Each year, the Sitka Local Foods Network hosts a variety of events to promote the use of local foods in Sitka. Here are the dates and (if known) times for some of the events we will host in 2012. The Sitka Local Foods Network annual meeting and potluck takes place at 6 p.m. on Saturday, [...]
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• Time to mark your calendar for 2012 Sitka Local Foods Network major events
Posted in Let's Grow Sitka, Sitka Farmers Market, Sitka Local Foods Network events, Sitka Seafood Festival, tagged ANB Hall, Crescent Harbor shelter, farmers market, Harrigan Centennial Hall, Kerry MacLane, Let's Grow Sitka, Linda Wilson, projects, Sitka, Sitka Farmers Market, Sitka Local Foods Network, Sitka Local Foods Network annual meeting, Sitka Seafood Festival on January 5, 2012 | Comments Off
• Sitka Seafood Festival steering committee to meet Aug. 23 to plan 2012 festival
Posted in Fish and game, Sitka Seafood Festival, traditional foods, tagged Alicia Olson, clams, cod, crab, education, encouragement, fish, food security, halibut, mussels, salmon, scallops, Sitka, Sitka Seafood Festival, subsistence, traditional foods on August 17, 2011 | Comments Off
The Sitka Seafood Festival will host a planning (or “see if we can make this festival happen again”) meeting at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 23, in the fireplace pit at the Westmark Sitka Hotel (330 Seward St.). The third annual Sitka Seafood Festival is tentatively planned for Aug 3-4, 2012, but there is a [...]
• 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 | Comments Off
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 [...]
• Sitka Local Foods Network board of directors to meet on Thursday, May 12
Posted in 200 fruit trees project, fish in school lunches project, food security, Fundraisers for the Sitka Local Foods Network, Gardens, greenhouse, Let's Grow Sitka, Sitka Community Greenhouse and Education Center, Sitka Farmers Market, Sitka Local Foods Network board of directors, Sitka Seafood Festival, 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, 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 April 27, 2011 | Comments Off
The Sitka Local Foods Network board of directors will hold its monthly meeting from 6-7:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 12, at the Sitka Local Foods Network’s new office in the Sitka Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Building, 408 Marine St. Key topics for the meeting include the start of work parties at St. Peter’s Fellowship Farm, preparations [...]
• Mark your calendar for several upcoming meetings about local food projects
Posted in 200 fruit trees project, education, Let's Grow Sitka, Sitka Farmers Market, Sitka Local Foods Network board of directors, Sitka Local Foods Network events, Sitka Seafood Festival, tagged Alicia Olson, ANB Hall, berry bushes, Doug Osborne, Ed Buyarski, Ed's Edible Landscaping of Juneau, education, encouragement, fruit trees, garden education, Harrigan Centennial Hall, Juneau, Kerry MacLane, Let's Grow Sitka, Linda Wilson, Lisa Sadleir-Hart, Sitka, Sitka Culinary Tour Passport event, Sitka Farmers Market, Sitka Fruit Tree Initiative, Sitka Local Foods Network, Sitka Seafood Festival on February 17, 2011 | Comments Off
As we near spring, it’s time to start marking your calendar with meetings, workshops and garden preparation events. Here is a list of some of the upcoming events, so you can add them to your calendar. All of these events are open to the public and new volunteers are more than welcome to join each [...]
• 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 | Comments Off
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, [...]
• Feedback provided during debriefing meeting for inaugural Sitka Seafood Festival
Posted in Fish and game, Food choices, food security, Sitka Seafood Festival, tagged Alicia Peavey, Coast Guard Day, cod, education, encouragement, fish, food, food security, halibut, Harrigan Centennial Hall, NANDA: Acrobaticalist Ninja Action Heroes, salmon, Sitka, Sitka Conservation Society, Sitka Local Foods Network, Sitka Seafood Festival, subsistence, traditional foods, Trampled By Turtles, UAF Cooperative Extension Service on August 23, 2010 | Comments Off
Here is a run-down of the Tuesday, Aug. 17, debriefing meeting for the Sitka Seafood Festival. The following notes were provided by Alicia Peavey, who chaired the steering committee that organized the festival. Thank you to those of you who were able to make the debriefing meeting for SSF. It went fairly well, and we [...]
• Sitka Seafood Festival to hold debriefing meeting on Tuesday (Aug. 17)
Posted in education, Fish and game, Food choices, food security, Local food in Alaska projects and research, Sitka Local Foods Network in the news, Sitka Seafood Festival, tagged Alicia Peavey, cod, education, encouragement, fish, food, food security, halibut, New Bayview Restaurant, salmon, Sitka, Sitka Local Foods Network, Sitka Seafood Festival, subsistence, traditional foods, UAF Cooperative Extension Service on August 16, 2010 | Comments Off
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 [...]
• Sitka Seafood Festival adds cruise to Medvejie Hatchery for a tour and salmon bake to its list of events
Posted in Fish and game, food security, Sitka Seafood Festival, traditional foods, tagged Anchorage, art and logo contest, beer tasting and smoked salmon contest, cod, Crescent Harbor shelter, education, encouragement, fish, food security, halibut, Harrigan Centennial Hall, Jeff Budd, Medvejie Hatchery, Molly Andrews, music, NANDA: Acrobaticalist Ninja Action Heroes, NSRAA (Northern Southeast Regional Aquaculture Association), Orso Ristorante, Robert Kinneen, salmon, Sitka, Sitka Conservation Society, Sitka Seafood Festival, subsistence, traditional foods, Trampled By Turtles, Westmark Sitka on July 29, 2010 | Comments Off
On Saturday, Aug. 7, the Sitka Conservation Society is offering a Tongass summer boat cruise as part of the Sitka Seafood Festival. This boat trip will be traveling to Medvejie Hatchery for a tour of the hatchery and a salmon bake provided by the Northern Southeast Regional Aquaculture Association (NSRAA). The trip will depart at [...]

