Farm-to-table movement keeps growing in Montana

The farm-to-table movement is growing in the Flathead Valley, but there are challenges both local producers and consumers face in sustaining community-supported agriculture.

A panel of local agriculture processors and food industry representatives talked about the business of locally produced food during the Kalispell Chamber of Commerce’s monthly luncheon on Tuesday.
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Wes Plummer of Lower Valley Processing Co. and Mary Tuck of Kalispell Kreamery addressed processing challenges, while Jennifer Montague, food service director for Kalispell Public Schools, and Seth Bostick, executive chef for Kalispell Regional Healthcare, represented consumers.

Dave Prather of the Western Montana Growers Cooperative discussed ways to bring the two sides together.

"It takes people on the ground who want to put the effort in," Prather said. "We do a lot of education on our part."

By LYNNETTE HINTZE/The Daily Inter Lake

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