Category Archives: Healthy Eating
Eating healthy can help reduce people’s risk for heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes, osteoporosis, and several types of cancer, as well as help them maintain a healthy body weight.
New SNAP-Ed toolkit helps states identify obesity prevention strategies
from the National Collaborative on Childhood Obesity Research New SNAP-Ed toolkit helps states identify obesity prevention strategies May 7, 2013, NCCOR On March 30, the […]
Continue readingBuilding Community Gardens in Montana by Kathryn Grear Hutchison
This guide contains tools and resources to help communities in Montana build their own Community Garden. Author Kathryn Hutchison gives tips for the process […]
Continue readingDawson County Farm-To-Table
Farm-to-Table is a project of Community Giving Assistance Towards Employment (GATE), a 501(c)3 non-profit based in Glendive, MT. The mission of the project is […]
Continue readingBigfork/Ferndale Community Square Foot Garden
Come Grow With Us The St. Patrick’s Episcopal Church in Ferndale started a Square Foot Gardening system to provide members of the Bigfork and Ferndale communities along with […]
Continue readingSanders County BackPack Program
Providing child-friendly, nutritious food during the weekends and holiday breaks for children battling chronic hunger In February 2010 Thompson Falls Elementary in conjunction with the […]
Continue readingGallatin Valley Farm to School
Gallatin Valley Farm to School (GVF2S) was started in February 2007 by a Steering Committee of committed and concerned parents and community members. Today […]
Continue readingBrowning Community Garden
The Browning Community Garden and its partner organizations Blackfeet Manpower VISTA and Blackfeet Academy have been working together for the past 4 years to develop […]
Continue readingPondera Medical Center Memory Walk Gardens
The Pondera Medical Center partnered with the Conrad Garden Club, Conrad High School Horticulture Class, Conrad High School FFA and the Department of Natural Resources […]
Continue readingHardin Worksite Wellness Initiative
The Hardin Food Access Task Force and Big Horn County Extension Service partnered with local government offices to plan and implement a wellness program for […]
Continue readingLivingston Local Food Project
The Livingston Local Food Project was designed to enhance the understanding of the citizens of Livingston and Park county regarding affordable, novel food production options […]
Continue readingLewistown Community Garden
The Lewistown Community Garden and the Central Montana Community Cupboard have combined their efforts to create a community garden where community members can grow vegetables […]
Continue readingBig Sky Fit Kids
Big Sky Fit Kids is a free activity and nutrition program that teaches the importance of being physically active and that fitness is fun! […]
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