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An immersive Montana farm-stay with tours, workshops, food and more. Learn more at orionfarmstead.com

08/22/2026

We have some great new food and locally crafted items in the Farm Market.

Wine caps are tasty and versatile mushroom, cook and eat similar to a button mushroom. Grown right here on Orion using North Spore spawn.

Our chickens are laying regularly, which means more eggs for you.

We now have Wild Wanders crafted goods in the stand. Currently we are carrying their Sun Salve and Orion Hydrosol.

We have some garlic braids left and the bulbs are BIG!

Stop by, grab some good food, and say Hi.

08/19/2026

We spent the afternoon trying our hands at garlic braiding, and it may be our new favorite tradition.

Turns out, weaving local flowers and fresh herbs into these braids isn’t just a beautiful kitchen DIY. It’s a 4,000-year-old blend of art, medicine, protection, and form of preservation with the most fascinating history.

Did you know ancient Olympic athletes ate raw garlic as a pre-workout?! neither did we.

swipe through to see what we learned, and make sure to check out the amazing braids waiting for you in the Orion farm market stand!

08/07/2026

We’ve got signs, fresh eggs, and cold drinks! Our sunflowers are popping too 🌻

Our rural farm markets are critical community lifelines, cutting out corporate supply chains to bring fresh, nutrient-dense food straight to your table.

Unlike grocery store produce that is picked green and shipped thousands of miles, our harvests mature under the sun for peak vitamins and flavor. By bypassing wholesale channels, your support keeps 100% of the financial value directly in the local economy, helping multi-generational farms thrive and protecting our agricultural landscapes from suburban development.

🚜🌾In isolated or underserved areas, these roadside stands also bridge the gap in food security by acting as accessible hubs for fresh, heirloom varieties you won’t find anywhere else.

They offer radical transparency, letting you connect directly with the growers to know exactly how your food was raised.

More than just a place to buy groceries, the farm stand is a community gathering space built on trust and a shared pride in local land stewardship.

Pull over, support local, and taste the difference! 🐓 ☀️

07/29/2026

Love Garlic and braiding?

We are hosting a Garlic Braiding Workshop at Orion Farmstead!

Join us:
August 9th
from 10a-12p
at Orion Farmstead

$35 gets you all of the garlic braiding supplies (grown right here on Orion!) and lunch!

Please RSVP through the link in our Bio 🔗

07/23/2026

We are excited to announce ORION FARM MARKET & NURSERY!

This building and our nursery is a labor of love and we are happy to say it’s open to the public.

We have stocked our shelves with local MT vendors, ranging from chicken, pork, eggs, and beef to seasonally grown produce. We also have fresh mozzarella cheese, honey, kombucha, and ice cream!

The nursery is stocked with fruit and nut trees. Decorate your back yard with your own fruit garden.
We have multiple varieties of apple, pear, cherry, apricot, and walnuts.

Interested in eating more seasonally?

We will also be stocking the Orion Farm Market with seasonal vegetables and fungi grown on Orion Farmstead.

The Farm Market is located on Orion farmstead:

40740 MT-200
Ovando, MT

Stop by any day from
8am-8pm
And support rural MT access to farm fresh foods!

07/17/2026

Hey MONTANA peoples 📣

Orion will be in MISSOULA
Sat. July 18th
at the Missoula Farmers’ Market- the ###Xs on Higgins
From 8a-12:30p!!

We will have multiple trees with us and a whole lot of information on what we have been up to on Orion Farmstead!

If you’re interested in starting your own fruit tree garden, we have some wonderful options for you:

Apples
Apricots
Cherries
Pears
And even walnut trees

Stop by and say hi, see you all tomorrow!

06/24/2026

We are so excited for THIS COMING WEEKENDS Festival!

We have partnered with Montana Herbal Festival, we will be hosting the 4th annual Festival at Orion!

We have 3 outdoor classroom spaces (don’t worry we have plans for potential weather changes), a welcome and vendor space, a 6 foot bonfire, river access, catered lunch, camping opportunities, and not to mention the amazing line up of teachers and classes!

We have raffle items and a special vendor opportunity- if you are a participant in this year’s festival you can set up a booth or simply vend from a basket at the festival!

Check out the vendor information on the Montana Herbal Festival’s website.

Orion’s Farmstand is up and ready to go- grab some local goodies in between classes.

Please think about the weather and bring what you need, we recommend a blanket or camp chair to enjoy the scenery, comfortable walking shoes, and cash to support your vendors and grab a raffle ticket!

Forgot something important at home, no problem we are just minutes away from the town of Ovando! Missed your chance for a catered meal ticket? That’s okay too, bring a sack lunch or grab a meal from a restaurant in Ovando.

Our Last chance tickets are open through tomorrow, June 25th until Midnight.

Go to Mtherbalfest.org to get yours, see you there!

06/23/2026

We had a great turn out last weekend with our Big on Biochar hands on class here at Orion Farmstead!

A big thank you to Kelpie Wilson and David Atkins for teaching about the best methods for making Biochar.

It’s not magic, it’s Biochar!

Biochar is a porous charcoal made by heating organic matter in low oxygen environments. BUT it’s so much more than that- Biochar is used as a soil amendment, reduces emissions like methane, improves soil aeration and increases water retention, is an environmental mitigation tool, and really so much more!

We loved hosting Big on Biochar and thank all those who participated!

Address

40740 MT Highway 200
Ovando, MT
59854

Telephone

+14068808996

Website

http://orionfarmstead.com/

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