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CSKT expands food sovereignty: gardens, elder soup program and planned USDA meat-processing facility
Summary
Jordan Thompson described CSKT’s food sovereignty efforts — a food sovereignty center at the former Kicking Horse Job Corps site, a community garden network, partnerships with Western Montana Growers Co-op, an elder soup program delivering 200+ meals twice weekly, and a USDA-certified meat processing facility planned near Ronan aimed for spring 2026.
Jordan Thompson, acting tribal executive officer for the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, told Missoula County hosts that CSKT is rebuilding local food systems after decades of reliance on outside food sources. Thompson said more than 90 percent of food consumed by many tribal families comes from outside the reservation and that the tribe has used COVID-era funding to support food-security programming.
Thompson described a…
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