Founded by farmers, eaters, business leaders, and food system planners from around Montana, it would make sense that Farm Hands utilizes a variety of methods in their quest to achieve a mission of connecting all consumers despite ability or financial circumstance to the source of their food. Their three main program areas address healthy food access, farmland conservation, and food and farming education. The Food For All Projects connect people to local food especially targeting those who can not afford it. Their programs around this include Senior Coupons, Senior Meals, Double SNAP Dollars, Elementary School Coupons and the Blackfeet-Nourish Project. Additionally, each year in April they bring together 70-100 youth for Global youth Service Day and engage them in nutrition and food system issues in the Flathead. This year we have expanded our food access programs to Whitefish and Columbia Falls Montana, so two communities benefit from senior coupons, double SNAP dollars and school coins. We gave 1200 market coins to school aged children to spend on fresh fruits and vegetables at our local farmers markets. This year our global youth service day program focused on childhood hunger and actions youth can take to combat this issue. We have helped start a Community organization in Browning on the Blackfeet Reservation called FAST Blackfeet (Food Access Sustainability Team) we are their fiscal sponsor and continue to make bi-monthly deliveries of food. We have helped create an event called Free the Seeds. This event brings folks together in March for a seed swap and educational workshops for farmers and backyard growers with topics ranging from financing your farm, weed management and raising bees. Our first year we had 1200 participants and year two 1900. This is free and open to the public.

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Farm Hands: Nourish (The Flathead)

Farm Hands: Nourish (The Flathead)

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