Specialty Crop

RiW partners with community organizations and schools to facilitate outreach programs and cultivate educational gardens.

The interactive map on RiW’s website shows school, community, and partner gardens, greenhouses, and farm walls in Sheridan County.

Homemade pickles, preserves, jams, and other canned goods are available at The Brinton Museum in Big Horn and through online orders.

Good Health Market carries microgreens, and goat milk, goat milk kefir, cheeses, and meat chickens are at Cross E Dairy & Beef.

The family owned store sells locally produced foods throughout the year, including produce, honey, canned goods, meats, and other products.

Local residents and groups can rent plots to grow vegetables, herbs, fruits, and pollinators. Gardeners donate some produce to help people in need.

Sagebrush Elementary School’s after-school program includes classes in vegetable, fruit, and herb production utilizing a hydroponic farm wall.

Homemade sauerkraut is available at Cross E Dairy & Beef and through direct sales. The sauerkraut is made using Wyoming-grown cabbage.

The program helps students pursue careers in horticulture, greenhouse and garden management, produce production, and sports turf management.

SCCD offers a variety of trees and shrubs through its seedling tree program and also perennial packages for pollinators.

Specialty-crop-related entries in the Open, 4-H, and FFA categories include fresh produce, baked goods, canned pickles and relishes, and many others.

Members help with school gardens, conduct yard visits to assist homeowners, volunteer at community gardens, and write newspaper columns.