“Eating Alaska,” a film by Sitka filmmaker Ellen Frankenstein about local food and how Alaskans make their food choices, is going international with screenings in Poland, Croatia, Scotland and Canada in the next two months. The film also will be making its PBS premiere with broadcasts on various public television stations around the country during [...]
Archive for August, 2010
• Sitka-based film, ‘Eating Alaska,’ goes international for screenings, national for PBS premieres
Posted in education, Food choices, food security, traditional foods, tagged berries, Canada, carrots, community garden, Croatia, Eating Alaska, education, Ellen Frankenstein, encouragement, Far North Conservation Film Festival, fish, food, Food choices, food security, garden, halibut, market, New York, PBS, Poland, potatoes, produce, public broadcasting, salmon, Scotland, Sitka, subsistence, traditional foods, Valerie Lipinski on August 30, 2010 | Comments Off
• A reminder about Saturday’s Sitka Farmers Market and other items
Posted in Food choices, Local food in Alaska projects and research, Sitka Farmers Market, Sitka Local Foods Network events, tagged Alaska Grown Eat Local Challenge, America's Favorite Farmers Market contest, ANB Hall, berries, carrots, cod, education, encouragement, farmers market, fish, food, food security, garden, halibut, market, potatoes, produce, salmon, Sitka, Sitka Farmers Market, Sitka Local Foods Network, subsistence, traditional foods on August 26, 2010 | Comments Off
Don’t forget, we have a Sitka Farmers Market from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 28, at ANB Hall (235 Katlian St.). We’re getting a little bit later in the summer, so hopefully we’ll have some root vegetables available this week, such as potatoes, carrots and turnips, that weren’t available earlier this summer. [...]
• A Sitka 4-year-old tries her hand at potato sculpture
Posted in Gardens, tagged Erin Rofkar, kids' activities, potato sculpture, potatoes, Sitka, Violet Harrison on August 26, 2010 | Comments Off
After harvesting some potatoes with her mother earlier this week, Sitka 4-year-old Violet Harrison let her creativity flow and she created several potato sculptures. Thanks to Violet’s mother, Erin Rofkar, for sharing these photos of Violet with her sculptures of a scorpion, a moose, a bridge, the sun, a frog and a house with dogs.
• How does your garden grow? Sitka wants to see its best gardens
Posted in Gardens, greenhouse, tagged community garden, community greenhouse, encouragement, flower gardens, food, food production, garden, Sitka, Sitka Local Foods Network on August 23, 2010 | Comments Off
Does your neighbor have an incredible garden? Do you think your own garden looks pretty impressive? Then help the Sitka Local Foods Network find out who grows the best gardens in Sitka. If you know of someone with an impressive garden, take a picture or two and e-mail the photos by Sept. 11 to charleswbingham3@gmail.com. [...]
• Feedback provided during debriefing meeting for inaugural Sitka Seafood Festival
Posted in Fish and game, Food choices, food security, Sitka Seafood Festival, tagged Alicia Peavey, Coast Guard Day, cod, education, encouragement, fish, food, food security, halibut, Harrigan Centennial Hall, NANDA: Acrobaticalist Ninja Action Heroes, salmon, Sitka, Sitka Conservation Society, Sitka Local Foods Network, Sitka Seafood Festival, subsistence, traditional foods, Trampled By Turtles, UAF Cooperative Extension Service on August 23, 2010 | Comments Off
Here is a run-down of the Tuesday, Aug. 17, debriefing meeting for the Sitka Seafood Festival. The following notes were provided by Alicia Peavey, who chaired the steering committee that organized the festival. Thank you to those of you who were able to make the debriefing meeting for SSF. It went fairly well, and we [...]
• Sammee’s Creations wins Table of the Day Award at third Sitka Farmers Market of the summer
Posted in food security, Fundraisers for the Sitka Local Foods Network, Sitka Farmers Market, Sitka Local Foods Network events, tagged Alaska, America's Favorite Farmers Markets contest, American Farmland Trust, ANB Hall, arts and crafts, berries, carrots, cod, education, encouragement, farmers market, fish, food, food security, garden, halibut, Kerry MacLane, Linda Wilson, market, potatoes, produce, salmon, Sammee Falk, Sammee's Creations, Shutterfly, Sitka, Sitka Farmers Market, Sitka Local Foods Network, Table of the Day Award on August 19, 2010 | Comments Off
Sammee Falk of Sammee’s Creations won the Table of the Day award at the third Sitka Farmers Market of the summer on Saturday, Aug. 14, at Alaska Native Brotherhood Hall. The local jewelry maker was presented with a certificate, $25 cash and a farmers market cookbook by Sitka Local Foods Network board president Kerry MacLane [...]
• Sitka Seafood Festival to hold debriefing meeting on Tuesday (Aug. 17)
Posted in education, Fish and game, Food choices, food security, Local food in Alaska projects and research, Sitka Local Foods Network in the news, Sitka Seafood Festival, tagged Alicia Peavey, cod, education, encouragement, fish, food, food security, halibut, New Bayview Restaurant, salmon, Sitka, Sitka Local Foods Network, Sitka Seafood Festival, subsistence, traditional foods, UAF Cooperative Extension Service on August 16, 2010 | Comments Off
Now that the inaugural Sitka Seafood Festival is over, the steering committee will host a debriefing meeting at 7 p.m. on Tuesday night, Aug. 17, at the wine bar at the New Bayview Restaurant. The debriefing session will be informal and shouldn’t last long. People who can’t make it, but have comments, can contact festival [...]
• Alaska Grown, Alaska Center For The Environment team up to host the Eat Local Challenge 2010 on Aug. 22-28
Posted in Food choices, Local food in Alaska projects and research, Local food in the news, Sitka Farmers Market, traditional foods, tagged Alaska Center for the Environment, Alaska Grown, ANB Hall, berries, cod, community garden, Eat Local Challenge, encouragement, farmers market, fish, food, garden, halibut, local food, market, more nutrients, potatoes, produce, projects, salmon, Sitka, Sitka Farmers Market, Sitka Local Foods Network, subsistence, sustainable communities, tastes better, traditional foods on August 13, 2010 | Comments Off
The state’s Alaska Grown program will host its “Eat Local Challenge 2010″ on Sunday through Saturday, Aug. 22-28 (click here to read more). This year, the Alaska Center for the Environment, has joined Alaska Grown as a sponsor as part of the center’s local foods and sustainable communities program. Alaskans have many ways to eat [...]
• Sitka Spud Walk to take place on Thursday (Aug. 12)
Posted in education, Gardens, tagged community garden, education, encouragement, food, food security, garden, Jodie Anderson, potato plant diseases, potato-growing trials, potatoes, produce, Sitka, UAF Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station, UAF Cooperative Extension Service on August 11, 2010 | Comments Off
Jodie Anderson with the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station will host a walking tour of local potato patches on Thursday (Aug. 12). The one-and-a-half-hour walk starts at 4:30 p.m. at the Crescent Harbor Shelter, near the corner of Lincoln Street and Harbor Drive. The tour will visit several of Sitka’s [...]
• Malinda and Karen’s Bakery wins Table of the Day award from second Sitka Farmers Market
Posted in food security, Fundraisers for the Sitka Local Foods Network, Photo galleries, Sitka Farmers Market, Sitka Local Foods Network events, tagged Alaska, America's Favorite Farmers Markets contest, American Farmland Trust, ANB Hall, arts and crafts, berries, carrots, cod, education, encouragement, farmers market, fish, food, food security, garden, halibut, Johanna Willingham, Karen Christner, Malinda and Karen's Bakery, Malinda Bonsen, market, potatoes, produce, salmon, Shutterfly, Sitka, Sitka Farmers Market, Sitka Local Foods Network, Table of the Day Award on August 9, 2010 | Comments Off
Karen Christner and Malinda Bonsen of Malinda and Karen’s Bakery won the Table of the Day award at the second Sitka Farmers Market of the summer on July 31 at Alaska Native Brotherhood Hall. The two local home bakers were presented with a certificate, $25 cash and a farmers market cookbook by Sitka Local Foods [...]
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