The Sitka Local Foods Network will host the second Sitka Farmers Market of the 2010 summer from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, July 31, at Alaska Native Brotherhood Hall (235 Katlian St.). This is the second of this summer’s five big markets that started on July 17 and take place on alternate Saturdays [...]
Archive for July, 2010
• Second Sitka Farmers Market of the summer takes place this Saturday (July 31) at ANB Hall
Posted in food security, Fundraisers for the Sitka Local Foods Network, Sitka Farmers Market, Sitka Local Foods Network events, tagged American Farmland Trust, ANB Hall, arts and crafts, berries, carrots, cod, cooking demonstrations, education, encouragement, farmers market, fish, food security, garden, halibut, HomeGrown Market of Fairbanks, jams and jellies, Linda Wilson, local fruits and vegetables, market, potatoes, produce, projects, salmon, Sitka, Sitka Farmers Market, Sitka Local Foods Network, traditional foods, wild local seafood on July 29, 2010 | Comments Off
• Sitka Seafood Festival adds cruise to Medvejie Hatchery for a tour and salmon bake to its list of events
Posted in Fish and game, food security, Sitka Seafood Festival, traditional foods, tagged Anchorage, art and logo contest, beer tasting and smoked salmon contest, cod, Crescent Harbor shelter, education, encouragement, fish, food security, halibut, Harrigan Centennial Hall, Jeff Budd, Medvejie Hatchery, Molly Andrews, music, NANDA: Acrobaticalist Ninja Action Heroes, NSRAA (Northern Southeast Regional Aquaculture Association), Orso Ristorante, Robert Kinneen, salmon, Sitka, Sitka Conservation Society, Sitka Seafood Festival, subsistence, traditional foods, Trampled By Turtles, Westmark Sitka on July 29, 2010 | Comments Off
On Saturday, Aug. 7, the Sitka Conservation Society is offering a Tongass summer boat cruise as part of the Sitka Seafood Festival. This boat trip will be traveling to Medvejie Hatchery for a tour of the hatchery and a salmon bake provided by the Northern Southeast Regional Aquaculture Association (NSRAA). The trip will depart at [...]
• Sitka Seafood Festival steering committee to meet Monday night (July 26)
Posted in Fish and game, Food choices, Sitka Seafood Festival, traditional foods, tagged Anchorage, art and logo contest, beer tasting and smoked salmon contest, cod, Crescent Harbor shelter, education, encouragement, fish, food security, halibut, Harrigan Centennial Hall, Jeff Budd, Molly Andrews, music, NANDA: Acrobaticalist Ninja Action Heroes, Orso Ristorante, Robert Kinneen, salmon, Sitka, Sitka Seafood Festival, subsistence, traditional foods, Trampled By Turtles, Westmark Sitka on July 26, 2010 | Comments Off
The Sitka Seafood Festival steering committee will meet at 7 p.m. on Monday night, July 26, at Harrigan Centennial Hall. Pizza and drinks will be supplied. There will be a quick meeting at 6 p.m. at Harrigan Centennial Hall for those people willing to volunteer to help serve or in the kitchen during the Friday, [...]
• Lori Adams of Down To Earth U-Pick Garden wins Table of the Day at first Sitka Farmers Market
Posted in Fundraisers for the Sitka Local Foods Network, Photo galleries, Sitka Farmers Market, Sitka Local Foods Network events, Sitka Local Foods Network in the news, tagged Alaska, America's Favorite Farmers Markets contest, American Farmland Trust, ANB Hall, arts and crafts, berries, carrots, cod, Down To Earth u-pick gardens, education, encouragement, farmers market, fish, food, food security, garden, halibut, KCAW-Raven Radio, Kerry MacLane, Lori Adams, market, potatoes, produce, salmon, Shutterfly, Sitka, Sitka Farmers Market, Sitka Local Foods Network, Table of the Day Award on July 22, 2010 | Comments Off
Lori Adams of Down To Earth U-Pick Garden received the Table of the Day Award from the first Sitka Farmers Market of the 2010 summer season July 17 at Alaska Native Brotherhood Hall. Adams, who has had booths in the Sitka Farmers Market for three years, grows vegetables, flowers, berries and herbs at her garden, [...]
• Sitka Seafood Festival steering committee to meet on Monday (July 19)
Posted in education, Fish and game, food security, Sitka Seafood Festival, traditional foods, tagged Anchorage, art and logo contest, beer tasting and smoked salmon contest, cod, Crescent Harbor shelter, education, encouragement, fish, food security, halibut, Harrigan Centennial Hall, Jeff Budd, Molly Andrews, music, NANDA: Acrobaticalist Ninja Action Heroes, Orso Ristorante, Robert Kinneen, salmon, Sitka, Sitka Seafood Festival, subsistence, traditional foods, Trampled By Turtles, Westmark Sitka on July 18, 2010 | Comments Off
The Sitka Seafood Festival steering committee will meet at 7 p.m. on Monday, July 19, at Harrigan Centennial Hall to solidify plans and other arrangements for the first-year event. The inaugural Sitka Seafood Festival takes place on Aug. 6-7 at the Crescent Harbor shelter, Harrigan Centennial Hall and other parts of Sitka. A tentative schedule [...]
• Deadline nears for getting food and other entries to the Southeast Alaska State Fair in Haines
Posted in Awards, education, Gardens, Local food in Alaska projects and research, Local food in the news, tagged Alaska Marine Lines, arts and crafts, berries, big veggies, carrots, cod, education, encouragement, exhibitor's guide, fish, garden, Haines, halibut, homemade beer and wine, jams and jellies, Jeanette Berry, potatoes, produce, projects, salmon, Sitka, Sitka Local Foods Network, Southeast Alaska State Fair, traditional foods on July 6, 2010 | Comments Off
The deadline for getting your local entries ready for the Southeast Alaska State Fair is this week if you want to take advantage of free shipping from Sitka. Jeanette Berry, the Sitka town representative for the fair, needs to have all non-perishable entries packed and delivered to the Alaska Marine Lines office in Sitka by [...]
• ADF&G offers basic hunter education course this weekend in Sitka
Posted in education, Fish and game, tagged Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Basic Hunter Education, bear, deer, education, encouragement, food, game meat, goat, hunter safety, hunting, moose, safe rifle use, sheep, Sitka ADF&G office, Sitka Local Foods Network, subsistence, traditional foods, workshop on July 6, 2010 | Comments Off
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game is offering a two-day basic hunter education class this weekend in Sitka. The class takes place from 6-9 p.m. on Friday, July 9, and from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, July 10. To register, students must purchase a $10 study packet that is available at the [...]
• Don’t forget to vote for the Sitka Farmers Market in this year’s America’s Favorite Farmers Markets contest
Posted in Sitka Farmers Market, Sitka Local Foods Network events, tagged America's Favorite Farmers Markets contest, American Farmland Trust, ANB Hall, arts and crafts, berries, carrots, cod, community garden, community greenhouse, education, encouragement, farmers market, fish, food, food security, garden, halibut, kids' activities, Linda Wilson, market, music, potatoes, produce, projects, salmon, Sitka, Sitka Farmers Market, Sitka Local Foods Network, St. Peter's Fellowship Farm on July 1, 2010 | Comments Off
The third season for the Sitka Farmers Market doesn’t open until July 17, but you can vote for us now in the second annual America’s Favorite Farmers Markets contest. The contest is sponsored by the American Farmland Trust, a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving America’s agricultural resources. To vote, click here and then search for [...]

