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Dane Regan, left, FVCC farm manager, and Gray Isom, a student in the soil nutrients management program, mulch with organic wheat straw onto recently-planted garlic on Tuesday, Oct. 15. The straw acts as an insulator and helps to keep the garlic from pushing out of the ground as top layers of soil repeatedly freeze and thaw. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)

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FVCC Campus Farm shares bounty with Flathead Food Bank
October 22, 2019 4 a.m.

FVCC Campus Farm shares bounty with Flathead Food Bank

This summer, the Flathead Valley Community College campus farm donated more than a ton — 2,200 pounds to be exact — of produce to the Flathead Food Bank, providing much-needed fresh vegetables to thousands of local individuals and families in need.