The Work Before the Warmth

Abby Knobel

In many places, April is a month of first blooms and warmer days. However, in Bozeman, April can mean another month of winter, a few weeks of melted snow and thick mud, or, if we’re lucky, the beginning of spring. Every year seems to bring a…

Local Resources for Bozeman Gardeners

Josi Hinds

As the weather gets warmer and the buds start to appear, everyone from birds to Bozemanites recognizes it’s time to plan for more sunshine. For many people in the valley, that means browsing for seeds, designing garden beds and tilling soil for…

Bozeman v. Plastic: A Landslide Vote On Bags Signals A Growing Reckoning Over Plastic’s Risks To Human Health

Maybe you saw them. In the summer of 2024—the year before last—volunteers collected signatures on sidewalks and in parking lots across Bozeman. It was hot (except when it wasn’t), windy (except when it wasn’t), and very…

Bozeman’s Bumper Crops: Local Produce and 3 Fiddles Farm

Topher Sedlak

Before the Second World War, Montana produced 77% of its food. This was apples and onions, honey and butter, poultry and pork, dried beans and salad greens, not just the beef, wheat, barley, and cherries well-known today. Our valley was famous for…