One of the prime springtime activities around Sitka is for people to gather seaweed, either for subsistence/traditional food purposes or to use it to fertilize local gardens. Seaweed is loaded with lots of healthy vitamins and minerals so it’s eaten by many in Sitka, and it also makes great fertilizer for the garden. But this [...]
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• Easing concerns about possible radiation in gathered seaweed this year
Posted in education, Gardens, Local food in the news, traditional foods, tagged education, effects of radiation on wild foods, encouragement, food, Fukushima Dai-ichi, garden, Japan tsunami, radiation, seaweed, seaweed gathering, seaweed testing, Sitka, Sitka Local Foods Network, soil testing, subsistence, traditional foods on March 23, 2012 | 1 Comment »
• Lori Adams gets the scoop on dirt in her Daily Sitka Sentinel garden column
Posted in education, Gardens, Local food in the news, tagged amending soil, building garden beds, Daily Sitka Sentinel, Down-To-Earth U-Pick Garden, education, encouragement, food, garden, garden column, Lori Adams, raised garden beds, Sitka on March 17, 2012 | 1 Comment »
(Lori Adams, who owns Down-To-Earth U-Pick Garden and is a frequent vendor at the Sitka Farmers Market, will be writing a regular garden column in the Daily Sitka Sentinel this summer. The Sentinel is allowing us to reprint the columns on this site after they first appear in the newspaper. This column appeared on Page [...]
• Lori Adams discusses building raised garden beds in her Daily Sitka Sentinel gardening column
Posted in education, Gardens, Local food in the news, tagged building garden beds, Daily Sitka Sentinel, Down-To-Earth U-Pick Garden, education, encouragement, food, garden, garden column, Lori Adams, raised garden beds, Sitka on March 12, 2012 |
(Lori Adams, who owns Down-To-Earth U-Pick Garden and is a frequent vendor at the Sitka Farmers Market, will be writing a regular garden column in the Daily Sitka Sentinel this summer. The Sentinel is allowing us to reprint the columns on this site after they first appear in the newspaper. This column appeared on Page [...]
• Lori Adams debuts new ‘Gardening in Sitka’ column in the Daily Sitka Sentinel
Posted in education, Gardens, Local food in the news, tagged choosing a site, Daily Sitka Sentinel, Down-To-Earth U-Pick Garden, education, encouragement, food, garden, garden column, Lori Adams, Sitka on March 5, 2012 |
(Lori Adams, who owns Down-To-Earth U-Pick Garden and is a frequent vendor at the Sitka Farmers Market, will be writing a regular garden column in the Daily Sitka Sentinel this summer. The Sentinel is allowing us to reprint the columns on this site after they first appear in the newspaper. Her first column appeared on [...]
• 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 [...]
• Potato dig and vegetable picking parties on Friday and Saturday, Sept. 9-10, 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, Running of the Boots, Sitka, Sitka Farmers Market, Sitka Local Foods Network, St. Peter's By The Sea Episcopal Church, St. Peter's Fellowship Farm, vegetables on September 8, 2011 |
The Sitka Local Foods Network will host two family friendly harvests of root vegetables at 4 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 9, and at 7:30 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 10, 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 [...]
• 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 |
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. [...]
• 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 [...]
• 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 [...]
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