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Archive for August, 2009
• Juneau Empire features Sitka Farmers Market Table of the Day Award winners
Posted in Sitka Farmers Market, Sitka Local Foods Network in the news, tagged ANB Hall, Eating Alaska, Ellen Frankenstein, farmers market, fish, food, garden, Gimbal Botanicals, Hope Merritt, Judy Johnstone, Juneau Empire, Sitka, Sitka Farmers Market, Sitka Local Foods Network, Sprucecot Gardens, Table of the Day Award, traditional foods on August 23, 2009 |
Click here to see the photo in Sunday’s Juneau Empire of Sitka Farmers Market (Aug. 15) Table of the Day Award winners Hope Merritt and Judy Johnstone of Gimbal Botanicals and Sprucecot Gardens. Presenting the award is Ellen Frankenstein. Join us for the fourth Sitka Farmers Market of the summer from 10 a.m. to 2 [...]
• Alaska Grown hosts the “Eat Local Challenge 2009″ on Aug. 23-29
Posted in Food choices, Local food in the news, tagged Alaska Grown, ANB Hall, berries, cod, community garden, Eat Local Challenge, encouragement, farmers market, fish, food, garden, halibut, market, potatoes, produce, projects, salmon, Sitka Farmers Market, Sitka Local Foods Network, subsistence, traditional foods on August 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The Alaska Grown program will launch its “Eat Local Challenge 2009″ this week, Sunday through Saturday, Aug. 23-29 (click here to read more). During the next week, Alaska residents are encouraged to: • Try eating at least one home-cooked meal this week, made of mostly local ingredients. • Try to incorporate at least one never-before-used [...]
• Local foods in the news this week
Posted in Local food in the news, tagged berries, blueberries, Capital City Weekly, Dan Bilyeu, farmers market, Fran Durner, garden, Juneau, market, mushrooms, Nikiski, Peninsula Clarion, phytochemicals, potatoes, Talk Dirt To Me, tree planting, tree pruning, USDA Agrucultural Research Service on August 22, 2009 |
Many of Alaska’s newspapers had articles about local foods this week. Here is a sampling of some of the offerings. Click here to read an article called “Beware of wild things in the blueberry patch” from the Capital City Weekly, about slugs, bugs and bears. Click here to read an update on the Second Annual [...]
• Sitka Farmers Market promoted in Ukiah, Calif.
Posted in Sitka Farmers Market, Sitka Local Foods Network in the news, tagged Calif., farmers market, Kerry MacLane, Linda Wilson, Sitka, Sitka Farmers Market, Sitka Local Foods Network, Ukiah, Ukiah Blog Live on August 21, 2009 |
You can find some interesting things surfing the Internet. In July, the Ukiah Blog Live site from Ukiah, Calif., featured a photo of Sitka Farmers Market managers Kerry MacLane and Linda Wilson holding the Sitka Farmers Market sign out in front of ANB Hall. There wasn’t a story about the market, but the picture was [...]
• A reminder to vote for the Sitka Farmers Market in the ‘Love Your Farmers Market’ contest
Posted in Sitka Farmers Market, tagged Care2.com, farmers market, Kerry MacLane, LocalHarvest.org, Love Your Farmers Market contest, market, produce, Sitka, Sitka Farmers Market, Sitka Local Foods Network on August 21, 2009 |
Sitka Farmers Market Calls On Community To Vote For It In The ‘Love Your Farmers Market’ Contest In An Effort To Win $5,000 From Care2.com Prizes to help farmers markets across the country promote fresh, local foods and small family farms SITKA, Alaska, Aug. 21, 2009 — Sitka residents have until Sept. 17 to show [...]
• Herbal medicine workshop to be taught Sept. 4-6 at UAS-Sitka Campus
Posted in education, traditional foods, tagged education, encouragement, herbal medicine, medicinal plants, Native American herbal medicine, oils, salves and ointments, University of Alaska Southeast-Sitka Campus, workshop on August 20, 2009 |
“Native American Herbal Medicines: Going Into The Woods,” a workshop teaching about the harvest, preparation and use of medicinal plants in Southeast Alaska, will take place Friday through Sunday, Sept. 4-6, at the University of Alaska Southeast-Sitka Campus. The emphasis will be on treatment based on Native American and other approaches to acute disorders, with [...]
• Sitka Native Education program to host Jam and Jam on Aug. 28
Posted in education, traditional foods, tagged ANB Hall, berries, education, food, garden, jam, jelly, produce, Sitka, Sitka Native Education Program, subsistence, traditional foods, workshop on August 20, 2009 |
The Sitka Native Education Program will host a Jam and Jam at 5 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 28, at the Alaska Native Brotherhood Hall with the Gajaa Heen Dancers and others. The group will prepare salmonberry and rhubarb/strawberry jam in the Alaska Native Sisterhood kitchen at ANB Hall starting at 5 p.m. Following the class, [...]
• Alaska Division of Forestry hosts tree planting, pruning class Aug. 24
Posted in education, tagged Alaska Community Forest Council, Alaska Division of Forestry, Community Forestry Program, education, encouragement, fruit trees, garden, Sitka, tree planting, tree pruning, U.S. Forest Service, workshop on August 20, 2009 |
Sitka residents are invited to learn how to select the right tree for the right place — and how to plant, maintain and prune it — at an all-day class on Monday, Aug. 24, at Harrigan Centennial Hall. The class is taught by urban forester and arborist Jim Flott. He has 25 years of experience [...]
• Hope Merritt, Judy Johnstone win Table of the Day Award from third Sitka Farmers Market
Posted in Photo galleries, Sitka Farmers Market, tagged ANB Hall, cod, Eating Alaska, Ellen Frankenstein, farmers market, fish, food, garden, Gimbal Botanicals, Hope Merritt, Judy Johnstone, market, music, potatoes, produce, salmon, Sitka, Sitka Farmers Market, Sitka Local Foods Network, Sprucecot Gardens, UAF Cooperative Extension Service on August 18, 2009 |
Hope Merritt and Judy Johnstone of Gimbal Botanicals and Sprucecot Gardens won the “Table of the Day Award” for the third Sitka Farmers Market of the season on Aug. 15. The Sitka Local Foods Network selected the shared table — which featured a variety of fresh produce, herbal teas and ornamental plants — to receive [...]
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