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What’s is the Farm in the Dell Foundation?

We hear this one a lot, especially from communities like Helena that already have a Farm in the Dell. And the simplest answer is, the Foundation is the organization that builds new Farm in the Dell group homes in communities that don’t currently have one.

That’s not all the Foundation does, but it’s the primary focus. With the need for self-sustaining group homes rising every day, the fact is, every community would benefit from having a Farm in the Dell. The Foundation’s goal is to get every community that benefit.

What’s Grown on the Farms

Each Farm is a bit different. In Kalispell they raise miniature Hereford cattle, which are more docile than their larger cousins, and are prized for their meat. The herd is growing a bit, as the plans are to expand the Herefords to both Butte and Great Falls as those homes become occupied. Helena has the tomatoes, flowering plants, and the petting zoo and pumpkin patch, which is the site of their fall Harvest Festival, one of the biggest events at any of the Farms.

Where are the Farms?

Currently, there are fully-functional Farm in the Dell group homes in Kalispell & Helena, Montana; Saskatoon, Saskatchewan; Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan; and we’re building a new home in Butte, Montana that should be open before Christmas 2011, and another new home in Great Falls, Montana that should be open sometime in early 2012.

Who makes the Salsa?

The Farm in the Dell Helena, which has two green houses dedicated to growing some of the most amazing tomatoes around, has a secret recipe that is used to make their delicious salsa. In fact, it’s such a secret, the Foundation doesn’t even know the recipe!

The goal of every Farm in the Dell is to be self-sufficient, and the tomatoes grown and sold at market, as well as the salsa, are ways that the Farm in the Dell Helena achieves that goal.