The Alaska Food Policy Council recently released its 2012-15 Alaska Food Policy Strategic Plan, which was about a year in development. This spring, the council will work on action-planning on its top five priority strategies: Develop, strengthen and expand the school-based programs and policies that educate about and provide healthy, local foods to schools (e.g., [...]
Archive for February, 2012
• Alaska Food Policy Council releases its 2012-15 strategic plan
Posted in Alaska Food Policy Council, food security, Local food in Alaska projects and research, Local food in the news, tagged 2012-15 Alaska Food Policy Council Strategic Plan, Alaska Food Policy Council, Diane Peck, education, encouragement, farmers market, food, food security, Lisa Sadleir-Hart, projects, SEARHC, Sitka, Sitka Local Foods Network on February 12, 2012 |
• Sitka Maritime Heritage Society to host a presentation on the importance of herring in Southeast Alaska
Posted in education, Fish and game, Local food in Alaska projects and research, traditional foods, tagged education, encouragement, fish, food, Harrigan Centennial Hall, herring, herring eggs, herring reduction plants, sac roe herring, Sitka, Sitka Maritime Heritage Society, subsistence, traditional foods on February 10, 2012 |
Herring is an important food source in Sitka and the rest of Southeast Alaska. Not only are there huge commercial and subsistence harvests of the fish, and it is an important food source for salmon, halibut, whales, sea lions and other animals in the region. The Sitka Maritime Heritage Society will host the presentation “Herring: [...]
• Sitka Local Foods Network seeks market manager for 2012 Sitka Farmers Markets
Posted in Sitka Farmers Market, Sitka Local Foods Network board of directors, tagged ANB Hall, arts and crafts, berries, carrots, Doug Osborne, education, encouragement, farmers market, fish, food, food security, halibut, kids' activities, lettuce, Linda Wilson, market, Maybelle Filler, potatoes, produce, salmon, Sitka, Sitka Farmers Market, Sitka Local Foods Network, vegetables on February 8, 2012 |
The Sitka Local Foods Network Board of Directors is recruiting for a volunteer/contract worker to serve as market manager for the 2012 Sitka Farmers Markets. This is the fifth year of operation for the Sitka Farmers Market, which features six markets from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. every other Saturday from July 7 through Sept. [...]
• Booths and vendors needed for the Let’s Grow Sitka! garden education event in March
Posted in education, Let's Grow Sitka, Sitka Local Foods Network events, tagged ANB Hall, arts and crafts, berries, community garden, community greenhouse, education, encouragement, food, food security, garden, kids' activities, Let's Grow Sitka, Linda Wilson, potatoes, produce, Sitka, Sitka Local Foods Network, St. Peter's Fellowship Farm, subsistence, traditional foods, UAF Cooperative Extension Service, vegetables on February 3, 2012 |
It is time to start planning for the 2012 Let’s Grow Sitka Garden Expo. This year’s event will be from noon to 3 p.m. on Sunday, March 11, at the Alaska Native Brotherhood Hall. Linda Wilson is coordinating the event, and she is looking for anyone interested in participating. Table spaces are FREE. The only [...]
• Sitka Local Foods Network board of directors to meet on Monday, Feb. 6
Posted in composting, education, Fish and game, fish in school lunches project, food security, Gardens, greenhouse, Let's Grow Sitka, Sitka Farmers Market, Sitka Food Co-Op, Sitka Local Foods Network board of directors, Sitka Local Foods Network events, St. Peter's Fellowship Farm, traditional foods, tagged Alaska Food Policy Council, Blatchley Community Garden, community garden, community greenhouse, fish, FISH (Fish In Schools Hooray), food security, garden, getting more locally caught fish served in Sitka schools, Kerry MacLane, Let's Grow Sitka, planting 200 apple trees, Sitka, Sitka Farmers Market, Sitka Food Co-Op, Sitka Fruit Tree Initiative, Sitka Health Summit, Sitka Local Foods Network, Sitka Seafood Festival, Sitka Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, St. Peter's By The Sea Episcopal Church, St. Peter's Fellowship Farm, Unitarian Fellowship Building on February 3, 2012 |
The Sitka Local Foods Network board of directors will hold its monthly meeting from 6:30-8 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 6, at the Sitka Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Building, 408 Marine St. (parking lot is off Spruce Street). Key topics for the meeting include planning for the Let’s Grow Sitka on March 11, a recap of the [...]
• Pacific High School and Sitka Conservation Society partner up to serve local fish in school lunches
Posted in education, fish in school lunches project, Local food in the news, tagged Beth Short-Rhoads, Blatchley Middle School, cod, commercial fishermen, education, encouragement, fish, Fish to Schools, food, halibut, Johanna Willingham, Keet Gooshi Heen Elementary School, Pacific High School, rockfish, salmon, Sarah Ferrency, Sitka Conservation Society, Sitka Health Summit, Sitka School District, Tracy Gagnon, We Love Our Fisherman on February 1, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Pacific High School now serves local seafood in the cafeteria and joins the growing ranks of schools connecting to local foods. Starting Wednesday, Feb. 1, Pacific High students will have a choice of local seafood dishes twice a month due to a partnership with the Sitka Conservation Society. Sitka, Alaska, is the ninth largest fishing [...]
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