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Our mission is to empower youth, grow food, share knowledge, foster well-being, provide mentorship &

11/06/2026

Tomorrow, November 4, is Farmstand Friday!

Happy November, Farm Fam! With Halloween behind us and the holiday season ahead, we’ve got a few sweet treats to share – plus a pick-me-up recipe for parents! 😉

🍎 Locally grown Jangold Apples!
🍨 Rich oat milk gelatos from Cool Earth Creamery!
☕ Small-batch, artisan coffee roasts from Ruthless Roasting in Livingston!

Yum!

Every purchase helps us Build Community Through Food while supporting local growers, makers, and small businesses. Come see what’s fresh, find a new favorite, and take a little Bitterroot Valley goodness home with you!

Where: Cultivating Connections Montana at Homestead Organics Farm campus
⏰ Open every day from 9 AM to 9 PM

www.CultivatingConnectionsMT.org
Building Community Through Food 🌿 Employing Youth 🌿 Sharing Knowledge

11/04/2026

Thank you to all of our Farm Fam who celebrated Halloween with us over the past two weekends at Family Fright & Fun Days! We were positively bewitched by the outpouring of love and support from our community, especially by those of you who braved the freezing fog to join us on Halloween. 👻

We welcomed more than 400 participants to this year's festivities, nearly doubling last year’s attendance! We truly appreciate each and every one of you who came to make memories and build connections (and scarecrows!) together. You all are the heart of our mission and our inspiration to keep growing toward the sky. 🧡 See you next October!

www.CultivatingConnectionsMT.org
Building Community Through Food 🌿 Employing Youth 🌿 Sharing Knowledge

11/03/2026

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11/02/2026

🌱 Our 2027 growing season begins long before the first seed goes into the soil!

This Giving Tuesday (Dec 1), your gift to Cultivating Connections Montana will help us continue programs that grow food, skills, confidence, and connection throughout the Bitterroot Valley.

Together, our community has helped us:
🌿 Share more than 12,000 vegetable starts through MAYDAY! Gardens in 2026 supporting local gardeners and farmers.
🥕 Support more than 40 families through Greenhouse Share to build resilience in the Bitterroot Valley
👩‍🌾 Employ and mentor more than 60 local teens through our Youth Farm & Food Internship since 2017 teaching job-ready skills and building confidence
🍎 Reach over 1,000 children through free farm-classroom learning and agritourism to engage kids in their local food system
🥣 Donate nearly 1,200 pounds of food through Ladles of Love since fall 2025 to fight food scarcity head on
💛 Offer inclusive farm experiences for neurodivergent children and their families through Special Abilities Farm Camp with our partner HEARTism

Your gift today helps us purchase seeds and supplies, pay youth interns, prepare educational materials, and begin planning well before our 2027 programs start. We cannot do this work without you.

A New Tax Incentive for Everyday Donors!
Beginning with the 2026 tax year, standard-deduction filers may deduct up to $1,000 in qualifying charitable cash donations, or $2,000 for married couples filing jointly, without itemizing. A direct cash donation to Cultivating Connections Montana, a 501(c)(3) public charity, may qualify. Please keep your receipt and consult a tax professional about your circumstances.

💚 Please make your Giving Tuesday gift today and help us begin 2027 ready to grow!

Donate here: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/donation-form/giving-tuesday-support-cultivating-connections-montanas-mission-to-build-community-through-food
OR scan the QR code in the image.

10/31/2026

🎃 Tomorrow is the final day of Family Fright & Fun Days! 👻 Don’t miss your last chance this season to bring your favorite people to the farm for a delightfully spooky afternoon of creativity, play, and fresh-air fun!

Join us tomorrow, October 31, from Noon–4 PM:
🌾 Navigate the straw-bale maze
🧑‍🌾 Build a scarecrow to take home
🥕 Make silly veggie creatures
🥔 Try making a seed mosaic
🐷 Visit our friendly potbelly pigs
✨ Discover even more Halloween surprises!

Come in costume, enjoy the spooky music, and make some wonderfully fun fall memories on the farm. 🎶🧡

🎟️ Admission is FREE or by donation, but please reserve tickets so we can plan for a fun and welcoming afternoon. Scan the QR code in the image or visit:
https://cultivatingconnectionsmt.org/event-directory

🍕 Pizza will be available for purchase!

💛 Family Fright & Fun Days is a free and donation-based opportunity for farm experiences, learning, healthy food, and community connection.

🌿 Cultivating Connections Montana
Building Community Through Food

10/30/2026

🎃 Tomorrow, October 30, is Farmstand Friday!
Happy (almost) Halloween, Farm Fam! Who are you dressing up as this year?

Here at the Farm, we’re getting our pizza and chicken costumes ready for the second weekend of our Family Fright & Fun Days. 😉 Join us on Saturady for games, scarecrow-making, maze adventures, and plenty more fresh-air fun for the whole family!

While you’re here, treat yourself to a little something from our Farmstand and browse our NEW fall arrivals:
❄️ Organic Winter Squash!
🍐 House-made Golden Pear Sauce!
🧀 Handmade marinated labneh cheese from Bush Creek Creamery!

Yum!

Every purchase helps us Build Community Through Food while supporting local growers, makers, and small businesses. Come see what’s fresh, find a new favorite, and take a little Bitterroot Valley goodness home with you!

Where: Cultivating Connections Montana at Homestead Organics Farm campus
⏰ Open every day from 9 AM to 9 PM

www.CultivatingConnectionsMT.org
Building Community Through Food 🌿 Employing Youth 🌿 Sharing Knowledge

10/29/2026

🧼 Want to create the perfect handmade gift for the holiday season? Register now for our upcoming Cold Process Soap Making class!

With local soapmaker Olivia Soller as our instructor, we’ll learn the essential safety practices, equipment, and ingredients involved in cold process soap-making. Come ready to get messy as we work with coconut oil, shea butter, and various scents and infusions to make our soaps! 🥥

🫧 Each participant will make one full soap loaf, or approximately 10 total bars, to take home following curing! Whether you’re making a heartfelt gift for a loved one or simply exploring a new creative skill, this workshop offers a meaningful, hands-on experience and plenty of artisan soap to share!

🌱 Part of CCMT’s Heritage Skills Workshop Series

🌼 Meet Your Instructor
Olivia Soller is the owner and grower behind Lilly of the Valley Homestead in Corvallis, Montana. She has spent 11 years growing on organic production farms and now lives on a small, nearly four-acre farm with her husband, Josh, and their son, Emmer. While much of Olivia’s farming experience has centered on cut flowers, herbs, and vegetables, her passion for creating handmade organic herbal soaps has grown into an important part of the family’s homestead business.

📩 Please Note: We will email registered participants additional workshop details within two days of the event. Please watch the inbox associated with your registration.

Questions? Contact us at [email protected]!

📍Where: Cultivating Connections Montana at Homestead Organics Farm Campus 🌿 175 Skalkaho Highway, Hamilton, MT

📅 When: Sunday, November 15
🕘 1 - 4 PM

🎟 Tickets: https://events.humanitix.com/cold-process-soap-making-workshop-fr3eptbm?_gl=1*eof797*_gcl_au*NjMyMTc0Njk1LjE3ODczNDg2NjY.*_ga*MTA4MTcxNjU3Ny4xNzg3MzQ4NjY2*_ga_LHKW5FR9N6*czE3OTMyNDAwOTUkbzU0JGcwJHQxNzkzMjQwMjMyJGo2MCRsMCRoMA

www.CultivatingConnectionsMT.org
Building Community Through Food 🌿 Employing Youth 🌿 Sharing Knowledge

10/28/2026

Curious about sourdough but don’t know where to start(er)? 🍞 Enroll now in our Sourdough Basics class, led by local baker Leslie Karst!

Join us in CCMT’s commercial kitchen for a crash course on all things sourdough this November! We’ll walk you through the process of baking the perfect loaf from scratch – and have some fun together along the way!

All bakers will go home with a jar of sourdough starter, along with instructions for its activation and maintenance. Participants will also receive a fermenting dough, proofing basket, and blade! 🧺

Part of our Heritage Skills Workshop Series!

🌾 Leslie Karst is the baker and owner of Karst & Sons Bakery here in Hamilton. Her main passion behind baking is focused on organic, freshly-milled grains and using local ingredients whenever possible.

A small, seasonally changing menu makes baking all the more exciting at Karst & Sons Bakery. When she's not baking and delivering bread, Leslie is homeschooling her 5 boys (hence the son's part of her business name). To find out more or place an order check out karstandsons.com. Conveniently, one of her delivery stations is located in our very own Farmstand!

📍Where: Cultivating Connections Montana at Homestead Organics Farm Campus 🌿 175 Skalkaho Highway, Hamilton, MT

📅 When: Saturday, November 14th
🕘 11 AM - 1 PM

🎟 Tickets: https://events.humanitix.com/sourdough-basics-with-baker-leslie-karst-vwtl34dl?_gl=1*y8cvkl*_gcl_au*NjMyMTc0Njk1LjE3ODczNDg2NjY.*_ga*MTA4MTcxNjU3Ny4xNzg3MzQ4NjY2*_ga_LHKW5FR9N6*czE3OTMxNTcxNzUkbzUzJGcwJHQxNzkzMTU3MTc2JGo1OSRsMCRoMA.

www.CultivatingConnectionsMT.org
Building Community Through Food 🌿 Employing Youth 🌿 Sharing Knowledge

10/25/2026

🕯️ JUST OVER TWO WEEKS UNTIL YOUR DAY TO RECEIVE 🕯️
On Saturday, November 7, step away from the everyday and join us for a lush, restorative day at Sleeping Child Hot Springs.

💧 Soak in the healing hot springs throughout the day and into the evening
🌿 Enjoy yoga, dance, Qi Gong, gentle movement, and restorative wellness classes
✨ Receive an individual mini-treatment
🎨 Explore reflection and creative expression
🥗 Savor organic, Montana-sourced food, including breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks
💛 Reconnect with yourself and a supportive circle of women

Our almost-famous RePurpose • ReGift • ReCycle Silent Auction will return, too! Bring a treasure or talent to share, browse the wonderful offerings, and discover something special. 🎁

Your retreat experience gives back! This important Cultivating Connections Montana fundraiser supports our year-round work in youth job-skills development, food access, hands-on education, and community well-being throughout the Bitterroot Valley. By caring for yourself, you are also helping us care for our local community. 🌿

📅 Saturday, November 7, 2026
🕙 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
📍 Sleeping Child Hot Springs, Hamilton

🎟️ Reduced-price volunteer tickets and other affordable options are available. Scan the QR code in the image or reserve your place through our Events webpage (https://CultivatingConnectionsMT.org/Event-Directory).

📧 Questions? [email protected]

Come as you are. Slow down, breathe deeply, and allow yourself to receive. 🕯️

10/23/2026

👻 Tomorrow, October 23, is Farmstand Friday!
Got any fun plans for the weekend, Farm Fam? We’ve got something a little spooky up our sleeves! 🎃 Join us for Family Fright and Fun Days this Saturday and next!

And, course, there’s plenty of Montana-grown fall goodness waiting for you at the Farmstand:

🥜 Butternut Squash!
🥧 Pumpkins for Pies!
🧄 Farmer Henry’s famous seed garlic – just in time to plant!

Every purchase helps us Build Community Through Food while supporting local growers, makers, and small businesses. Come see what’s fresh, find a new favorite, and take a little Bitterroot Valley goodness home with you!

Where: Cultivating Connections Montana at Homestead Organics Farm campus
⏰ Open every day from 9 AM to 9 PM

www.CultivatingConnectionsMT.org
Building Community Through Food 🌿 Employing Youth 🌿 Sharing Knowledge

Address

Hamilton, MT
59840

Telephone

+14063636627

Website

https://www.cultivatingconnectionsmt.org/, https://linktr.ee/cultivatingconnectionsmont

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