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Montana Ethic Project: Many reasons to grow, eat local food

Smith

This is the 12th chapter of the 32-part video series “The Montana Ethic Project.” This chapter features Bruce Smith, Dawson County extension agent, talking about “Montana’s Food Economy.” You can watch the whole video below. Here is how it begins:
“Montanans spend over $3 billion a year on food. However, all of the agricultural production in the state, all of the vegetables, the grain and the livestock that we produce doesn’t add up to $3 billion. Of our food production in the 1950s, 70 percent of what Montanans ate came from in Montana. Continue Reading →

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Roofer madness: Hail storm brings in flood of workers

Lukas

Glancing down any given residential street in Billings this summer, you might have thought a political campaign was in full swing. But those signs in what seems like every other yard are advertising roofing companies, not politicians. And that explains the sound you are likely to hear on any given street, too — the rat-a-tat-tat of nail guns attaching tarpaper and shingles to hail-damaged roofs. (more…) Continue Reading →

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