Helena business invests in regenerative ag [Video]

HELENA — One Helena small business is making sure its products are just as healthy for the environment as they are for the consumer.

According to the Natural Resources Defense Council, it is an idea called regenerative agriculture, “meant to restore soil and ecosystem health, address inequity, and leave our land, waters, and climate in better shape for future generations.”

“I don’t think I went into it thinking, ‘We are going to start a small business.’ It kind of just ended up happening,” said Molly Moore.

After returning home to Helena in 2020, she and her husband, Jon, started adding animals to their property.

But within the last year, they fully committed to launching their small business, Hoof&Paw Farm.

Molly said, “People have kind of forgotten where their food comes from, where the materials for their clothing come from. That’s been really important for us, that education piece of where …