Sitka-based Alaskans Own seafood recently announced its subscription prices for its 2012 Community Supported Fisheries (CSF) program in Sitka and Juneau. Alaskans Own was the first CSF program in the state, modeling its program after the successful Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) programs that let customers deal directly with harvesters so they can buy subscription shares [...]
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• Alaskans Own™ community supported fisheries program announces season subscriptions for Sitka and Juneau
Posted in Fish and game, Food choices, food security, Local food in the news, tagged Alaskans Own Seafood, black cod, cod, coho salmon, Community Supported Agriculture (CSA), Community Supported Fisheries (CSF), fish, food security, halibut, Juneau, king salmon, lingcod, market, sablefish, salmon, Sitka, Sitka Farmers Market, subscription, yellow-eye rockfish on April 19, 2012 |
• As you build your garden this spring, don’t forget to Plant A Row For The Hungry
Posted in education, food security, Gardens, greenhouse, Uncategorized, tagged Anchorage Daily News, donated food, education, encouragement, food security, garden, Garden Writers Association Foundation, Garden Writers Association of America, Jeff Lowenfels, Johanna Willingham, Johanna Willingham-Guevin, Kerry MacLane, Linda Wilson, market, Plant A Row For Bean's Café, Plant a Row for the Hungry, produce, Salvation Army, Sitka Farmers Market, Sitka Local Foods Network, Sitka Tribe of Alaska, Sitkans Against Family Violence (SAFV), SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC), St. Peter's Fellowship Farm, U.S. Department of Agriculture, WIC (Women Infants Children) supplemental food program on April 15, 2012 |
(EDITOR’S NOTE: The following article first appeared on this site in April 2010. It is repeated because much of the information remains current and newsworthy.) As you start to plan your garden for this spring and summer, don’t forget to Plant A Row For The Hungry. The Plant A Row For The Hungry program (also [...]
• Food advocate Andrianna Natsoulas to discuss the food sovereignty movement on Sunday, March 18
Posted in Food choices, food security, Local food in the news, tagged Andrianna Natsoulas, berries, carrots, cod, education, encouragement, farmers market, fish, food, food security, food sovereignty, food sovereignty movement, Food Voices, garden, halibut, importance of local food, produce, salmon, Sitka Local Foods Network, subsistence, traditional foods, vegetables on March 12, 2012 |
Food advocate Andrianna Natsoulas will give a free presentation about the food sovereignty movement at 5 p.m. on Sunday, March 18, at the Kettleson Memorial Library in Sitka. Andrianna is a longtime advocate for food and environmental issues. She operates the Food Voices website, which features people from around the world (including Sitka) discussing the [...]
• City and Borough of Sitka issues resolution in support of school meal bills
Posted in education, food security, tagged Cheryl Westover, House Finance Committee, hunger strikes, Kokayi Nosakhere, Nick Moe, Rep. William Stoltze, Resolution supporting school meals, Senate Bill 3, Sitka Assembly on March 6, 2012 |
During its Feb. 14 meeting, the City and Borough of Sitka Assembly passed a resolution in support of SB 3/HB 132, which are bills in the Alaska Legislature that provide funding for school meal programs. The resolution was signed by Mayor Cheryl Westover. The resolution recognizes that good nutrition is a major requirement of the [...]
• 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 |
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., [...]
• 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 [...]
• Sitka Local Foods Network hosts annual meeting and potluck dinner on Saturday, Jan. 21
Posted in 200 fruit trees project, composting, education, fish in school lunches project, Food choices, food security, Gardens, greenhouse, Let's Grow Sitka, 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, traditional foods, tagged Alaska Food Policy Council, berries, community garden, community greenhouse, education, encouragement, farmers market, fish, food, food security, garden, halibut, Kerry MacLane, Let's Grow Sitka, market, produce, projects, salmon, Sitka, Sitka Farmers Market, Sitka Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, St. Peter's Fellowship Farm, subsistence, traditional foods, UAF Cooperative Extension Service, vegetables on January 16, 2012 |
Please join the Sitka Local Foods Network for its annual meeting and potluck dinner at 6 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 21, at the Sitka Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Hall (408 Marine St., parking lot is off Spruce Street). Join us as we honor our four years of existence and prepare for our fifth year. During this [...]
• Rising grocery prices raise food insecurity concerns in Sitka
Posted in education, food security, Sitka Local Foods Network board of directors, tagged Alaska Food Cost Survey, Artigras, berries, Blatchley Community Garden, Charles Bingham, cod, community garden, community greenhouse, Doug Osborne, education, Ellen Frankenstein, encouragement, farmers market, Feeding America 2011, fish, food, food insecurity, food security, garden, Kerry MacLane, Kids Count, Let's Grow Sitka, Lisa Sadleir-Hart, Maybelle Filler, potatoes, produce, Robin Grewe, salmon, Sitka, Sitka Farmers Market, Sitka Local Foods Network, St. Peter's Fellowship Farm, subsistence, traditional foods, vegetables on December 9, 2011 |
(NOTE: The following letter to the editor appeared in the Friday, Dec. 9, 2011, edition of the Daily Sitka Sentinel.) Dear Editor, Many in Sitka are feeling squeezed not only by rising fuel costs, but also by escalating food costs. The September 2011 Alaska Food Cost Survey, conducted by University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension [...]
• Sitka Local Foods Network board of directors to meet on Wednesday, Dec. 7
Posted in education, traditional foods, Local food in Alaska projects and research, food security, Sitka Local Foods Network board of directors, Let's Grow Sitka, Sitka Community Greenhouse and Education Center, Sitka Food Co-Op, composting, 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, 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 December 7, 2011 |
The Sitka Local Foods Network board of directors will hold its monthly meeting from 6:30-8 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 7, at the upstairs offices at the Sitka Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Building, 408 Marine St. Key topics for the meeting include a recap of the recent SLFN board retreat, an update on the Sitka Community Greenhouse [...]
• 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 |
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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