Now that the inaugural Sitka Seafood Festival is over, the steering committee will host a debriefing meeting at 7 p.m. on Tuesday night, Aug. 17, at the wine bar at the New Bayview Restaurant. The debriefing session will be informal and shouldn’t last long. People who can’t make it, but have comments, can contact festival [...]
Archive for the ‘Sitka Local Foods Network in the news’ Category
• Sitka Seafood Festival to hold debriefing meeting on Tuesday (Aug. 17)
Posted in Fish and game, Food choices, Local food in Alaska projects and research, Sitka Local Foods Network in the news, Sitka Seafood Festival, education, food security, tagged Sitka Local Foods Network, food, traditional foods, subsistence, fish, education, encouragement, UAF Cooperative Extension Service, Sitka, salmon, cod, halibut, food security, Sitka Seafood Festival, Alicia Peavey, New Bayview Restaurant on August 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
• Lori Adams of Down To Earth U-Pick Garden wins Table of the Day at first Sitka Farmers Market
Posted in Fundraisers for the Sitka Local Foods Network, Photo galleries, Sitka Farmers Market, Sitka Local Foods Network events, Sitka Local Foods Network in the news, tagged Alaska, America's Favorite Farmers Markets contest, American Farmland Trust, ANB Hall, arts and crafts, berries, carrots, cod, Down To Earth u-pick gardens, education, encouragement, farmers market, fish, food, food security, garden, halibut, KCAW-Raven Radio, Kerry MacLane, Lori Adams, market, potatoes, produce, salmon, Shutterfly, Sitka, Sitka Farmers Market, Sitka Local Foods Network, Table of the Day Award on July 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Lori Adams of Down To Earth U-Pick Garden received the Table of the Day Award from the first Sitka Farmers Market of the 2010 summer season July 17 at Alaska Native Brotherhood Hall. Adams, who has had booths in the Sitka Farmers Market for three years, grows vegetables, flowers, berries and herbs at her garden, [...]
• 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 [...]
• Two associated with Sitka Local Foods Network win awards at Alaska Health Summit
Posted in Awards, Food choices, Local food in the news, Sitka Local Foods Network in the news, tagged Alaska Dispatch, Alaska Health Summit, Alaska Public Health Association (ALPHA), Anchorage Daily News, Angoon, Arts for Kids, berries, Capital City Weekly, Carla Petersen, Craig, cranberries, Eating Alaska, Ellen Frankenstein, food, Frankenstein Productions, Gov. Sean Parnell, Grace Brooks, Haines, halibut, Hoonah, Hydaburg, Juneau, Juneau Empire, Kake, Kasaan, Klawock, Klukwan, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), salmon, SEARHC, SEARHC Steps to a Healthier SE Alaska program, Sitka, Sitka Health Summit, Sitka Local Foods Network, Steps to a Healthier US, Theobroma Chocolate Co., Wrangell, Yukon River salmon on December 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Alaska Public Health Association (ALPHA) honored two programs with ties to the Sitka Local Foods Network during the Alaska Health Summit banquet on Dec. 9. Sitka filmmaker Ellen Frankenstein (and her Frankenstein Productions company) and the SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC) Steps to a Healthier SE Alaska program both won the Alaska Community [...]
• Aliens from Running of the Boots fundraiser show up in Daily Sitka Sentinel and Juneau Empire
Posted in Fundraisers for the Sitka Local Foods Network, Local food in the news, Running of the Boots, Sitka Farmers Market, Sitka Local Foods Network in the news, tagged Alaska Local Food Film Festival, Alaska Magazine, Bethel, black cod, Capital City Weekly, cod, Daily Sitka Sentinel, Eat Local Northwest blog, Eating Alaska, Ellen Frankenstein, Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, farmers market, food, garden, Greater Sitka Chamber of Commerce, Juneau Empire, KTUU-TV (Anchorage NBC affiliate), Meyer's Farm, mushrooms, produce, Running of the Boots, sablefish, Seattle Times, Sheila Finkenbinder, Sitka, Sitka Farmers Market, Sitka Local Foods Network, The Atlantic Food Channel, UAF Cooperative Extension Service, USA Today on September 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The green-headed aliens were the hit of the Running of the Boots on Saturday, earning spots on the front page of the Daily Sitka Sentinel on Monday and in Tuesday’s issue of the Juneau Empire. The Running of the Boots is a fundraiser for the Sitka Local Foods Network, and we greatly appreciate race founder [...]
• Daily Sitka Sentinel features Running of the Boots preview, plus other news about local foods from around the region
Posted in Fundraisers for the Sitka Local Foods Network, Local food in the news, Running of the Boots, Sitka Local Foods Network in the news, tagged Anchorage Daily News, berries, Daily Sitka Sentinel, education, food, Fran Durner, garden, halibut, Juneau Empire, Juneau Garden Club, potatoes, salmon, Sitka, Sitka Local Foods Network, Talk Dirt To Me on September 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Friday issue of the Daily Sitka Sentinel featured an article and photo previewing the 15th annual Running of the Boots on Saturday (Page 9), which is a fundraiser for the Sitka Local Foods Network. Unfortunately, the announcement did not make onto the Sentinel’s Web site. The Running of the Boots starts at 11 a.m. [...]
• Juneau Empire on Sunday runs Sitka Farmers Market photo and Running of the Boots article
Posted in Fundraisers for the Sitka Local Foods Network, Running of the Boots, Sitka Farmers Market, Sitka Local Foods Network in the news, tagged farmers market, food, Juneau Empire, Mike Wise, Raven's Peek Roasters, Running of the Boots, Sailor's Choice Coffee, Sitka, Sitka Farmers Market, Sitka Local Foods Network on September 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Click here to see the Juneau Empire’s coverage on Sunday of Mike Wise of Raven’s Peek Roasters and Sailor’s Choice Coffee winning the Table of the Day Award for the final Sitka Farmers Market of the summer on Sept. 12. Click here to read a Juneau Empire notice in Sunday’s paper about the Running of [...]
• Final Sitka Farmers Market of the summer makes front page of Tuesday’s Daily Sitka Sentinel
Posted in Sitka Farmers Market, Sitka Local Foods Network in the news, tagged ANB Hall, arts and crafts, Daily Sitka Sentinel, farmers market, food, garden, jewelry, Kiki Norman, produce, Sitka, Sitka Farmers Market, Sitka Local Foods Network on September 15, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The final Sitka Farmers Market of the 2009 summer (held Sept. 12 at ANB Hall) was featured in a front-page photo in the Daily Sitka Sentinel on Tuesday, Sept. 15. The photo shows Kiki Norman as she sells hand-made jewelry to Annie Satterley during the final Sitka Farmers Market of the season at ANB Hall [...]
