The Sitka Conservation Society and Sitka office of the University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service will host an organizational meeting for a new Sitka 4H club from 6-7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 13, at Room 215 at the University of Alaska Southeast-Sitka Campus. 4H is a national youth development organization that empowers young people [...]
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• Sitka Conservation Society, UAF Cooperative Extension Service host organizational meeting for Sitka 4H club
Posted in education, Food choices, Food preservation, food security, tagged education, food security, projects, Sitka, Sitka 4H club, Sitka Conservation Society, Sitka Local Foods Network, Tracy Gagnon, traditional foods, UAF Cooperative Extension Service on September 12, 2011 | Comments Off
• Sitka Local Foods Network hosts seed-saving workshop on Sept. 11
Posted in education, Food preservation, food security, Sitka Local Foods Network events, tagged carrots, education, encouragement, food security, garden, James David Sneed, lettuce, produce, saving seeds, Sprucecot Gardens, subsistence, vegetables on September 9, 2011 | Comments Off
The Sitka Local Foods Network will host a seed-saving workshop with James David Sneed from 1-3 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 11, at Sprucecot Gardens (308 Peterson). This free workshop will cover basic seed saving concepts and include hands-on practice with peas, radishes, beans, squash and grains. Information will be provided for those interested in saving [...]
• 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 | Comments Off
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 [...]
• Sonja Koukel of the UAF Cooperative Extension Service writes about discovering treasures from the CES catalog
Posted in education, Food preservation, traditional foods, tagged Alaska Native foods, education, encouragement, food, Preserving Alaska's Bounty, publications, Recipes, Sonja Koukel, subsistence, traditional foods, UAF Cooperative Extension Service, vegetables on December 27, 2009 | Comments Off
Discover Treasures from the UAF Cooperative Extension Service By Dr. Sonja Koukel, PhD Health, Home & Family Development Program UAF Cooperative Extension Service, Juneau Office _____ When was the last time you visited the University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service (UAF CES) website? Perhaps it’s been awhile, or perhaps you’ve never taken the time [...]
• Sonja Koukel of the UAF Cooperative Extension Service writes about preserving Alaska wild berries
Posted in education, Food preservation, Recipes, traditional foods, tagged berries, Dr. Sonja Koukel, education, food, jams and jellies, preserves, traditional foods, UAF Cooperative Extension Service, wild berries on November 26, 2009 | Comments Off
Preserving Alaska’s Wild Berries By Dr. Sonja Koukel, PhD Health, Home & Family Development Program UAF Cooperative Extension Service, Juneau Office _____ Is your freezer teeming with berries harvested last season? If so, now is the time to preserve them in jams, jellies, or syrups. As the winter days grow darker and shorter, preserving berries [...]
• Sonja Koukel of the UAF Cooperative Extension Service writes about storing potatoes
Posted in education, Food preservation, Gardens, tagged College of Southern Idaho, education, food, garden, potatoes, root cellars, Sonja Koukel, storing potatoes, UAF Cooperative Extension Service, University of Idaho Cooperative Extension Service on November 5, 2009 | Comments Off
Storing Potatoes By Dr. Sonja Koukel, PhD Health, Home & Family Development Program UAF Cooperative Extension Service, Juneau Office ————— They live. They breathe. And because they’re 80 percent water, potato tubers thrive in humid locations. In moist Southeast Alaska, where are the best spots in your home to store your potatoes? Research by University [...]
• Sonja Koukel of the UAF Cooperative Extension Service writes about home canning crab and shrimp
Posted in education, Fish and game, Food preservation, Local food in the news, traditional foods, tagged Capital City Weekly, crab, Dr. Sonja Koukel, education, encouragement, food, geoducks, home canning, PhD, shrimp, Sitka, Sitka Local Foods Network, subsistence, traditional foods, UAF Cooperative Extension Service on October 3, 2009 | Comments Off
The following column originally appeared in the Sept. 30-Oct. 6, 2009, issue of Capital City Weekly and was made available to the Sitka Local Foods Network site. This column runs monthly. More on Home Canning Seafood: Crab and Shrimp By Dr. Sonja Koukel, PhD Health, Home & Family Development Program UAF Cooperative Extension Service For [...]
• To extend the lives of berries, give them a hot bath
Posted in education, Food preservation, traditional foods, tagged berries, blueberries, education, food, garden, New York Times, strawberries, subsistence, thermotherapy, traditional foods on August 27, 2009 | Comments Off
It happens to all berry fans. You pick a bunch of berries, or buy some in the store, and within a day or two you have mold growing on them. Yuck. Earlier this week, the New York Times ran an article (free registration required to open link) about how to solve this problem. Give the [...]
• UAF Cooperative Extension Service offers online resources for home canners
Posted in education, Food preservation, tagged berries, education, encouragement, fish, food, garden, halibut, produce, salmon, Sitka Local Foods Network, subsistence, traditional foods, UAF Cooperative Extension Service on July 29, 2009 | Comments Off
Did you catch a lot of fish this summer and now you want to can some of them to eat this winter? Do you want to make salmonberry preserves with all those lush, ripe salmonberries you picked this week? The University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service recently launched a series of interactive online demonstrations [...]
• ANSWER Camp prepares for 2009 students
Posted in education, Food preservation, traditional foods, tagged ANSWER Camp, berries, fish, Food preservation, Mt. Edgecumbe High School, salmon, SERRC, Sitka Local Foods Network, Southeast Regional Resource Center, subsistence, traditional foods on July 16, 2009 | Comments Off
Seventh and eighth grade students from all over Alaska will be arriving in Sitka this week for the 12th annual Alaska Native Student Wisdom Enrichment Retreat, commonly known as ANSWER Camp, a 12-day residential program for Alaska Native students sponsored by the Southeast Regional Resource Center (SERRC) out of Juneau. Students at the ANSWER Camp [...]
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