13. Farm-to-Table Project
Ag Marketing Cooperative
Commercial Kitchen
Restaurant/Microbrewery
Culinary School
to create a local food system providing locally-grown, quality
foods grown in the MonDak region.
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17. Communities desire to regain control
People’s growing concern for higher quality food
Communities desire to build a sustainable food
system that supports local farmers & economies
Many communities need greater access to food,
especially fresh food
Co-ops create locally-owned, locally controlled
businesses
Co-op growth offers another consumer choice
Why this Ag Marketing Cooperative?
31. Prairie Home Culinary School
2-Year Associate Degree
Combine Business with Culinary Skills
Theoretical Component:
How to establish an on-going relationship with local
producers
How to use local products to create a seasonal menu
How to use lesser known and unfamiliar food items
33. Other Farm-to-Table Partners
Montana Department of Agriculture – Growth through
Agriculture Program - $34,000
Northwest Area Foundation Horizons Program- $13,250
Big Sky Economic Development Trust Fund - $8,800
PPL Montana - $7,000
Growth through Agriculture – Prairie Development Center and
Shared-use Commercial Kitchen - $49,400
Growth Through Agriculture – High Tunnel/Commercial
Vegetable/ Community Garden/Farmer’s Market - $29,800
NWAF Great Strides Award - $100,000 + $40,000
Mission Mountain Market/Lake County Development
Montana State University
Alternative Energy and Resource Organization
Grow Montana
Montana Cooperative Development Center
34. Prairie Development
Center
313 W Valentine
Currently Houses
• Farm-to-Table Co-op
• DCEDC
• Food Bank
• Western Trails
• Eastern Montana
Mental Health
• Space Available
Future Home of
Culinary School
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36. Bean or Grain
Hopper
fills 12 oz.
bags
Assembly tubes
for spice packets
We purchased Bud & Jean Clem’s
Western Trails & Cowboy Foods
Business
37. Western Trails Food
Mary Miller makes
pancake mix in the
Hobart Mixer.
Hucklebuddy
Flapjacks use purple
hulless barley &
Huckleberry Syrup
Cowboy Flapjacks
whole wheat &
barley, cinnamon,
cayenne.
Dude Waffle Mix
ginger flavor
38. Western Trails Food
Canen girls
and friend
help package
flax, desired
for omega-3
fatty acids
and soluble
fiber.
Field of flax
39. Western Trails Food
Spice rack filled with
ingredients for soup, pancake
and bread mixes.
Tana Canen watches
daughters packaging barley
flakes.
40. What’s Next for Farm-to-Table?
Product Extension: Prairie Home Cuisine
Product in Grocery Stores
Ag Marketing Co-op Formation
Grain Cleaning and Grinding
High Tunnel Production System
Community Garden & Saturday Farmers Market
New Product Formulations – Peas, Lentils, Flours, Flax
Regional Prison Food Industries Program
Culinary School
Monkota CSAs, LLC
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45. Your food is killing you, and your
food system is killing your
community ….
Mike Callicrate
46. Making conscious
decisions about what
you will eat and where
you get it may be the
single most important
thing you can do to
support yourself and
your community