Last August Mayfly Montessori tried cherries from Ramrock Orchard for their HOM tasting, and even made cherry fruit leather! They also made beet hummus with beets from Ploughshare Farm, and this February was beet month! What a perfect Harvest of The Month combo! Great job Mayfly!
Gallatin Conservation District worked with schools in their area making beet slaw to highlight February’s Harvest of The Month of beets! So much colorful, and delicious, fun! Keep up the good work Gallatin CD!
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
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!
To celebrate the last Farm to School lessons of the school year, East Side’s students made a Harvest of the Month salad to enjoy in the garden. The salad featured five Montana Harvest of the Month items: leafy greens for June as well as carrots, beets, cabbage, and lentils! The students prepped
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