The Butte Community Farm is a grassroots effort led by a group of community members who want to improve access to local food and expand community wide knowledge about where our food comes from. Our goal is to launch a non profit community farm in Butte, Montana.
Our mission:
Planting seeds to cultivate an abundant food future in Southwest Montana.
Our vision:
We envision a resilient future for southwest Montana where communities share knowledge, care for the land and have access to local food. We will realize this future through education, community collaboration, and growing the local food economy.
Our values:
Service: We value a service-minded approach to community-based work that focuses on the growth and well-being of others and the community over self.
Equity: Equity recognizes that people have different access to services and resources that affect outcomes over their lifespan. We always aim to provide services based on individuals’ needs to ensure the health and well-being of the whole community.
Collaboration: We value collaborative, collective work based on partnerships, initiatives and transformational relationships among entities that share common missions.
Sustainability: For us, sustainability is maintaining a commitment to resourcefulness, the wisdom of diverse perspectives and ages, and being curious and flexible to ensure a healthy community, economy, and environment for future generations.
Resourcefulness: Resourcefulness recognizes our responsibility to develop and maintain organizational self-sufficiency that is buffered from economic flux.
What’s next for the Butte Community Farm?
We are in the planning process and we want to hear from you! Please complete our community survey, it should take less than five minutes to complete. Responses from this survey will be used to help us understand the region wide interest in potential programs we could offer at a community farm. Thank you for your time and thoughtful responses!
Interested in learning more about the Butte Community Farm project? Reach us at buttelocalfood@gmail.com.
Sign up for email updates through the survey, and check back here for more from the Butte Community Farm as we grow!
Support the Butte Community Farm by making a tax deductible donation to the Local Food Fund.
