1. Grow Montana Strengthening our Food and Agricultural Economy Purpose To enable Montana’s food producers to meet more of our state’s food needs.

2. Montana produced 70% of its own food through the 1940s.

3. Employment in the Processed Food Industry Source: US Census Bureau 2003

4. The Agricultural Commodity Marketing Challenge 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 Source: ATTRA 2005

5. Market Value of Agriculture: Products Sold (2002) Source: US Census Bureau (2002)

6. Value Added as a Percentage of Total Agriculture and Food Exports (2004) Source: US Department of Commerce (2004)

9. PROFIT SECTOR COST SECTOR - Restaurants - Bars - Leisure Public Institutions - Education - Health Care - Welfare/Corrections

10. Montana’s Public Institutions Spend $ 32.7 Million Annually K-12 MSU UM State prison UM Butte, Helena, Dillon Other prisons Public Hospitals Other Department of Administration

11. Montana’s opportunities are in: Fruit and vegetables Meat Bakery Dairy Other: vegetable oil, salsa, tortillas, cereal, salad dressing, confectionary Source: Mcleay and Barron. Unlocking the Food Buying Potential of Montana’s Public Institutions.

12. Supports MT Farmers and Ranchers More money stays in MT communities I know where my food comes from Don’t Know No benefits Less pollution Higher quality

13. How Important is FTC to Vendors? ( phone survey N=23 )

14. Importance to UM Farm to College helps the University “ demonstrate [that]…we do in a direct, absolute way have something to do with rural Montana.”

15. Insert 2 slides for Maps (US first then MT) Conventionally Sourced Meal (Sysco)

16. Conventional Meal Traveled 3 Times More Miles than the Farm to College Meal. Used 3 Times More Fuel.

17. Public Institutions $32.7 Million Food Service $1.4 Billion Montana $3 Billion

18. “A person in my position can’t change the world, but I can change a little piece of it.” --UDS Staff

19. Governor’s Food and Agriculture Summit March 22-23 Food Production Hunger Reduction

20. Grow MT’s Consensus Policy Areas 1. Rebuild supply infrastructure production—processing—distribution 2. Market development public institution’s food services 3. Food access, food security

21. Grow Montana a project of the National Center for Appropriate Technology (406) 721-1664 www.growmontana.ncat.org