Food, Montana

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Our guest today, Nate Powell-Palm, earned organic certification in 2008 at age 16, making him the youngest farmer in the country to do so. Fast forward, and Nate has grown his organic wheat, pulses, flax and cattle operations from 10 leased acres in Belgrade to 1,400 leased and 70 owned acres between the Gallatin Valley and Wyoming.

In 2020, US Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue appointed Nate to the National Organic Standards Board, where his peers soon elected him chairman. Among many other things, Nate is now building value-added processing under the brand Springhill Feeds and helping grow the USDA’s transition to organic mentorship program.

Food, Montana is hosted by Emily Stifler Wolfe and Jeremy Nadison.

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Our guest today is Megan Randall. Megan works with Farm to School of Park County as an educator and garden manager. She loves gardening with students of all ages and is passionate about connecting Park County schools and communities with healthy, local food. Prior to working with Farm to School, Megan spent seven years working on organic vegetable farms in western Massachusetts, Whitefish, and Bozeman.

Food, Montana is hosted by Emily Stifler Wolfe and Jeremy Nadison.

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Our guest today is Mary Stein. Mary has over 25 years of experience working in sustainable food systems. She helped lead the National Farm to School Network, and helped launch and lead the Sustainable Food and Bioenergy Systems degree program at Montana State University, one of the first of its kind in the nation. Now a program manager with the Buffalo Nations Food Systems Inititative, Mary believes in a food system that is just, equitable and balanced, where both human and planetary wellbeing are nurtured.

Food, Montana is hosted by Emily Stifler Wolfe and Jeremy Nadison.

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Our guest today is India Maxwell. India recently opened a cottage bakery in Bozeman, baking bread with 100% ancient whole grains grown in Montana. She has worked at three farms in the Gallatin Valley, as well as Blackbird Kitchen for five years. Prior to moving to Montana, she worked at Slow Money, a nonprofit org in Boulder, Colorado, that provides low-interest financing for small scale agricultural producers.

Food, Montana is hosted by Emily Stifler Wolfe and Jeremy Nadison.

Welcome to Food, Montana.

Join hosts Emily Stifler Wolfe and Jeremy Nadison as we explore what it takes to create more resilient local and regional food systems in Montana.

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