Common Ground, Part I: How organic and regenerative agriculture are revitalizing rural Montana economies.
By Emily Stifler Wolfe | Montana Free Press
A slight haze hangs on the blue horizon above Ledger Road, 50 miles north of Great Falls in north-central Montana. Rectangles of spring crops and native grasses glow green alongside the dried straw of last year’s fallow. Forty miles north, the Sweetgrass Hills rise 3,700 feet above the high plains.
Blackfeet Nation Is Taking Back the Food System
By Nicole Greenfield | NRDC
A tribal-led plan to build a meat-processing facility on the Blackfeet Nation reservation in Montana will help invigorate the local economy, safeguard cultural traditions, and protect community health and the environment.
Severe drought impacts agriculture in eastern Montana counties
By Mackenzie Quinn | (Source: NBC Montana)
It's only May, but many Montana pastures that provide food for cattle are already dry, which is why some cattle fields are empty.
A Montana rancher and farmer, the drought, and climate change
By Alex Amonette | (Source: Citizens Climate Lobby)
A rancher’s story from the 2017 drought and fire season that stressed Montanans east to west.