Are you having good luck with this year’s garden and you want to learn how to save seeds for next year’s garden? A basic, beginners seed saving class will be offered free of charge (donations welcome) by James David Sneed at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 3, at Judy Johnstone’s house, 308 Peterson St. Saving [...]
Archive for July, 2011
• Basic seed-saving class for beginners to be held on Aug. 3
Posted in education, Food choices, food security, Gardens, Sitka Local Foods Network events, tagged education, food, food security, garden, James David Sneed, Judy Johnstone, Linda Wilson, produce, saving seeds, vegetables on July 29, 2011 |
• Make plans for the second Sitka Farmers Market of the summer this Saturday (July 30) at ANB Hall
Posted in Fish and game, Food choices, Fundraisers for the Sitka Local Foods Network, Sitka Farmers Market, Sitka Local Foods Network events, tagged ANB Hall, arts and crafts, berries, broccoli, carrots, chard, cod, education, encouragement, farmers market, fish, food, food security, greens, halibut, herbs, kale, kids' activities, lettuce, Linda Wilson, market, potatoes, produce, projects, salmon, Sitka, Sitka Farmers Market, Sitka Local Foods Network, UAF Cooperative Extension Service, vegetables on July 29, 2011 | 1 Comment »
The second Sitka Farmers Market of the summer takes place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, July 30, at the Alaska Native Brotherhood Hall (235 Katlian St.), and this market promises to be bigger than the first one. This will be the second of five full Sitka Farmers Markets this summer, with the [...]
• Don’t forget Saturday is the first Sitka Farmers Market of the summer
Posted in Sitka Farmers Market, Sitka Local Foods Network events, tagged ANB Hall, arts and crafts, berries, carrots, cod, education, encouragement, farmers market, fish, food, food security, halibut, kids' activities, Linda Wilson, market, potatoes, produce, projects, salmon, Sitka, Sitka Farmers Market, Sitka Local Foods Network, vegetables on July 15, 2011 |
The first Sitka Farmers Market of the summer takes place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. this Saturday, July 16, at Alaska Native Brotherhood Hall (235 Katlian St.). This will be the first of five full Sitka Farmers Markets this summer, with the schedule running on alternate Saturdays (July 16, 30, Aug. 13, 27 and [...]
• Sitka photographer Psalm Oines celebrates Lori Adams’ Down-To-Earth U-Pick Garden
Posted in Gardens, Local food in the news, Photo galleries, tagged Down-To-Earth U-Pick Garden, food, garden, Lori Adams, photo gallery, Psalm Oines, Sitka, Sitka Farmers Market on July 6, 2011 |
Sitka photographer Psalm Oines didn’t look far to find her latest subject for a photo essay. Psalm drove a couple of miles down Sawmill Creek Road to the Down-To-Earth U-Pick Garden owned by Lori Adams. Lori’s garden, located at 2103 Sawmill Creek Road, is popular with people looking for fresh veggies before the Sitka Farmers [...]
• Don’t forget to vote for the Sitka Farmers Market in this year’s America’s Favorite Farmers Markets contest
Posted in Fundraisers for the Sitka Local Foods Network, 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 6, 2011 | 2 Comments »
The fourth season for the Sitka Farmers Market doesn’t open until July 16, but you can vote for us now in the third 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 [...]
• ADF&G offers basic hunter education course July 22-23 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, 2011 |
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game is offering a two-day basic hunter education class July 22-23 in Sitka. The class takes place from 6-9 p.m. on Friday, July 22, and from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, July 23, at the Sitka Sportsman’s Association building toward the end of Halibut Point Road (by [...]
• New group working to start a Sitka Food Co-Op
Posted in Food choices, Local food in the news, Sitka Food Co-Op, tagged Ann Betty, Balanced Practice yoga/massage studio, berries, bread, carrots, cod, fish, food, food security, greens, halibut, lettuce, market, potatoes, produce, salmon, Sitka Food Co-Op, vegetables on July 5, 2011 | 1 Comment »
A new group will meet from 3-5 p.m. on Sunday, July 10, at Balanced Practice yoga/massage studio (208-B Lake St.) to discuss the creation of a Sitka Food Co-Op. “We are just getting ready to have our first meeting to gather up those interested in being part of a start-up committee, so our goals and [...]
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