The state’s Alaska Grown program will host its “Eat Local Challenge 2010″ on Sunday through Saturday, Aug. 22-28 (click here to read more). This year, the Alaska Center for the Environment, has joined Alaska Grown as a sponsor as part of the center’s local foods and sustainable communities program. Alaskans have many ways to eat [...]
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• Alaska Grown, Alaska Center For The Environment team up to host the Eat Local Challenge 2010 on Aug. 22-28
Posted in Food choices, Local food in Alaska projects and research, Local food in the news, Sitka Farmers Market, traditional foods, tagged Sitka Local Foods Network, projects, food, market, farmers market, community garden, traditional foods, subsistence, fish, produce, berries, encouragement, Sitka Farmers Market, ANB Hall, garden, Sitka, salmon, cod, halibut, potatoes, Alaska Grown, Eat Local Challenge, Alaska Center for the Environment, local food, sustainable communities, tastes better, more nutrients on August 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
• Deadline nears for getting food and other entries to the Southeast Alaska State Fair in Haines
Posted in Awards, Gardens, Local food in Alaska projects and research, Local food in the news, education, tagged Sitka Local Foods Network, projects, traditional foods, fish, produce, berries, education, encouragement, garden, Sitka, Haines, salmon, cod, halibut, arts and crafts, potatoes, carrots, jams and jellies, Southeast Alaska State Fair, big veggies, homemade beer and wine, exhibitor's guide, Jeanette Berry, Alaska Marine Lines on July 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The deadline for getting your local entries ready for the Southeast Alaska State Fair is this week if you want to take advantage of free shipping from Sitka. Jeanette Berry, the Sitka town representative for the fair, needs to have all non-perishable entries packed and delivered to the Alaska Marine Lines office in Sitka by [...]
• Alaska Permaculture Guild to host state’s first permaculture design certification course
Posted in Gardens, Local food in the news, education, tagged Ageya Wilderness School, Alaska Permaculture Community, Alaska Permaculture Design Course, Alaska Permaculture Guild, holistic design system, Homer, permaculture design certification course on June 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Alaska Permaculture Guild will host Alaska’s first permaculture design certification course on Aug. 9-22, at the Ageya Wilderness School in Homer. This complete, 72-hour course (two weeks) lays the foundation for understanding and using natural principles to design abundant, sustainable systems that provide for basic human needs of healthy foods, housing, energy and meaningful [...]
• Juneau Farmers Market to host weekly booths with Juneau Artists Market
Posted in Local food in Alaska projects and research, Local food in the news, tagged food, farmers market, produce, berries, education, encouragement, UAF Cooperative Extension Service, Juneau, arts and crafts, carrots, Juneau Farmers Market and Local Foods Festival, Juneau Commission on Sustainability, Juneau Farmers Market, Juneau Artists Market, Juneau Arts and Culture Center, Juneau Arts and Humanities Council, Juneau Economic Development Council, Alaska State Division of Agriculture on June 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Juneau Farmers Market will start hosting weekly booths this Saturday as part of the Juneau Artists Market. The Juneau Farmers Market booths will be open from 10 a.m. to noon starting on Saturday, June 12, at the Juneau Arts and Culture Center, and running through the annual Juneau Farmers Market and Local Food Festival [...]
• Fast Food Nation author encourages Alaskans to grow their own local food
Posted in Food choices, Local food in the news, education, food security, tagged Alaska, Chew On This, diabetes, Eric Schlosser, Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Fast Food Nation, food, Food Inc., food security, garden, industrial agriculture, local food, obesity, SNRAS blog, Stop The Pop, UAF School of Natural Resources and Agricultural Sciences, UAF Sun Star, University of Alaska Fairbanks on June 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Eric Schlosser, the author of “Fast Food Nation” and “Chew On This,” encouraged Alaskans to grow their own local foods during a May 27 lunch of Alaska-grown food with University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) School of Natural Resources and Agricultural Sciences (SNRAS) students, faculty and staff involved with food security and food production. Schlosser, who [...]
• Sitka Seafood Festival steering committee to meet on April 1
Posted in Fish and game, Local food in the news, Sitka Seafood Festival, traditional foods, tagged Sitka Local Foods Network, projects, fish, education, encouragement, Sitka, salmon, cod, halibut, crab, sablefish, herring, Sitka Seafood Festival, Alicia Peavey, scallops on March 31, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Sitka Seafood Festival steering committee will meet at 6 p.m. on Thursday, April 1, at the Sitka Economic Development Association (SEDA)/Greater Sitka Chamber of Commerce office on the second floor of the Troutte Center Building on Lincoln Street (above Seasons card store). The meeting agenda will finalize the event’s mission statement and the vision [...]
• Sitka Local Foods Network featured on APRN’s “Talk of Alaska” statewide call-in show about local food production
Posted in Local food in the news, Sitka Local Foods Network in the news, education, food security, tagged Sitka Local Foods Network, education, encouragement, Sitka Farmers Market, Sitka, Kerry MacLane, food security, Meyer's Farm, Bethel, Alaska News Nightly, Talk of Alaska, Alaska Public Radio Network (APRN), composting, Community Supported Agriculture (CSA), Sitka Seafood Festival, Alaska Food Policy Council, Steve Heimel, Local Food Production, Tim Meyers, sac roe herring, spring planting, soil conditions, Our Food Supply, Bioneers of Alaska on March 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Sitka Local Foods Network President Kerry MacLane was one of the featured guests for the Alaska Public Radio Network’s “Talk of Alaska” statewide call-in show hosted by Steve Heimel on Tuesday, March 30. The topic of Tuesday’s hour-long show was “Local Food Production.” If you weren’t able to hear the show, you can listen to [...]
• Group to meet about organizing a Sitka Seafood Festival this summer
Posted in Fish and game, Local food in the news, Sitka Seafood Festival, traditional foods, tagged Sitka Local Foods Network, food, traditional foods, fish, Sitka, salmon, cod, halibut, crab, Greater Sitka Chamber of Commerce, sablefish, black cod, Sitka Economic Development Association (SEDA), Sitka Seafood Festival, seafood, oysters, Alicia Peavey, Seasons card store on March 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A group in Sitka will meet at 6 p.m. tonight, Wednesday, March 24, at the Sitka Economic Development Association’s conference room (second floor of the Troutte Center building on Lincoln Street, the Sitka Chamber of Commerce office above Seasons card store) to plan the inaugural Sitka Seafood Festival. The group first met on Saturday afternoon, [...]
