University of Montana “Food, Agriculture, and Environment” class

Back in June a group of University of Montana graduate students visited us at the Moe Ranch and Cream of the West. One beautiful rainy evening, the fields refreshingly green, the skies dark and gray, we were treated to yummy, natural ranch-raised beef burgers at Richard and Alicia’s. Blessed with great company, we visited the night [...]

Green Barn Organics ready to roll…

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At Cream of the West we have officially introduced our new line of organic flours and grains. We begin our foray by offering our line to natural foods stores in Montana…so kudos to the Good Earth Market in Billings for being our very first GBO customer!

Mission Statement!

greenBarn organics (GBO) is the brainchild of Richard, Alicia, Steve [...]

Rainy June morning

Rainy, snowy June morning

We woke up to this beautiful view yesterday morning after 1 1/2″ of rain the night before!

Things are happening at Cream of the West today…we have a group of graduate students from the University of Montana visiting. They’re on an eight day adventure, touring central and eastern Montana studying a diverse group [...]

In Flanders Fields

In tribute to our fallen soldiers on this Memorial Day,
we reprint the John McCrae poem…

WWI: In Flanders Fields
John McCrae (1872-1918)

In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset [...]

Coming Soon!

Cream of the West has received approval to handle organic products! We’ll soon be offering a wide variety of healthful, Montana grown grains and flours. Keep watch here for news and our June unveiling! In other exciting news, we are rejuvenating the look of one of our most popular products. Stay tuned for the particulars!

Recently, Alicia [...]