Feast in the Field- featuring Tim Fain Live at the Farm!

Join us on the Farm for a magical evening with the musical genius of Tim Fain Live! Enjoy our all Montana grown picnic dinner, donate to and bid on items in our unique Re-Purpose Silent Auction, engage with our Youth Farm Intern on a Farm Tour, and more.

A unique Fundraiser to support Cultivating Connections Montana and our youth programming.

Join Cultivating Connections Montana (CCMT) and Tim Fain for a fantastic evening on the Farm! Have fun and support our efforts to engage youth in agriculture and cooking to help expand local food production & food access, share knowledge, and put our mission of 'Building Community through Food' into action.

*Treat your ears and heart to the creative genius of Tim Fain, world renowned Violinist and Composer, with special guest Jayne Bauer.

*Enjoy our all Montana Buffet Dinner, as well as scrumptious desserts.

*Contribute to and bid on the Re-Purpose Silent Auction.

*Local Beer and Regional Wines by Donation.

*50/50 Raffle and other fun-raising.

*Explore the Farm and enjoy the beautiful oasis in the height of its summer brilliance- meet the animals, admire the vegetables and flowers, and learn about and experience local food and agriculture in action.

*Hear from our Youth Farm and Food Interns and be inspired to support Cultivating Connections Montana!

*Bring your checkbook to help us Build Community Through Food!

*Deutsche Stammtisch um 17:45!

Silent Auction!! RE-Cycle, RE-Use, RE-Gift: Bring your gently used treasures that you just don't use anymore. Share yours and Bid on theirs!

Ideas: Those lovely earrings your sister sent you from Bali, that painting that is in the closet, the name-brand jacket you never actually wear, that specialty kitchen tool that is gathering dust, the pretty pottery bowl, the quilt, the garden tool, the birdfeeder, the houseplant, or the game or toy that are well kept but just need a new home ... bring them all along for the Silent Auction and help support our good works.

Bring your Silent Auction items along with you on Saturday the 12th, or drop off in advance at the FarmStand - If you cannot attend the show but wish to donate items for the Silent Auction, please drop them off at the FarmStand and everyone will enjoy!

Important Information:

Parking - Parking is at Canyon View Church, just South of the farm. Thank you Canyon View Church for sharing your parking lot! Park at the church and walk about 100 yards to the Farm entrance. Mobility-impaired parking is available at the Farm or you can drop-off and then park.

Casual Attire - Please wear closed toed shoes! We recommend light-weight, long pants, too. High Heels are strongly discouraged and won't be any fun.

Seating - It's picnic-style seating for the buffet dinner and for the Tim Fain performance in and around the party tent. Bring your own blanket or lawn chair, sun hat, shades, and whatever else you need to be comfortable on the meadow.

No Dogs, please.

Timing - Doors open at 5:30PM. Buffet Dinner starts at 6:30PM. Tim Fain performs live at 7:30PM! Silent Auction closes 15 minutes after the end of Tim's performance.

Being Aware - Our working farm has weeds and thistles, uneven ground, sun and wind exposure, open water, insects, and all the other things that live in a wild place or on a working farm. Please dress accordingly so that you have the most fun possible. All guests & participants take responsibility for themselves while attending this event and agree to hold CCMT and Homestead Organics Farm harmless of any liability. thanks-

Why Support Cultivating Connections MT?

Cultivating Connections Montana’s work is about ‘Building Community through Food’. Acting as a catalyst, our goal is to empower youth, grow food & share knowledge, foster well-being, provide mentorship & job training, and bring people together through education, participation, and celebration. In a world where there is so much to disagree about, food is something we can all agree on, and it’s a place to start a new conversation.

We say ‘Change Your Food, Change the World.’

*We offer paid, hands-on engaged learning internships for teens in organic farming, cooking, and serving the community.

*We sell produce By-Donation at Farmers' Markets, helping to get Montana foods to people of all income levels. In our Commercial Kitchen, teen interns and staff work together to produce salads and soups for donation to the Food Bank. In addition, they produce other ready-to-eat foods using and featuring Montana-grown ingredients, to sell at our Farmstand, Farmers' Markets, and for donation.

*Our unique ‘MAYDAY! Gardens’ program, now in its sixth season, has gotten nearly 1,000,000 free vegetable seedlings into gardens and yards around western Montana. Using Montana-grown seeds, MAYDAY! Gardens offers opportunities for school kids and community members to participate in the seeding and care of the plants. It's MAYDAY! Gardens, as in MAYDAY! MAYDAY! We all need to grow food!

*We host over 500 local school kids each spring and fall as well as multiple different homeschool groups where Farmers Laura and Henry share their ‘Tour-Taste-and Task’ format for Farm visits and tours.

*CCMT acts as a model for Montana Agritourism by using our Farm-Classroom to engage and educate.

*Special Abilities Camp is our day camp designed especially for kids with special needs. We pair our teen interns with special-needs kids and teens for an afternoon of adventure on the farm - petting animals, boating on the pond, visiting plants, games, snacks, and time to just be. Special Abilities Camp is a collaboration between HEARTism and CCMT and 2025 is our 13th year of Special Abilities Camp on the farm.

*CCMT engages the broader community through events such as Farm Fun Day, Feast in the Field, Brunch and Yoga, Harvest Fest, Volunteer Day Thursdays, Earth Day Volunteering and more.

*CCMT runs a FarmStand that is stocked with our own produce and products as well as a growing variety of Montana ingredients & food products, an apothecary of self-care products, seeds, and more. The FarmStand features about 4 products from each producer, allowing for a fun variety of Montana goods. All profits from sales directly support the CCMT general operating budget as we work to create a long-term financial backbone for the organization.

*In 2023, we built a Learning and Sensory Garden that invites people of all abilities and ages to smell, taste, touch, and experience.

*In Spring of 2024, we purchased and erected a new events tent that provides us with nearly 2000 square feet of shade with unobstructed views of the very middle of the farm and all that’s going on there.

*In March of 2024, we introduced our new Heritage Skills Workshop Series. We have over 30 workshops scheduled for this year from Sourdough Baking to Vermicomposting, Willow Basketry to Backyard Chicken or Pig Butchering, Soap Making to Canning, Old German Easter Eggs and Straw Stars, Seed Saving, Plant Identification, Fermenting, and more! Keep your eye on our Events Calendar for scheduling and tickets!

Cultivating Connections invites YOU to get involved and participate in community, food, and farming! Change Your Food, Change the World!

The Cultivating Connections Montana (CCMT) Farm-Classroom is located at Homestead Organics Farm, which was started in 1999 by Laura Garber. It began as an experiment in Organic food growing and over time, the farm has developed a strong educational focus and began hosting workshops, classes, and youth programming. CCMT was born to house these programs as we have shifted away from a transactional model into a relational one: One that prioritizes creating a space for everyone to learn, grow, and share.

Our good works need your financial support to continue our outreach and giveback to our community!

Please help us reach our Summer

Fun-raising goal of $50,000!