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
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
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!
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!
Hear from Haley Scott of Montana Team Nutrition, MT Harvest of the Month (HOM) Co-Coordinator Molly Kirkham, and amazing food service directors Robin Crosby and Kate Anderson. This webinar will cover K12 HOM program requirements, suggestions, fun activities, and how Robin and Kate implement HOM at their schools.
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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
“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!”
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
Above is a great picture of one of Polson’s lunches that their food service provided for the students in their district. This meal contained a delicious spaghetti main course with fresh broccoli and fruit cocktail. Along with that, a bread stick with the HOM Pesto recipe, Nut Free Spinach Basil Pesto. They had mixed reviews
Bradley and Loretta Dunn-Meier of BLD farms in Troy, Montana displayed Harvest of the Month materials and offered taste tests to showcase herbs and summer squash at the Troy Farmers Market in September. The herbs taste tests included basil, tomato, and mozzarella with a basil vinaigrette and the summer squash taste test offered was chocolate