A Place for Everyone (Even a Squash) at the Table
By Lexie Gallegos, Polson, MT This fall, Polson Middle School garden students organized the third annual Garden Harvest Feast to celebrate a successful growing season and to share their garden bounty with the community. The feast was an incredible undertaking for...Highlights from the Missoula County Public Schools Culinary Competition
On Saturday April 25th, six teams of advanced culinary students competed Iron Chef style to have their recipe featured in the MCPS menu.FoodCorps in Helena: ServeMT Symposium 2015
Lea Howe Brings High Schoolers to the Table
Lea Howe is an MTCC AmeriCorps VISTA serving with the FoodCorps team in Boulder, MT. I didn’t sleep well the night before. As I wrestled with my sheets, I imagined the worst: hushed whispers and muffled laughter, eye rolls, heads nodding off…or worse, expressionless...
NCAT's Growing Leaders Youth Initiatives is nurturing the youth food revolution in Montana. Click here for inspiring videos about building healthy, accessible food systems.
Check out "Local Farms, Local Kids" a short documentary video about farm to school and its positive economic effects in western Montana produced by Lake County Community Development Corporation and Mission Mountain Food Enterprise Center.
FoodCorps Montana Report!
Interested in learning how FoodCorps Montana has been creating a healthy food environment for schoolkids across Montana? Read the 2013 FoodCorps Montana Evaluation Report to get the dirt on what has made FoodCorps Montana such a hit in communities across the state.Check out this beautiful video about getting MT beef into MT school lunchrooms made by former FoodCorps fellow Lea Howe. Learn more about beef to schools and other farm to cafeteria programs at farmtocafeteria.ncat.org.