Dozens of community leaders and policymakers put on their walking shoes and toured Missoula Valley farms Sunday to learn firsthand about the challenges of agriculture in the 21st-century and to hear concerns about sustaining a strong local food system.
Organized by the Community Food and Agriculture Coalition, the tour showcased four farms on the fringe of Missoula and sparked a day of intense discussion about how to safeguard the valley’s agricultural lands.
By BETSY COHEN of the Missoulian
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