05/13/2026
Over the past few months, Northern Plains leaders & organizers have had more than 100 one-on-one conversations with farmers, ranchers, and agricultural producers across Montana—neighbors, coworkers, friends, and family.
We asked direct questions: What’s difficult right now? What do you want for your future? What would actually make a difference?
What we heard was consistent—and urgent. Now we’re brought those conversations back to the community.
On Monday, May 11 we hosted a gathering called the Listening Forward: A Family Ag. Round-Up. This was not just another meeting. This was the first all-in organizing conversation for Northern Plains’ family agriculture campaign. We took what we’ve heard from producers across the state and put it in front of the community to be tested, challenged, and strengthened.
If you’ve been feeling like things are getting harder, or like decisions are being made about rural communities instead of with them, this is the space where that reality is being named out loud—and organized around.
If we don’t organize around what we’re all experiencing, nothing changes. If we do, it does.
