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What we are doing....
What we are doing....
A Coalition of individuals and organizations in the Greater Billings area, supported by AERO, are interested in gathering your thoughts about our community's food system.
If you eat, then you are a part of the food system and we want to hear from you!
The surveys are for residents of, farmers and ranchers in, and food business owner/operators in Yellowstone, Big Horn (Excluding Crow Reservation), Carbon, Golden Valley, Musselshell, Rosebud, Stillwater, and Treasure Counties.
Select the survey(s) below that best fit(s) your role within the Greater Billings Food System.
The survey for everyone!
Take this survey if you live in one of the counties listed above and you primarily go to Billings to buy food (vs Bozeman, Great Falls, etc.).
You or someone in your household can ALSO take a Farmer/Rancher and/or Food Business Survey if you fall into those categories as well.
Farm and Ranch Owner or Operator
Take this survey if you currently own or operate a farm and/or ranch business in the above counties and you primarily sell your products in Billings.
Food Business Owner or Operator
Take this survey if you currently own or operate a food business in one of the counties listed above.
Food Businesses include:
Restaurants, Food trucks, Caterers
Value-added producers
Grocery/Retail food stores
Processing Facilities
Distributors/Wholesale/Food Hub
Farmers Market
Food Pantries
How your input will be used....
How your input will be used....
We are gathering information about our community food system to better understand what is working well, what could be working better, and what else could happen in our food system.
A food system very simply is how we get our food. The food system includes all people and processes involved in feeding people: growing, harvesting, processing, packaging, transporting, marketing, consuming and disposing of food and food packages.
This information will inform a Community Food System Assessment for the Greater Billings area.
A Community Food System Assessment:
Is a snapshot in time of what is working well, what isn't working well, and what else there could be within the community food and agriculture system.
Can help inform an actionable plan to foster a thriving and resilient food and agriculture system in the greater Billings area.
The Coalition will review your information in order to develop a set of Community Priorities and Action Items aimed to enhance your current community food system.
All information will be shared back to the community and community members will be invited to provide feedback and even get involved on Priorities and Action Items.
FOOD SYSTEM CYCLE
Questions? Want to be more involved? Want to see survey results?
Questions? Want to be more involved? Want to see survey results?
Contact AERO Program Manager, Michal DeChellis to engage further.
We need your help!
We need your help!
Please share this website and surveys with everyone in your community.
Please share this website and surveys with everyone in your community.
Project Coalition
Project Coalition
This work would not be possible without a dedicated, thoughtful team who is providing input and guidance. The Project Coalition convened its assessment work in November of 2023.
This work would not be possible without a dedicated, thoughtful team who is providing input and guidance. The Project Coalition convened its assessment work in November of 2023.
TRESTIN BENSON - MSU Extension, Yellowstone County
MARY JANE CHANDLER - World Wildlife Fund, Yellowstone Valley Citizens Council
ANNIKA CHARTER/CARRIE HOLST - Yellowstone Valley Food Hub/ Charter Ranch and Livestock
ELEANOR DUTTON - Montana Farmers Union
TIFFANY FASCHING, Agri-Organics
SARA FLUER - MSU Extension, Yellowstone County
BRITTANY GAGE - Sodexo Billings School District
SARAH MOYER - Project Lunch,Eat Share Give
KATE ROSSETTO- Lady Kate’s Garden
MICHAEL SKINNER - Northern Plains Resource Council
SKYLAR WILLIAMS - Montana Farmers Union
Project Research Partners
Project Research Partners
Many more key parties across the Greater Billings Food System are being interviewed to provide their perspectives and input.
Big Sky Economic Development
Montana State University Extension
Riverstone Health-Healthy By Design
Yellowstone Valley Food HUB
Billings Leadership Foundation-Montana Rescue Mission
Hardin Farm to School and Food Bank
School Food Services (OPI)
Billings City Council
Billings Community Foundation
Yellowstone County Conservation District
Town and Country/Alberton’s
St. John’s Retirement System
Vista Ridge Montana and Foundation
Coulee Creek Ranch
And many other interested parties
This Greater Billings Area Community Food System Assessment is part of AERO's Montana Food Economy Initiative (MFEI) program https://aeromt.org/what-we-do/food-systems/, generously funded by: Western Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education. https://western.sare.org/. 406-994-4785.
This Greater Billings Area Community Food System Assessment is part of AERO's Montana Food Economy Initiative (MFEI) program https://aeromt.org/what-we-do/food-systems/, generously funded by: Western Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education. https://western.sare.org/. 406-994-4785.
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