cooking in the classroom! We...
Carrots in Helena
St. Peter’s Harvest of the Month Program Coordinator Kim Lloyd visits Broadwater Elementary to talk...
Beet Smoothies at Helena Food Share
Kim Lloyd (center) is the Harvest of the Month Coordinator at St. Peter’s Health. She...
Painting with Beet Juice!
Children at Munchkin Land Daycare used the juice from cooking beets to paint Valentine’s bags!...
Bison at Story Creek
Story Creek Elementary School in Belgrade served Bison and Barley soup to their students as...
Lentils in Whitehall, MT
On December 14th, MSU Extension and the National Center for Appropriate Technology teamed together to...
ECE Montana Food Initiative
Harvest of the Month Group Purchasing Three group and family early care and education facilities in Billings...
