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Grow MontanaStrengthening our Food
and Agricultural Economy
PurposeTo enable Montana’s food producers to meet more of
our state’s food needs.
Montana produced 70% of its own food through the
1940s.
68%
45%
10%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
1941 1960 1980 2006
The Agricultural Commodity Marketing Challenge
1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990Source: ATTRA 2005
Value Added as a Percentage of Total Agriculture and Food Exports (2004)
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
MT Idaho Wyoming North Dakota South Dakota
Source: US Department of Commerce (2004)
Types of Farm Operations
Value-Added
Commodity
VerySmall
VeryLarge
1. Specialty
Farm StandsFarmers Markets
CSA's
2. Opportunity
* Differentiate with value-addedattributes.
* Preserve local/regional focus.
* Aggregate value chains.
3. Price and Scale
ADM, CargillBrazil, China
3. Hard-Pressed
CommodityFamily Farmers
Source: Ag of the Middle
PROFIT SECTOR
COST SECTOR
- Restaurants- Bars- Leisure
Public Institutions- Education- Health Care- Welfare/Corrections
Montana’s Public Institutions Spend $32.7 Million Annually
K-12
MSU
UM
State prison
UM Butte, Helena, Dillon
Other prisons
Public HospitalsOther Department of Administration
Montana’s opportunities are in:
•Fruit and vegetables•Meat•Bakery•Dairy•Other: vegetable oil, salsa,
tortillas, cereal, salad dressing, confectionary Source: Mcleay and Barron. Unlocking the Food
Buying Potential of Montana’s Public Institutions.
Given what you know about Farm to College, what do you think is the most important benefit? N=383
Supports MT Farmers and Ranchers
More money stays in MT communities
I know where my food comes from
Don’t Know
No benefits
Less pollution
Higher quality
Very Important
61%
Not Important
22%
Somew hat Important
17%
How Important is FTC to Vendors?(phone survey N=23)
Importance to UM
Farm to College helps the University
“demonstrate [that]…we do in a direct, absolute way have something to do with rural Montana.”
Conventional Meal Traveled 3 Times More Miles than the Farm to College Meal.
Used 3 Times More Fuel.
“A person in my position can’t change the world, but I can
change a little piece of it.”
--UDS Staff
Grow MT’s Consensus Policy Areas
1. Rebuild supply infrastructure production—processing—distribution
2. Market developmentpublic institution’s food services
3. Food access, food security
Grow Montanaa project of the
National Center for Appropriate Technology(406) 721-1664
www.growmontana.ncat.org