Stone Soup Soil Crawl

Stone Soup Soil Crawl

Our first Soil Crawl will be held at Stone Soup Garden in Laurel Montana on Saturday, July 15. Participants will tour a small-scale, regenerative farm in the Yellowstone Valley led by young farmers striving to cultivate healthy soil, food, and community. Stone Soup Garden is the culmination of a decade of experiences in local food, organic farming, and building intentional community!

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Digging deep to strengthen Montana’s soil health

Digging deep to strengthen Montana’s soil health

On a frozen Montana evening in mid-December a few dozen individuals gathered around a virtual “fireside chat” with the aim of digging deeper and...
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Big Sandy: Quinn Farm, 2022

Big Sandy: Quinn Farm, 2022

The second soil health event of 2022 was held in early July at the Quinn Farm in Big Sandy, which will serve as a...
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PRESS RELEASE: Regenerative ag, drought resistance practices to be featured at Big Sandy soil health event

PRESS RELEASE: Regenerative ag, drought resistance practices to be featured at Big Sandy soil health event

BIG SANDY, Mont. - Northern Plains Resource Council is working to promote soil stewardship by presenting innovative growing and land management practices that increase...
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Big Timber: B Bar Ranch and Living Soil Farm, 2022

Big Timber: B Bar Ranch and Living Soil Farm, 2022

Our first Soil Crawl of 2022 was held in mid-June at Living Soil Farm near Big Timber on the heels of the recent flooding...
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PRESS RELEASE: Big Timber soil health event to showcase regenerative agriculture and gardening practices

PRESS RELEASE: Big Timber soil health event to showcase regenerative agriculture and gardening practices

BIG TIMBER, Mont. - Northern Plains Resource Council is working to promote soil stewardship by presenting innovative agricultural methods that increase the sustainability and...
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Conrad: Graham Ranch, 2021

Conrad: Graham Ranch, 2021

After a long pandemic-induced hiatus, Northern Plains hosted its first Soil Crawl of 2021 at the Graham Ranch, just west of Conrad. Unfazed by...
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Helena: XX Bar Farm and Ranch, 2021

Helena: XX Bar Farm and Ranch, 2021

On a beautiful, late summer afternoon in the Helena Valley, Tim Dusenberry – the owner and operator of XX Bar Farm & Ranch –...
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Red Lodge: Healthy Meadows, 2019

Red Lodge: Healthy Meadows, 2019

Despite wet September snow, more than 50 people attended our final Soil Crawl of 2019. Ivan and Chia Thrane cleaned out their 100 year-old...
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Square Butte, Sandy Arrow Ranch, 2019

Square Butte, Sandy Arrow Ranch, 2019

The July 19 Soil Crawl at the Sandy Arrow Ranch near Square Butte hosted a “class” of 25 attendees for a day-long workshop. Soil...
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Big Timber: Indreland Ranch and B Bar Ranch, 2017

Big Timber: Indreland Ranch and B Bar Ranch, 2017

In June of 2017, more than 70 ranchers, farmers, and gardeners gathered for a day of learning, collaborating, and digging in the dirt. The 2017 Soil Crawl on the Indreland and B Bar ranches was an opportunity for people who grow food to learn from one another about soil health and the methods used to achieve it.

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Roundup: Charter Ranch, 2015

Roundup: Charter Ranch, 2015

Since the Dust Bowl of the 1930s, the importance of soil health has not gone unnoticed by American farmers and ranchers. Yet our national...
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