Carrots, kale, lettuce, potatoes and other vegetables will be available for a donation from 2-4 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 3, at St. Peter’s Fellowship Farm (behind St. Peter’s By The Sea Episcopal Church on Lincoln Street). People are encouraged to stick around and help out at the regular Saturday work party at the same time. [...]
Archive for August, 2011
• Work party and veggies available Saturday at St. Peter’s Fellowship Farm
Posted in Gardens, St. Peter's Fellowship Farm, tagged carrots, community garden, food, garden, kale, lettuce, Lisa Sadleir-Hart, potatoes, produce, projects, Sitka, Sitka Local Foods Network, St. Peter's By The Sea Episcopal Church, St. Peter's Fellowship Farm, work party on August 31, 2011 |
• Work crew needed to help build a new potato bed Wednesday at St. Peter’s Fellowship Farm
Posted in Gardens, St. Peter's Fellowship Farm, tagged community garden, food, Laura Schmidt, potato beds, potatoes, Sitka, Sitka Local Foods Network, St. Peter's By The Sea Episcopal Church, St. Peter's Fellowship Farm on August 30, 2011 |
Volunteers are needed to help build a new potato bed from 4:30-6 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 31, at St. Peter’s Fellowship Farm (behind St. Peter’s By The Sea Episcopal Church on Lincoln Street). Lead gardener Laura Schmidt wants the bed in place in preparation for the 2012 growing season. Many hands make light work, so [...]
• SEARHC, UAF Cooperative Extension Service to host ‘Basics of Food Preservation’ classes
Posted in education, Food preservation, tagged Basics of Food Preservation, berries, education, encouragement, fish, food, Food preservation, food security, garden, home canning, Martha Pearson, Preserving Alaska's Bounty, Roxie Dinstel, S'áxt' Hít Mt. Edgecumbe Hospital, salmon, SEARHC, Sitka, subsistence, traditional foods, UAF Cooperative Extension Service, vegetables on August 29, 2011 |
Are you looking for ways to safely put up your grub? Do you have extra salmon or veggies you want to preserve for eating this winter? Two “Basics of Food Preservation” classes will be taught Wednesday, Aug. 31, in Sitka. The first class takes place at noon on Aug. 31 at the SouthEast Alaska Regional [...]
• Make plans for the fourth Sitka Farmers Market of the summer this Saturday (Aug. 27) at ANB Hall
Posted in Fundraisers for the Sitka Local Foods Network, 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, garden, halibut, kids' activities, lettuce, Linda Wilson, market, music, potatoes, produce, salmon, Sitka, Sitka Farmers Market, Sitka Local Foods Network, vegetables on August 26, 2011 |
Be sure to attend the fourth Sitka Farmers Market of the summer, which takes place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 27, at the Alaska Native Brotherhood Hall (235 Katlian St.). This will be the fourth of five full Sitka Farmers Markets this summer, with the schedule running on alternate Saturdays (July [...]
• Root vegetable picking parties on Friday and Saturday, Aug. 26-27, at St. Peter’s Fellowship Farm
Posted in Gardens, Sitka Farmers Market, Sitka Local Foods Network events, St. Peter's Fellowship Farm, tagged ANB Hall, carrots, community garden, education, encouragement, farmers market, food, food security, garden, kids' activities, Laura Schmidt, lettuce, potatoes, produce, Sitka, Sitka Farmers Market, Sitka Local Foods Network, St. Peter's By The Sea Episcopal Church, St. Peter's Fellowship Farm, vegetables on August 26, 2011 |
The Sitka Local Foods Network will host two family friendly harvest of root vegetables at 5 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 26, and at 7:30 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 27, at St. Peter’s Fellowship Farm (behind St. Peter’s By The Sea Episcopal Church on Lincoln Street). The picking parties are to help get root vegetables ready [...]
• Sitka Seafood Festival steering committee to meet Aug. 23 to plan 2012 festival
Posted in Fish and game, Sitka Seafood Festival, traditional foods, tagged Alicia Olson, clams, cod, crab, education, encouragement, fish, food security, halibut, mussels, salmon, scallops, Sitka, Sitka Seafood Festival, subsistence, traditional foods on August 17, 2011 |
The Sitka Seafood Festival will host a planning (or “see if we can make this festival happen again”) meeting at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 23, in the fireplace pit at the Westmark Sitka Hotel (330 Seward St.). The third annual Sitka Seafood Festival is tentatively planned for Aug 3-4, 2012, but there is a [...]
• Sitka Conservation Society hosts a Sitka Salmon Tour for Kids
Posted in Fish and game, fish in school lunches project, food security, Local food in the news, traditional foods, tagged education, encouragement, fish, food, food security, Old Harbor Books, salmon, salmon habitat, Sitka, Sitka Conservation Society, Sitka Salmon Tour for Kids, Sitka Salmon Tours, Sitka Sound Science Center, stream to plate, subsistence, traditional foods on August 17, 2011 |
The Sitka Conservation Society will host a family friendly walking tour of Sitka’s salmon habitat from 5:30-7 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 26, starting at the Sitka Sound Science Center(834 Lincoln St.).The walking tour will explore the magic of salmon from stream to plate. It is similar to the walking tours offered this summer by Sitka [...]
• Celebrate National Farmers Market Week by going to the Sitka Farmers Market on Saturday
Posted in education, Food choices, Fundraisers for the Sitka Local Foods Network, Sitka Farmers Market, Sitka Local Foods Network events, tagged Alaska Farmers Market Association, America's Favorite Farmers Markets, ANB Hall, arts and crafts, berries, carrots, cod, community greenhouse, encouragement, farmers market, fish, food, food security, garden, halibut, kids' activities, lettuce, Linda Wilson, market, music, National Farmers Market Week, potatoes, produce, salmon, Sitka, Sitka Farmers Market, Sitka Local Foods Network, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, UAF Cooperative Extension Service, vegetables, WIC coupons on August 11, 2011 |
Aug. 7-13 is National Farmers Market Week this year, as declared by U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, so celebrate the week by attending the Sitka Farmers Market from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 13, at the Alaska Native Brotherhood Hall (235 Katlian St.). Farmers markets are a great way to connect [...]
• Community Wellness Award nominations needed for Sitka Health Summit
Posted in Awards, Sitka Health Summit, tagged arts and crafts, community greenhouse, Community Wellness Awards, encouragement, farmers market, fish, food, food security, garden, Harrigan Centennial Hall, Kerry MacLane, Linda Wilson, Penny Lehmann, SEARHC, Sitka, Sitka Community Hospital, Sitka Health Summit, Sitka Local Foods Network on August 7, 2011 |
The 2011 Sitka Health Summit is coming up, and nominations for the community wellness awards are being accepted now. These awards highlight people and groups in Sitka who are making our community a healthier place to live. The Sitka Local Foods Network has its roots in the Sitka Health Summit. In 2008, two of the [...]
• KCAW-Raven Radio highlights new walking tour about salmon in Sitka
Posted in Fish and game, Food choices, Local food in Alaska projects and research, Local food in the news, traditional foods, tagged ANB Harbor, education, Emily Bender, fish, food, food security, KCAW-Raven Radio, Nicolaas Mink, salmon, Seafood Producers Cooperative, Sitka, Sitka Conservation Society, Sitka Salmon Tours, traditional foods on August 4, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Recently, KCAW-Raven Radio summer intern Emily Bender produced a story about a new walking tour that teaches tourists and locals about something near and dear to Sitka’s heart — wild salmon. According to the story, Nicolaas Mink, owner and tour guide for Sitka Salmon Tours, leads behind-the-scenes walking tours of the local salmon fishery from [...]
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