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., [...]
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• 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 board of directors to meet on Monday, Jan. 9
Posted in composting, education, Fundraisers for the Sitka Local Foods Network, Let's Grow Sitka, Local food in Alaska projects and research, Sitka Community Greenhouse and Education Center, Sitka Farmers Market, Sitka Food Co-Op, Sitka Local Foods Network board of directors, St. Peter's Fellowship Farm, 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 January 5, 2012 |
The Sitka Local Foods Network board of directors will hold its monthly meeting from 6:30-8 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 9, 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 Jan. 21 Sitka Local Foods Network annual meeting, a recap [...]
• Alaska chef Robert Kinneen creates webinar series about cooking with traditional foods
Posted in education, Local food in Alaska projects and research, traditional foods, tagged Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC), Aleut, berries, cod, Desirée Simeon, Dr. Gary Ferguson, education, encouragement, fish, Fresh 49 project, Haida, halibut, Petersburg, projects, Renae Mathson, Robert Kinneen, rockfish, salmon, Sitka, Sitka Local Foods Network, Sitka Seafood Festival, SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC), Store Outside Your Door, subsistence, Tlingít, traditional foods, venison on January 5, 2012 |
Local food from Sitka is featured prominently in the new Fresh49.com webisode series about using traditional foods created by Alaska chef Robert Kinneen of Anchorage and Dr. Gary Ferguson, ND, the director of the Wellness and Prevention program at the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC). The first webisodes in the series are about the [...]
• 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 Composting Project to meet on Monday, Nov. 7
Posted in composting, Local food in Alaska projects and research, Sitka Health Summit, tagged compost, composting project, education, encouragement, garden, Harrigan Centennial Hall, Justin Overdevest, projects, Sitka, Sitka Conservation Society, Sitka Health Summit on November 7, 2011 |
The Sitka Composting Project workgroup will meet at 7 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 7, at Harrigan Centennial Hall (Maksoutoff Room). This is the third meeting of the workgroup, which formed as part of a 2011 Sitka Health Summit health priority project. The goal is to create a community compost site and to promote more composting [...]
• Sitka Local Foods Network board of directors to meet on Tuesday, Nov. 8
Posted in composting, education, Local food in Alaska projects and research, Sitka Community Greenhouse and Education Center, Sitka Local Foods Network board of directors, 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 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 November 4, 2011 |
The Sitka Local Foods Network board of directors will hold its monthly meeting from 6:30-8 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 8, at the upstairs offices at the Sitka Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Building, 408 Marine St. (NOTE: This is a change from the original Monday meeting date previously announced.) Key topics for the meeting include discussion of [...]
• Fish to Schools program to serve fish lunches at two schools twice a month
Posted in Fish and game, fish in school lunches project, Food choices, Local food in Alaska projects and research, traditional foods, tagged Blatchley Middle School, cod, education, fish, Fish to Schools, food, halibut, KCAW-Raven Radio, Keet Gooshi Heen Elementary School, projects, salmon, Seafood Producers Cooperative, Sitka, Sitka Health Summit, Sitka Sound Seafoods, Tracy Gagnon on September 12, 2011 |
The Fish to Schools program will kick off this year’s schedule of serving fish lunches at school on Wednesday, Sept. 14. Local fish lunches will be served every second and fourth Wednesday of the month at Keet Gooshi Heen Elementary and Blatchley Middle School as a hot lunch option. This is a Sitka Health Summit [...]
• KCAW-Raven Radio highlights new walking tour about salmon in Sitka
Posted in Fish and game, Food choices, Local food in Alaska projects and research, Local food in the news, traditional foods, tagged ANB Harbor, education, Emily Bender, fish, food, food security, KCAW-Raven Radio, Nicolaas Mink, salmon, Seafood Producers Cooperative, Sitka, Sitka Conservation Society, Sitka Salmon Tours, traditional foods on August 4, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Recently, KCAW-Raven Radio summer intern Emily Bender produced a story about a new walking tour that teaches tourists and locals about something near and dear to Sitka’s heart — wild salmon. According to the story, Nicolaas Mink, owner and tour guide for Sitka Salmon Tours, leads behind-the-scenes walking tours of the local salmon fishery from [...]
• Second Annual Sitka Seafood Festival celebrates our local bounty from the sea
Posted in Fish and game, Food choices, Local food in Alaska projects and research, Sitka Seafood Festival, Uncategorized, tagged Crescent Harbor, fish, food, GingerLee, halibut, Harrigan Centennial Hall, Jenn Perry, Louisa Chu, Old Harbor Books, Ray Troll, Ray Troll and the Rat Fish Wranglers, Robert Kinneen, rockfish, salmon, Sitka, Sitka Seafood Festival, traditional foods on May 16, 2011 |
The second annual Sitka Seafood Festival takes place on Friday and Saturday, May 20-21, at Harrigan Centennial Hall and Crescent Harbor. The festival opens at 6 p.m. on Friday with the opening banquet dinner at Harrigan Centennial Hall. This event features a formal atmosphere with various local chefs collaborating, each showcasing a separate course. It [...]
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