People cultivating good food, healthy land and homegrown prosperity.

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Homegrown Stories is a storytelling project. It celebrates the hardworking people across the west doing things right. The people of these stories are creating community-based food systems, investing in clean energy economies and jobs, supporting just transition work, and fighting for a sustainable future.

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  • Brittany Moreland:The Yellowstone Valley Food Hub

    Brittany Moreland:The Yellowstone Valley Food Hub

    Above: Brittany Moreland at her farm in Luther, Montana. “I’m a native Montanan and have always had an interest in agriculture,” said farmer Brittany Moreland in Luther, Montana. Brittany grew up in central Montana with summers spent helping on the family grain farm. Despite Brittany’s exposure to agriculture, she went…

  • Monica Wiitanen:Cottage Food Law

    Monica Wiitanen:Cottage Food Law

    Above: Baker Monica Wiitanen at her home in Paonia, Colorado. “I got out a cookbook and started making yeast breads when I was 18 and I’ve been making bread pretty much ever since,” said Monica Wiitanen at her home in Paonia, Colorado.   “It’s about the flavor, texture, ingredients, value.…

  • Omega Beef:Grass, Water and Community

    Omega Beef:Grass, Water and Community

    Above: Jeanie Alderson and Terry Punt at their home in Birney, Montana. Jeanie Alderson and Terry Punt live and work at Bones Brothers Ranch in Birney, Montana. Together with Jeanie’s father, two sisters and their families, they own and operate Bones Brothers Ranch. Jeanie is a fourth-generation rancher. “I’m really…

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