September

By J.B. Chandler We think of bees, those cute, fuzzy black and yellow dancers, making honey, stinging invaders (ouch!), and their large hives hanging from tree branches, being raided by [...]

Photo by Hayley Young By Hayley Young Maybe the nursery rhyme should have gone, “Baa baa black sheep, we are glad that you have wool!” Sheep’s wool, is used to make yarn, carpets and floor [...]

Photo by Hayley Young By Hayley Young Like most areas of the Big Sky State, central Montana, along the Missouri River, is layered with natural beauty and historical wonders. It’s also home to [...]

Photo courtesy of the USDA By Brad Reynolds Agriculture is risky business, a game of wits and wagers. Like a professional gambler, a producer casts their lots judiciously, astute in each [...]

By Hayley Young Nearly 20 years ago, a group now known as the American Prairie Reserve entered northcentral Montana. This organization operates under the guise of saving the ecosystem and [...]

By Hayley Young When driving through, you do not immediately see the bustling little country town that is Jordan. You must turn off the highway to find the charm that is hidden away. Main Street [...]

By Brad Reynolds Small businesses come and go. Communities evolve. Markets ebb and flow. Either local enterprises continue to grow, or they succumb to the sands of time. But—some businesses, [...]

These days, it’s not easy to get by on a little slice of heaven. Farms are consolidating. Median acreages increase year by year. Common assumption is: only the big survive. Cory McKinney stands [...]

By Kent Hanawalt Cows come in many colors—red or yellow, black or white, brown, grey, and even blue. (I’ll explain the blue a little later.) Why so many colors? Each of dozens of cattle breeds [...]

By Stacy Bronec John Lippert had only $100 in his pocket when he and his cousin hid on a railcar from Minnesota to Montana. The stowaways arrived in Carter, which was under a foot of snow, with [...]