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 [...]
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• 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 |
• 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 [...]
• Kayaaní Commission to meet on Thursday, March 24
Posted in education, traditional foods, tagged education, encouragement, Kayaaní Commission, Kristin Rothblum, Leighanne McGough, Sitka Tribe of Alaska, subsistence, traditional foods, traditional uses of plants on March 11, 2011 |
The Kayaaní Commission is regrouping and it will hold an organizational meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 24, in the upstairs conference room at the Sitka Tribe of Alaska administration building, 456 Katlian St. The Kayaaní Commission was created by an ordinance from the Sitka Tribe of Alaska as a way preserve and protect [...]
• Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute sponsors Alaska fish taco recipe contest
Posted in Fish and game, traditional foods, Recipes, tagged Sitka Local Foods Network, traditional foods, fish, salmon, cod, halibut, fish tacos, Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute, Mary Sue Milliken, Susan Feninger, Border Grill, wild Alaska seafood, Border Grill Truck, taqueria, wild Alaska fish in a tortilla, burrito, quesadilla on December 6, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Do you have a great fish taco recipe that uses wild Alaska seafood, Sitka’s premier local food? If so, that recipe might earn you a trip to Los Angeles to serve your winning dish. The Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute is sponsoring the contest, in partnership with celebrity chefs Mary Sue Milliken and Susan Feninger of [...]
• 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, [...]
• 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 |
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 [...]
• Sitka-based film, ‘Eating Alaska,’ goes international for screenings, national for PBS premieres
Posted in education, Food choices, food security, traditional foods, tagged berries, Canada, carrots, community garden, Croatia, Eating Alaska, education, Ellen Frankenstein, encouragement, Far North Conservation Film Festival, fish, food, Food choices, food security, garden, halibut, market, New York, PBS, Poland, potatoes, produce, public broadcasting, salmon, Scotland, Sitka, subsistence, traditional foods, Valerie Lipinski on August 30, 2010 |
“Eating Alaska,” a film by Sitka filmmaker Ellen Frankenstein about local food and how Alaskans make their food choices, is going international with screenings in Poland, Croatia, Scotland and Canada in the next two months. The film also will be making its PBS premiere with broadcasts on various public television stations around the country during [...]
• 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 Alaska Center for the Environment, Alaska Grown, ANB Hall, berries, cod, community garden, Eat Local Challenge, encouragement, farmers market, fish, food, garden, halibut, local food, market, more nutrients, potatoes, produce, projects, salmon, Sitka, Sitka Farmers Market, Sitka Local Foods Network, subsistence, sustainable communities, tastes better, traditional foods on August 13, 2010 |
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 [...]
• 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 |
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 [...]
• Sitka Seafood Festival steering committee to meet Monday night (July 26)
Posted in Fish and game, Food choices, 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, Molly Andrews, music, NANDA: Acrobaticalist Ninja Action Heroes, Orso Ristorante, Robert Kinneen, salmon, Sitka, Sitka Seafood Festival, subsistence, traditional foods, Trampled By Turtles, Westmark Sitka on July 26, 2010 |
The Sitka Seafood Festival steering committee will meet at 7 p.m. on Monday night, July 26, at Harrigan Centennial Hall. Pizza and drinks will be supplied. There will be a quick meeting at 6 p.m. at Harrigan Centennial Hall for those people willing to volunteer to help serve or in the kitchen during the Friday, [...]
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