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Losing Ground: The Future of Farms and Food in Missoula County
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Ag Land Network of Montana. Speak Up for Farms. Farm to School Program. Montana Food Economy Initiative. Buy Fresh Buy Local. Buy Fresh Buy Local Program. Losing Ground: The Future of Farms and Food in Missoula County. Based on extensive research, the report,. Losing Ground: The Future of Farms and Food in Missoula County. Documents how the County has lost some 29,000 acres of agricultural land to other uses since the mid-1980s. That's the equivalent of 3 football fields every day over 25 years. This ema...
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Production
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Ag Land Network of Montana. Speak Up for Farms. Farm to School Program. Montana Food Economy Initiative. Buy Fresh Buy Local. Buy Fresh Buy Local Program. While Western Montana's local food system has certainly grown over the past twenty. Years, it's nothing like it used to be in the 1950s or 1960s! For more info on our production history, check out the Community Food Assessment. That CFAC members conducted (and that CFAC came out of! How Can We Help? Through our Montana Food Economy Initiative. One of t...
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Food Access
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Ag Land Network of Montana. Speak Up for Farms. Farm to School Program. Montana Food Economy Initiative. Buy Fresh Buy Local. Buy Fresh Buy Local Program. One of the things that oftentimes gets overlooked when we consider how the food gets from farm to plate, is making sure that good food gets to. One of our favorite definitions of "good food" comes from the Michigan Good Food Charter:. This year, we collaborated with the Missoula Farmers Market, Clark Fork River Market, Missoula Food Co-op, and the West...
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Good Food Issues
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Ag Land Network of Montana. Speak Up for Farms. Farm to School Program. Montana Food Economy Initiative. Buy Fresh Buy Local. Buy Fresh Buy Local Program. With a small staff, we may only work on two to three distinct projects at a time, but over the history of our work, we've worked on many different areas of the food system. We focus our work on what the food system needs at any point in time! Here's another great infographic, produced during a conference held by the Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund. Local...
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Mission and Vision
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Ag Land Network of Montana. Speak Up for Farms. Farm to School Program. Montana Food Economy Initiative. Buy Fresh Buy Local. Buy Fresh Buy Local Program. CFAC develops and strengthens Missoula County’s food system and that of the surrounding region by:. Promoting sustainable agriculture;. Building regional self-reliance;. Assuring that all have equal access to nutritious, affordable and culturally appropriate food;. Advocating for local, state and national policies that promote our local food system.
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Conservation Policy
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Ag Land Network of Montana. Speak Up for Farms. Farm to School Program. Montana Food Economy Initiative. Buy Fresh Buy Local. Buy Fresh Buy Local Program. Growing markets for local food. Is central to CFAC's strategy to conserve agricultural land. Producers need to be able to make a living on the land. CFAC has been working to create new markets and ensure fresh, local food is accessible to families of all income levels. For example, our programs include: Farm to School. Which is a farm and ranch transfe...
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Staff
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Ag Land Network of Montana. Speak Up for Farms. Farm to School Program. Montana Food Economy Initiative. Buy Fresh Buy Local. Buy Fresh Buy Local Program. Bonnie or call her at (406) 880-0543. In her work at CFAC, Annie draws on prior work experience in economic development in Wallowa County, Oregon, strategic planning in Fremont County, Idaho, and land use planning in Flathead County, Montana. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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Processing
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Ag Land Network of Montana. Speak Up for Farms. Farm to School Program. Montana Food Economy Initiative. Buy Fresh Buy Local. Buy Fresh Buy Local Program. So you prefer fresh fruits and veggies to canned ones anyway - what's the big deal? The problem is that these facilities created opportunities for producers to get their products to larger markets. You may not buy a lot of frozen squash, but the University of Montana can buy a LOT. That's a huge market opportunity. In a lot of ways, growing new process...
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Join CFAC
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Ag Land Network of Montana. Speak Up for Farms. Farm to School Program. Montana Food Economy Initiative. Buy Fresh Buy Local. Buy Fresh Buy Local Program. Thanks again for becoming a member of CFAC! Photos by Jeremy Lurgio, Chad Harder, Cathrine Walters, Grace Brogan, Jacquelyn Corday, Beth Gibson, Erick Greene,. Neva Hassanein, Mike Kustudia, Bonnie Buckingham and others - many thanks! Site by Irestone Web Design.
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