(EDITOR’S NOTE: The following article first appeared on this site in April 2010. It is repeated because much of the information remains current and newsworthy.) As you start to plan your garden for this spring and summer, don’t forget to Plant A Row For The Hungry. The Plant A Row For The Hungry program (also [...]
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• As you build your garden this spring, don’t forget to Plant A Row For The Hungry
Posted in education, food security, Gardens, greenhouse, Uncategorized, tagged Anchorage Daily News, donated food, education, encouragement, food security, garden, Garden Writers Association Foundation, Garden Writers Association of America, Jeff Lowenfels, Johanna Willingham, Johanna Willingham-Guevin, Kerry MacLane, Linda Wilson, market, Plant A Row For Bean's Café, Plant a Row for the Hungry, produce, Salvation Army, Sitka Farmers Market, Sitka Local Foods Network, Sitka Tribe of Alaska, Sitkans Against Family Violence (SAFV), SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC), St. Peter's Fellowship Farm, U.S. Department of Agriculture, WIC (Women Infants Children) supplemental food program on April 15, 2012 |
• 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 |
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 hosts Ed Hume for two sustainable gardening presentations on Memorial Day
Posted in education, Fundraisers for the Sitka Local Foods Network, Gardens, Sitka Local Foods Network events, Uncategorized, tagged "Gardening In America" TV show, "Gardening With Ed Hume: Northwest Gardening Made Easy", Ciscoe Morris, Diabetes and Lifestyle Balance programs, diabetes and prediabetes, diabetes prevention, Ed Hume, Ed Hume Seeds, education, Elfin Cove, encouragement, food security, garden, Garden Ventures, Grace Harbor Church, Kerry MacLane, Maybelle Filler, Old Harbor Books, Preparing the Northwest Garden, produce, Puyallup Wash., SEARHC, SEARHC Health Promotion, Sitka, Sitka Local Foods Network, Southeast Alaska, St. Peter's Fellowship Farm, Sustainable gardening, True Value Hardware, Vegetables and Ornamentals on May 27, 2010 |
The Sitka Local Foods Network will host Northwest garden guru, author, TV personality and seed company owner Ed Hume for two Memorial Day presentations on sustainable gardening. The two presentations take place on Monday, May 31, at Grace Harbor Church, 1904 Halibut Point Road (the gray building across from SeaMart). The first presentation is from [...]
• Sam Benowitz to give free presentation tonight (Monday, May 24) about growing fruit in Sitka
Posted in Gardens, Local food in Alaska projects and research, Sitka Local Foods Network events, Uncategorized, tagged Alaska Pioneer Fruit Growers Association, apple trees, berry bushes, cherry trees, education, encouragement, food, garden, Jud Kirkness, RainTree Nursery, raspberries, Sam Benowitz, Sitka, Sitka Local Foods Network, tayberries on May 24, 2010 |
Sam Benowitz of RainTree Nursery in Morton, Wash., will be in Sitka to give a free presentation tonight about how to grow fruit in Southeast Alaska. The presentation takes place at 7 p.m. tonight (Monday, May 24) at Harrigan Centennial Hall. His Sitka presentation will be about about selecting, growing, and maintaining fruit trees, berry [...]
• St. Peter’s Fellowship Farm hosts first planting party of the season
Posted in Gardens, Let's Grow Sitka, St. Peter's Fellowship Farm, Uncategorized, tagged Blatchley Community Garden, community garden, Doug Osborne, encouragement, food, food security, garden, Let's Grow Sitka, Lisa Sadleir-Hart, produce, projects, SEARHC, Sitka, Sitka Local Foods Network, St. Peter's By The Sea Episcopal Church, St. Peter's Fellowship Farm, WISEGUYS men's health group on May 19, 2010 |
The first of three scheduled planting parties this month took place on Saturday, May 15, at the St. Peter’s Fellowship Farm communal garden (located by the See House behind St. Peter’s By The Sea Episcopal Church on Lincoln Street). In addition to the slideshow above (which also includes some photos from a SEARHC WISEGUYS men’s [...]
• Alaskans Own seafood to start community supported fisheries (CSF) program in Sitka
Posted in Fish and game, Local food in Alaska projects and research, Uncategorized, tagged Alaska Sustainable Fisheries Trust, Alaskans Own Seafood, black cod, coho salmon, Community Supported Agriculture (CSA), Community Supported Fisheries (CSF), F/V Christi-Rob, Fisheries Conservation Network, halibut, Jeff Farvour, king salmon, ling cod, rockfish, sablefish, silver salmon, Sitka, Sitka Farmers Market, Sitka fishermen, Sitka Sound Science Center, subscription, wild locally caught fish on May 19, 2010 | 2 Comments »
The Alaskans Own seafood company is starting a community supported fisheries (CSF) program in Sitka this summer. The CSF program will be modeled after the community supported agriculture (CSA) subscription programs used by small farms around the country. Alaskans Own is a group of independent fishermen in Sitka whose commitment to conservation is supported by [...]
• SEARHC, Sitka Local Foods Network host Ed Hume for sustainable gardening presentations
Posted in education, Fundraisers for the Sitka Local Foods Network, Gardens, Sitka Local Foods Network events, Uncategorized, tagged "Gardening In America" TV show, "Gardening With Ed Hume: Northwest Gardening Made Easy", Ciscoe Morris, Diabetes and Lifestyle Balance programs, diabetes and prediabetes, Ed Hume, Ed Hume Seeds, education, Elfin Cove, encouragement, garden, Garden Ventures, Garden Writers Association Hall of Fame, Grace Harbor Church, Kerry MacLane, Maybelle Filler, National Garden Communicator's Award, Old Harbor Books, Preparing the Northwest Garden, produce, Puyallup Wash., SEARHC, SEARHC Health Promotion, Sitka, Sitka Local Foods Network, Southeast Alaska, St. Peter's Fellowship Farm, Sustainable gardening, True Value Hardware, Vegetables and Ornamentals, White's Pharmacy on May 12, 2010 |
The SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC) and Sitka Local Foods Network will host Northwest garden guru, author, TV personality and seed company owner Ed Hume for two presentations on sustainable gardening. The two presentations take place on Monday, May 31 (Memorial Day), at Grace Harbor Church, 1904 Halibut Point Road (the gray building across [...]
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