(The following is a press release from the University of Alaska Fairbanks news service) The University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service has published a new comprehensive gardening manual. “Sustainable Gardening: The Alaska Master Gardener Manual” was adapted for Alaska from an Oregon State University publication, “Sustainable Gardening: The Oregon-Washington Master Gardener Handbook.” The 490-page [...]
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• UAF Cooperative Extension Service publishes new sustainable gardening manual for Alaska
Posted in Gardens, education, greenhouse, tagged food, education, encouragement, garden, Bob Gorman, UAF Cooperative Extension Service, Alaska News Nightly, Alaska Public Radio Network (APRN), composting, Alaska Master Gardeners, Sustainable Gardening: The Alaska Master Gardener Manual, Sustainable Gardening: The Oregon-Washington Master Gardener Handbook, Oregon State University, Michele Hebert, agriculture, horticulture, soils and fertilizers, berry crops, plant diseases, pesticides, Stephen Brown, Jeff Smeenk, Tom Jahns, Fred Sorensen, Julie Riley, Heidi Rader, Bob Wheeler, Peter Bierman, Jay Moore on September 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
• Sitka Local Foods Network to host board meeting on Monday, Sept. 6
Posted in Fundraisers for the Sitka Local Foods Network, Gardens, Running of the Boots, Sitka Community Greenhouse and Education Center, Sitka Farmers Market, Sitka Local Foods Network board of directors, Sitka Local Foods Network events, St. Peter's Fellowship Farm, education, food security, greenhouse, tagged Sitka Local Foods Network, projects, food, community garden, community greenhouse, Sitka Farmers Market, garden, Sitka, Kerry MacLane, food security, St. Peter's Fellowship Farm, St. Peter's By The Sea Episcopal Church, Running of the Boots, board meeting, Alaska Food Policy Council, Blatchley Community Gardens on September 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Sitka Local Foods Network board of directors will meet at 4:30 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 6 (Labor Day) at the See House behind St. Peter’s By The Sea Episcopal Church. This is the board’s first monthly meeting since June, and the meeting is expected to last until 6 p.m. An agenda is posted below, [...]
• Sitka-based film, ‘Eating Alaska,’ goes international for screenings, national for PBS premieres
Posted in Food choices, education, food security, traditional foods, tagged food, market, community garden, traditional foods, subsistence, fish, produce, berries, education, encouragement, garden, Sitka, salmon, halibut, Eating Alaska, Ellen Frankenstein, Food choices, food security, potatoes, carrots, Poland, Croatia, Scotland, Canada, PBS, public broadcasting, Valerie Lipinski, New York, Far North Conservation Film Festival on August 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
“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 [...]
• Sitka Seafood Festival to hold debriefing meeting on Tuesday (Aug. 17)
Posted in Fish and game, Food choices, Local food in Alaska projects and research, Sitka Local Foods Network in the news, Sitka Seafood Festival, education, food security, tagged Sitka Local Foods Network, food, traditional foods, subsistence, fish, education, encouragement, UAF Cooperative Extension Service, Sitka, salmon, cod, halibut, food security, Sitka Seafood Festival, Alicia Peavey, New Bayview Restaurant on August 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
• Sitka Spud Walk to take place on Thursday (Aug. 12)
Posted in Gardens, education, tagged food, community garden, produce, education, encouragement, garden, UAF Cooperative Extension Service, Sitka, food security, potatoes, UAF Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station, potato plant diseases, potato-growing trials, Jodie Anderson on August 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
• Sitka Seafood Festival steering committee to meet on Monday (July 19)
Posted in Fish and game, Sitka Seafood Festival, education, food security, 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 | Leave a Comment »
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, Gardens, Local food in Alaska projects and research, Local food in the news, education, tagged Sitka Local Foods Network, projects, traditional foods, fish, produce, berries, education, encouragement, garden, Sitka, Haines, salmon, cod, halibut, arts and crafts, potatoes, carrots, jams and jellies, Southeast Alaska State Fair, big veggies, homemade beer and wine, exhibitor's guide, Jeanette Berry, Alaska Marine Lines on July 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
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 Fish and game, education, 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 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
