Community Food & Agriculture Coalition

Increasing the production and consumption of Montana-grown foods, so that everyone has local food, farmers are successful, and farmland is in active production.

CFAC aims to be holistic in our approach to solving problems. In considering these program areas as strands of an interconnected web of issues in our food system, our goal is to weave a stronger web that will support a vibrant agricultural future for Montana. Learn more about our work.

Farmland Conservation

To ensure an abundance of locally grown food, CFAC advocates for policies that protect critical agricultural land.

Farmer Support

To ensure that this land is actively used for production, CFAC supports new and early-stage farmers in accessing farmland and launching successful farm businesses through workshops, resources, and collaboration with statewide service providers.

Food Access

To ensure that farming remains a viable and accessible livelihood, CFAC works to increase the overall market share of local food by growing opportunities for all Montanans to purchase local food, including coordinating the Double SNAP Dollars program and farmers market development.

Recent News

  • Double SNAP Stories: Maia Dickerson

  • Farmers Learn Key Management Techniques At Forbidden Fruit Orchard

  • Bikes, Barns, and BBQ

  • Double SNAP Stories: Kati Burton

  • Fourth Wave and Mill Crick Farms Demonstrate Weed Management Tools and Techniques

  • Introducing Mary Ellis, CFAC’s Beginning Farmer and Rancher Program Assistant