NCAT Demonstration Farm

The National Center for Appropriate Technology’s SIFT – or Small-Scale Intensive Farm Training program – aims to help communities increase their food security by producing their own healthy food.
NCAT’s SIFT is a working, sustainably managed demonstration farm on five acres at our Butte, Montana, headquarters.
This farm is the center of a program that teaches farmers and future farmers, urban food producers, community leaders, and citizens how to produce high-value, nutrient-rich food on small parcels of land. And in Butte’s case, in a challenging climate.
Learn more about SIFT in the resources below.
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				NCAT IT2022-11-10 12:52:052023-12-12 14:45:42SIFT 2021: A Small-Scale Urban Intensive Farm Contributes to a Resilient Food System
				
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				NCAT IT2022-05-13 10:00:012022-09-12 12:20:40Episode 253. How to Conserve Water at an Urban, Mountain Desert Farm
				
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				NCAT IT2022-05-13 10:00:012022-09-12 12:20:40Episode 253. How to Conserve Water at an Urban, Mountain Desert Farm https://attra.ncat.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/sift-2.jpg
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				NCAT IT2021-08-25 10:27:052022-09-12 15:35:09Episode 217. Flexibility in an Unexpected Growing Season
				
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				NCAT IT2021-08-25 10:27:052022-09-12 15:35:09Episode 217. Flexibility in an Unexpected Growing Season https://attra.ncat.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/sift-plants.jpg
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				NCAT IT2020-10-14 11:42:192022-09-22 11:23:45Episode 173. SIFT Farm’s Unusual Year. Part 2
				
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				NCAT IT2020-08-27 07:24:152024-04-03 15:38:03Helping a Neighbor—and helping NCAT, too
				
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				NCAT IT2020-08-19 10:57:522024-02-01 13:57:25Episode 165. SIFT Farm’s Unusual Year
				
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				NCAT IT2020-07-15 13:11:242022-09-12 12:04:01Episode 160. Hydroponic Trials at NCAT’s SIFT Farm
				
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