FALL EVENTS
Tickets will be available at:
The Bozeman Farmers Market on
Sat. Sept. 4th & 11th
Look for the BORN booth outside.
To get your tickets online please
visit the following website:
Celebrate the abundance in our community by sharing a locally grown meal while we discover what regional farmers are growing in our own backyard.
This celebration will offer the community a chance to interact with local farmers, hear first hand accounts of the challenges and rewards of growing food in southwestern Montana and learn about Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) as a solution to food security issues.
CSA is a program that allows farmers a sense of financial security by receiving money from shareholders upfront to purchase seeds, supplies etc. CSA’s allow us to interact and form relationships with the people who grow our food. In purchasing a share you receive a box of produce each week in the summer and the peace of mind that goes with supporting local. CSA’s are growing in popularity across the country and we are lucky to have so many farmers adopting this practice here in the Gallatin Valley.
Join us for a lively panel discussion
"How to Grow Great Food in the Last Great Place"
Panelist will share their experiences of the challenges and benefits of producint food in our bioregion. All panelists are organic and follow self-imposed guidelines for sustainable production. Moderated by Dean Williamson.
Panelists Include
Allison Rooney, of Cloud Nine Farms, is a family farmer growing vegetables, herbs, and fruits near Wilsall. She is interested in permaculture as a restorative solution to the harsh gorwing conditions found in Montana
Mariann Van Den Elzen founded Field Day Farms in Bozeman in 2008. This farm is a unique arrangment betweeen local landowners and community members which enables her to grow vegetables, herbs and fruits from the entire bioregion.
Becky Weed founded Thirteen Mile Lamb & Wool, a farm which raises sheep without using chemical fertilizers and herbicides, uses no anti-biotics or hormone supplemnets - and which is certified Organic
by the Montana State Department of Agriculture. She is also a former member of the Montana Livestock Board, and now grows vegetables in the Springhill area north of Bozeman.
In addition to these panelists, there will be many farmers, ranchers and producers in the audience to field questions and keep the conversation going throughout dinner.
If you have ever attended a Northern Rockies Bioneers Conference,
you know what a treat the Harvest Dinners have been.
Enjoying local, regional and seasonally available ingredients prepared into a delicious meal shared with friends and farmers is an amazing expereince.
OUR HARVEST DINNER
prepared by Executive Chef, Steve Kuntz, of Montana Epicurean
will not disappoint you.
Due to the nature of a "Harvest Meal"
we cannot guarantee what will be available at the time of harvest
but here is a sample menu to get your tastebuds inspired.
Carmelized Carrot, Onion, Beet & Swiss Chard
Kamut Salad with Chickpeas and Tomatillo Viniagrette
Roasted Vegetable & Amaltheia Goat Cheese Tart
Potato Leek Gratin
Swedish - Style Meatballs with Local Beef & Pork
Dixie's Pumpkin Bars
2010 EVENTS & COLLABORATION
On Saturday May 8th 2010
BORN hosted a National Train Day Rally
Over 100 people came out to support us!
150 letters were written to local and state officials
demanding that passenger railservice be re-established to
southern Montana.
BORN has co-sponsored the following films
as part of our
Film & Discussion Series
What is Bioneers?
Founder Kenny Ausubel coined the term Bioneers in 1990 to describe an emerging culture. Bioneers are social and scientific innovators from all walks of life and disciplines who have peered deep into the heart of living systems to understand how nature operates, and to mimic "nature's operating instructions" to serve human ends without harming the web of life. Nature's principles—kinship, cooperation, diversity, symbiosis and cycles of continuous creation absent of waste—can also serve as metaphoric guideposts for organizing an equitable, compassionate and democratic society.
Each October in San Rafael, CA, the Bioneers come together as a group of leading social and scientific innovators to share stories, present model solutions and network with each other. To stimulate and enhance these efforts on a local level, Bioneers beams a simultaneous broadcast of the Conference plenary talks to some 20 sites around the country. Those local sites view the national speakers and produce their own workshops based on local/regional issues and organizing needs.
This year will be the 20th Anniversary of The Bioneers Conference to learn more about the national organization please visit The Bioneers at www.bioneers.org
2009 will be the 7th year Bozeman has been host to the Northern Rockies Bioneers Conference. We are excited to be able to bring this amazing conference to our bioregion and, as always, look forward to the great gathering of presenters, activists, educators, children, and citizens to get inspired, to connect with one another and to create social change in our world.
2008 Northern Rockies Bioneers Highlights
View What Is Bioneers? Video