Those who farm in northeastern Montana – the northern Great Plains – face very cold winters, very hot summers, and very little rain (11-14 inches annually). Much of eastern Montana is given to large tracts of conventional grain farming.
Some farmers are finding that organic growing methods are providing a better market, reasonable prices, and more net profit than conventional methods. Meet three farmers who are growing wheat for Annie’s Homegrown, a food production company focused entirely on organic products.
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A Video You Don't Want to Miss!
Clara Coleman, daughter of renowned farming pioneer Eliot Coleman, has a clear plan for a new collaborative farming model called the ARC Farming Project—Agrarian Resource Collaborative Farming.
It is in response to today's particular agricultural challenges and embraces farmer entrepreneurial diversification. Watch the video here.
