FISH (Fish In School, Hooray!) will hold an informal meeting at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 1, at the front desk at the Hames Athletic and Wellness Center to make plans for its next school meal featuring locally caught wild fish. The other local-food-related project from the 2010 Sitka Health Summit, the Sitka Fruit Tree [...]
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• FISH, Tree work groups set meetings to continue Sitka Health Summit project work
Posted in 200 fruit trees project, Fish and game, fish in school lunches project, Gardens, Local food in Alaska projects and research, Sitka Health Summit, tagged apple trees, Blatchley Middle School, cherry trees, cod, community garden, crabapple trees, fish, FISH (Fish In School Hooray!), food, food security, garden, halibut, Hames Athletic and Wellness Center, Kerry MacLane, Lisa Sadleir-Hart, projects, salmon, Sitka, Sitka Fruit Tree Initiative, Sitka Health Summit, Sitka Local Foods Network on January 31, 2011 |
• Sitka Fruit Tree Initiative planting group to meet on Tuesday, Jan. 18
Posted in Awards, Food choices, Fundraisers for the Sitka Local Foods Network, Gardens, Local food in Alaska projects and research, Sitka Health Summit, tagged apple trees, apples, cherries, cherry trees, crabapple trees, crabapples, fruit tree shares, Garden Ventures, Harrigan Centennial Hall, Lisa Sadleir-Hart, Penny Brown, Sitka Fruit Tree Initiative, Sitka Health Summit on January 17, 2011 |
The Sitka Fruit Tree Initiative planting work group will meet from 7-8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 18, at Harrigan Centennial Hall. All members of the public are welcome to attend. The Sitka Fruit Tree Initiative hopes to plant 200 apple, crabapple or cherry trees in Sitka before the next Sitka Health Summit on Sept. 30-Oct. [...]
• Sitka Fruit Tree Initiative to meet on Monday, Dec. 13
Posted in 200 fruit trees project, Food choices, Gardens, Local food in Alaska projects and research, Sitka Health Summit, tagged apple trees, apples, cherries, cherry trees, crabapple trees, crabapples, fruit tree shares, Garden Ventures, Harrigan Centennial Hall, Lisa Sadleir-Hart, Penny Brown, Sitka Fruit Tree Initiative, Sitka Health Summit on December 10, 2010 |
Folks working on the Sitka Fruit Tree Initiative will meet at 7 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 13, at Harrigan Centennial Hall. The Sitka Fruit Tree Initiative hopes to plant 200 apple, crabapple or cherry trees in Sitka before the next Sitka Health Summit on Sept. 30-Oct. 1, 2011. The group just turned in an order [...]
• Sitka fruit tree shares to be sold at two markets this weekend (Dec. 3-5)
Posted in 200 fruit trees project, Gardens, Local food in Alaska projects and research, Sitka Health Summit, tagged apple trees, arts and crafts, berries, cherry trees, crabapple trees, fruit tree shares, fruit trees, Harrigan Centennial Hall, Linda Wilson, Lisa Sadleir-Hart, projects, Sitka, Sitka Artisans Market, Sitka Fruit Tree Initiative, Sitkas Health Summit, St. Peter's By The Sea Episcopal Church, St. Peter's ECW Christmas Bazaar on November 29, 2010 | 1 Comment »
The Sitka Fruit Tree Initiative will be at two market/bazaar booths this weekend to sell shares in fruit trees that will be planted this spring in Sitka. The group will be part of Linda Wilson’s jewelry booth (Booth 5 in the Exhibit Room) at the Sitka Artisans Market from 4-9 p.m. on Friday, 10 a.m. [...]
• UAF Cooperative Extension Service conducts Southeast Alaska Food Security Survey
Posted in Food choices, food security, Local food in Alaska projects and research, tagged Bob Gorman, education, food, food security, food security survey, Linda Watson, projects, Sitka, Southeast Alaska, subsistence, traditional foods, UAF Cooperative Extension Service, UAF Marine Advisory Program on November 29, 2010 |
Bob Gorman, the Sitka-based Natural Resource and Community Development faculty member for the University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service, sent this e-mail out last week to local food people, health professionals and others interested in food security issues. Please feel free to send this survey request around to other Southeast residents so they can [...]
• Sitka Fruit Tree Planting Work Group to sell shares of fruit trees at SCAPS Christmas Bazaar
Posted in 200 fruit trees project, Food choices, Fundraisers for the Sitka Local Foods Network, Gardens, Local food in Alaska projects and research, Sitka Health Summit, tagged apples, berries, cherries, Christmas Bazaar, community garden, crabapples, education, encouragement, food, food security, fruit trees, garden, Harrigan Centennial Hall, Lisa Sadleir-Hart, Plant 200 fruit trees project, projects, Sitka, Sitka Counseling And Prevention Services (SCAPS), Sitka Health Summit, Sitka Local Foods Network, tree shares on November 24, 2010 |
The Sitka Fruit Tree Planting Work Group will host a booth to sell fruit tree shares at the Sitka Counseling And Prevention Services (SCAPS) Christmas Bazaar from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 27, at Harrigan Centennial Hall. The work group will be selling shares in fruit trees, which is a fundraiser to [...]
• Sitka Health Summit project to get more fish in school lunches to start pilot study
Posted in Fish and game, fish in school lunches project, Food choices, Local food in Alaska projects and research, tagged Blatchley Middle School, cod, commercial fishing groups, education, encouragement, fish, fish taco, fish tacos, food, halibut, locally caught wild fish in Sitka schools, Mt. Edgecumbe High School, NANA Management Services, Pacific cod, Pacific High School, projects, salmon, school lunches, Sitka, Sitka Health Summit, Sitka Local Foods Network, Sitka Pioneer Home, Sitka School District, Southeast Alaska Career Center, Steve Bradshaw on November 22, 2010 |
Members of the Sitka Health Summit group trying to get more locally caught wild fish served in school lunches met with Sitka school officials Friday, Nov. 19, over a meal of fish tacos and agreed to a pilot study to see how many students will choose fish for lunch. The project is one of four [...]
• Sitka Seafood Festival moves from August to May in 2011
Posted in Fish and game, Local food in Alaska projects and research, Sitka Seafood Festival, traditional foods, tagged Alicia Peavey, artists, Channel Club, children's events, cod, Crescent Harbor shelter, education, encouragement, entertainment, fish, food, gourmet seafood dinner, guest band, guest chef, halibut, Harrigan Centennial Hall, local chefs, salmon, seafood vendors, Sitka, Sitka Seafood Festival, subsistence, traditional foods on November 12, 2010 |
The Sitka Seafood Festival steering committee met on Monday, Nov. 8, to start planning the second festival. One of the biggest changes will be moving the festival from August to May in 2011 so the festival takes place before the tourist season gets busy. The new dates will be Friday and Saturday, May 20-21, 2011, [...]

