The USDA awarded the Alternative Energy Resource Organization a $478,991 grant to expand local and regional food business enterprises.The organization needs to
The bill would allocate $1 million to a grant program managed by the Montana Department of Agriculture and dole out cash to area food banks to purchase local food.
The details of a new report released Thursday found that food grown locally in Montana supports $158 million in retail sales across the state's wider economy, but the state remains challenged in terms of processing what it raises.