The Agritourism Panel will be a new featured event for Celebrate At 2024. Read about our panelists below, and join us Thursday, Nov. 7 at 3:30 p.m. in the Strand Union Building Room 235!

About the Panelists

Tana Canen - Mahlstedt Ranch in Glendive, MT

Tana

Tana Canen is the woman behind the Quarter Horses of Mahlstedt Ranch and the drive behind the tourism aspect of the family ranch known as Montana Moments. She and her husband, Ross, live in Glendive, MT and make the routine commute to the ranch in western Dawson County where they ranch with Tana's parents and three daughters. Priorities for Tana are God, family, and the ranch. She sees herself as an AGvocate for production agriculture She speaks to groups about incorporating tourism into ag operations and is available for consulting. In 2023 she was included in the Wall Street Journal, Q2 TV News, and a member of the Montana delegation to Spain & Germany promoting Montana Quarter Horse genetics. Tana is a member of Glendive Community Bible Church, leader of the church Women's ministry, a member of the Montana Agritourism Fellows group, Vice President of Montana Agri-Women, a member of MT Farm Bureau and AQHA, a 4-H leader, and a research associate for the Institute of Tourism & Recreation Research.

Tamara Robertson - Wandering Acres in Forsyth, MT

Tamara

As an entrepreneur and 4th generation farm and rancher from Eastern Montana, Tamara offers her community a new way to enjoy fresh, locally grown, cut flowers. After implementing a farm structure that allows her to work closer to home and accommodates her busy life as a wife and mother of three, she realized the potential flower farming offers and is now providing seasonal fresh cut flowers in the form of bouquet subscriptions, wedding florals, and special event arrangements to multiple counties in Eastern Montana. She looks to add hands on events that will support her community and Montana’s growing tourism population. As a woman in a rural and agricultural setting, Tamara is working to give others the tools and education needed to secure their future and dig deeper roots. That’s why she created Ag Talk Coffee, a platform for empowering women nationwide in rural and ag businesses through ethically sourced coffees and products.

Rayner Smith - Bodhi Farms in Bozeman, MT

Rayner

Bodhi Farms is a boutique eco resort featuring 9 luxe glamping tipis, a wild game farm to tablerestaurant and permaculture farm nestled against the Gallatin Mountains along Cottonwood Creek just south of Downtown Bozeman, Montana. Through the summer and fall seasons on the farm, you’ll find activities that include open air nordic tipi yoga, farming activities, a Creekside massage tipi as well as a wood fired sauna and guided onsite and offsite fly fishing excursions.  Through the winter months, we offer dining in our authentic nordic tipi restaurant as well as sauna, massages and holiday sleigh rides. Our goal is to provide a location for people to experience the beauty of Montana in a sustainable and authentic way.  Come hang out with us in the beautiful outdoors. Come to eat & drink, come to celebrate, come to relax and be well.

Click here to learn more about the Montana Agritourism Fellows Program!