In this episode of ATTRA's Voices from the Field podcast, NCAT Local Food Systems Specialist Maura Henn speaks with Michal DeChellis of the Alternative Energy Resources Organization (AERO) in Montana. Their conversation focuses on building resilient community food webs and connecting communities to local food solutions. DeChellis is AERO’s program manager for the Montana Food Economy Initiative (MFEI), a project that has been funded through a Western SARE grant.
Listen in as DeChellis and Henn delve into the process of conducting Community Food Assessments around Montana and explore the importance of connecting stakeholders when building a food systems coalition to strengthen regional food economies.
This episode of Voices from the Field is one in a series co-produced by ATTRA and SARE that explores the different ways farmers are working to create new local markets for specialty and niche crops. Each partner episode will address a different production system or crop–from endives to small-grain value chains–and will feature farmers sharing their production and marketing strategies, challenges and successes along the way.
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- Montana Food Economy Initiative (RGR20-009)
- Montana Food Economy Initiative (OW17-026)