Distinctly Montana Magazine

Jody Manuel and daughter Talia in his lentil field near Havre Going Latin with Local Foods The Mark Goldhawn family farm near Havre Rick Wolenski from the Montana Wagyu Cattle Company Menu Cocktail & Appetizer Flathead Cherry Margaritas Spinach, Butternut Squash Empanadas with Cilantro Salsa calling card. I asked for two bags of faro, this new crop to farmers in the area as which I planned on using instead of rice. an alternative to fallowing, to reduce the Salad I got in the car and headed back east erosion of the soils and build organic Tri-Colored Pepper Slaw over where Rick Woienski from the Montana matter. Their attempts however, were Butter Lettuce Leaves, Wagyu Cattle Company waited. Taking perceived as "out of the box" for other Rhubarb-Balsamic Vinaigrette the Manhattan-Amsterdam Exit off I-90, I Montana farmers. Being the visionaries reached Spaulding Drive where hundreds that they were, they decided to grow First Course of acres of land open before my eyes The pulse crops, or edible legumes ,during Arepas: Colombian Corn Patties topped with Montana Wagyu Cattle Company is a a time when people were turning into Timeless Beluga Lentil Ragu family-owned and -operated business. more health-conscious food. Second Course One of the key ingredients in the success Today Timeless Food legumes and Wagyu Beef Short Ribs braised of the company is that it offers a product grains are sold throughout the country, in a Tomato-Guiness Reduction that is not a commodity but a specialty as well as in Europe and Malaysia. When Coconut Farro with Drunken Raisins item, which is graded in the top 3% of I asked Dave what was the most imporSmokey Kale beef sold in the United States. tant thing they did as a company, he Like Timeless Foods, everyone in the said, "We think that the most imporDessert company is involved in the process, from tant thing we can do is to be part of a Lavender Flan the rancher, to the processors, to the chefs food community where everyone, from Rick hires as representatives and spokesgrowers, farmers, pickers, to distributers persons for Wagyu beef. The "Made in and marketers take part in this whole Montana" label here is not a marketing tool but a way of life. progressive certified organic effort." What makes these cuts of beef so succulent is the dry agWith that said, he filled a large brown bag with various leing process. The carcass hangs in a room at 34 degrees with gumes forewarning me that the Beluga Lentil was their real w w w. d i s t i n c t lymo nt a na .co m 43

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