(HELENA)– The Montana Stockgrowers Foundation (MSF) has distributed $3,250 in its latest round of quarterly grant funding, supporting both classroom-based agricultural education and industry programs that strengthen Montana’s ranching communities.
A portion of this funding was awarded through MSF’s Explore Agriculture Classroom Grant, which helps bring hands-on agricultural learning opportunities into K–12 classrooms. In this cycle, two schools received support for projects designed to connect students with the origins of their food and the role agriculture plays in their daily lives.
Chester-Joplin-Inverness School will provide family and consumer sciences and agriculture students with a hands-on opportunity to observe the lifecycle of a chick from its earliest stages. Students will care for and monitor the chicks as they progress through key developmental stages to maturity.
Valier Elementary School will provide kindergarten students with the opportunity to interact with a local rancher, where they will learn where their food comes from and participate in hands-on activities such as making homemade raspberry jam and beef tallow candles.
