Pacific High School now serves local seafood in the cafeteria and joins the growing ranks of schools connecting to local foods. Starting Wednesday, Feb. 1, Pacific High students will have a choice of local seafood dishes twice a month due to a partnership with the Sitka Conservation Society. Sitka, Alaska, is the ninth largest fishing [...]
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• Pacific High School and Sitka Conservation Society partner up to serve local fish in school lunches
Posted in education, fish in school lunches project, Local food in the news, tagged Beth Short-Rhoads, Blatchley Middle School, cod, commercial fishermen, education, encouragement, fish, Fish to Schools, food, halibut, Johanna Willingham, Keet Gooshi Heen Elementary School, Pacific High School, rockfish, salmon, Sarah Ferrency, Sitka Conservation Society, Sitka Health Summit, Sitka School District, Tracy Gagnon, We Love Our Fisherman on February 1, 2012 | 1 Comment »
• Sitka Conservation Society hosts a Sitka Salmon Tour for Kids
Posted in Fish and game, fish in school lunches project, food security, Local food in the news, traditional foods, tagged education, encouragement, fish, food, food security, Old Harbor Books, salmon, salmon habitat, Sitka, Sitka Conservation Society, Sitka Salmon Tour for Kids, Sitka Salmon Tours, Sitka Sound Science Center, stream to plate, subsistence, traditional foods on August 17, 2011 | Comments Off
The Sitka Conservation Society will host a family friendly walking tour of Sitka’s salmon habitat from 5:30-7 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 26, starting at the Sitka Sound Science Center(834 Lincoln St.).The walking tour will explore the magic of salmon from stream to plate. It is similar to the walking tours offered this summer by Sitka [...]
• 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 [...]
• Sitka photographer Psalm Oines celebrates Lori Adams’ Down-To-Earth U-Pick Garden
Posted in Gardens, Local food in the news, Photo galleries, tagged Down-To-Earth U-Pick Garden, food, garden, Lori Adams, photo gallery, Psalm Oines, Sitka, Sitka Farmers Market on July 6, 2011 | Comments Off
Sitka photographer Psalm Oines didn’t look far to find her latest subject for a photo essay. Psalm drove a couple of miles down Sawmill Creek Road to the Down-To-Earth U-Pick Garden owned by Lori Adams. Lori’s garden, located at 2103 Sawmill Creek Road, is popular with people looking for fresh veggies before the Sitka Farmers [...]
• New group working to start a Sitka Food Co-Op
Posted in Food choices, Local food in the news, Sitka Food Co-Op, tagged Ann Betty, Balanced Practice yoga/massage studio, berries, bread, carrots, cod, fish, food, food security, greens, halibut, lettuce, market, potatoes, produce, salmon, Sitka Food Co-Op, vegetables on July 5, 2011 | 1 Comment »
A new group will meet from 3-5 p.m. on Sunday, July 10, at Balanced Practice yoga/massage studio (208-B Lake St.) to discuss the creation of a Sitka Food Co-Op. “We are just getting ready to have our first meeting to gather up those interested in being part of a start-up committee, so our goals and [...]
• ‘Getting Real About Food and the Future’ film explains the importance of local food
Posted in Food choices, food security, Local food in the news, tagged Christopher B. Bedford, community survival, education, encouragement, food, food security, garden, Getting Real About Food and the Future, local food, local food systems, local foods, produce, subsistence, traditional foods on June 28, 2011 | Comments Off
Why is it so important to promote local foods and local foods systems? This 30-minute video by Christopher B. Bedford explains some of the reasons why local food is so important. According to the brief synopsis, “The growing oil, water, and climate crises threaten food security in all communities. This new film by Chris Bedford [...]
• 2011 prices set for Alaskans Own community supported fisheries (CSF) seafood subscriptions
Posted in Fish and game, food security, Local food in the news, tagged Alaskans Own, Beth Short, black cod (sablefish), coho salmon (silver salmon), Community Supported Fisheries (CSF), CSF, Fishery Conservation Network, halibut, king salmon, lingcod, seafood subscriptions, Sitka, yelloweye on April 27, 2011 | Comments Off
It’s time to sign up for your 2011 community supported fisheries (CSF) seafood subscription with Alaskans Own seafood company in Sitka. This is the second summer Alaskans Own has offered CSF seafood subscriptions, and they were very successful last year. Subscriptions are available in full shares (40 pounds total for the season) and half shares [...]
• Alaskans Own™ community supported fisheries program expands from Sitka to Juneau
Posted in Fish and game, Food choices, food security, Local food in the news, tagged Alaska Marine Conservation Council, Alaskans Own Seafood, black cod, cod, Community Supported Agriculture (CSA), Community Supported Fisheries (CSF), fish, food security, halibut, Juneau, Kodiak tanner crab, market, sablefish, salmon, Sitka, Sitka Farmers Market, subscription, yellow-eye rockfish on January 24, 2011 | Comments Off
The Juneau Empire on Sunday, Jan. 23, featured an article that Sitka-based Alaskans Own™ seafood cooperative is expanding its Community Supported Fisheries program into Juneau this summer. Last summer, Alaskans Own™ became the first community supported fisheries (CSF) program in Alaska, using a model popular with farmers called Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) where customers buy [...]
• New ‘Field Guide to Seaweeds of Alaska’ will help Sitka residents identify various types of seaweeds
Posted in education, food security, Local food in the news, traditional foods, tagged Alaska Sea Grant, Common Edible Seaweeds of the Gulf of Alaska, Dolly Garza, Douglas, Field Guide to Seaweeds of Alaska, Harrigan Centennial Hall, Juneau, Ketchikan, Mandy Lindeberg, marine lichens, Maritime Marketplace, NOAA/NMFS Auke Bay Laboratory, Old Harbor Books, Sandra Lindstrom, Saxman, seagrasses, seaweed gathering, seaweeds, Sitka, Sitka WhaleFest, subsistence, traditional foods, University of Alaska Fairbanks, University of British Columbia on November 4, 2010 | Comments Off
Alaska Natives have been gathering seaweeds and other sea vegetables for centuries, with the seaweeds providing an excellent source of vitamins and minerals. There are dozens of types of seaweeds available in Alaska, and most of them are edible. The Alaska Sea Grant program from the University of Alaska Fairbanks recently released a new book [...]
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