The Sitka Local Foods Network Board of Directors is recruiting for a volunteer/contract worker to serve as market manager for the 2012 Sitka Farmers Markets. This is the fifth year of operation for the Sitka Farmers Market, which features six markets from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. every other Saturday from July 7 through Sept. [...]
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• Sitka Local Foods Network seeks market manager for 2012 Sitka Farmers Markets
Posted in Sitka Farmers Market, Sitka Local Foods Network board of directors, tagged ANB Hall, arts and crafts, berries, carrots, Doug Osborne, education, encouragement, farmers market, fish, food, food security, halibut, kids' activities, lettuce, Linda Wilson, market, Maybelle Filler, potatoes, produce, salmon, Sitka, Sitka Farmers Market, Sitka Local Foods Network, vegetables on February 8, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
• Booths and vendors needed for the Let’s Grow Sitka! garden education event in March
Posted in education, Let's Grow Sitka, Sitka Local Foods Network events, tagged ANB Hall, arts and crafts, berries, community garden, community greenhouse, education, encouragement, food, food security, garden, kids' activities, Let's Grow Sitka, Linda Wilson, potatoes, produce, Sitka, Sitka Local Foods Network, St. Peter's Fellowship Farm, subsistence, traditional foods, UAF Cooperative Extension Service, vegetables on February 3, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
It is time to start planning for the 2012 Let’s Grow Sitka Garden Expo. This year’s event will be from noon to 3 p.m. on Sunday, March 11, at the Alaska Native Brotherhood Hall. Linda Wilson is coordinating the event, and she is looking for anyone interested in participating. Table spaces are FREE. The only [...]
• Sitka Local Foods Network hosts annual meeting and potluck dinner on Saturday, Jan. 21
Posted in 200 fruit trees project, composting, education, fish in school lunches project, Food choices, food security, Gardens, greenhouse, Let's Grow Sitka, Sitka Community Greenhouse and Education Center, Sitka Farmers Market, Sitka Local Foods Network board of directors, Sitka Local Foods Network events, St. Peter's Fellowship Farm, traditional foods, tagged Alaska Food Policy Council, berries, community garden, community greenhouse, education, encouragement, farmers market, fish, food, food security, garden, halibut, Kerry MacLane, Let's Grow Sitka, market, produce, projects, salmon, Sitka, Sitka Farmers Market, Sitka Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, St. Peter's Fellowship Farm, subsistence, traditional foods, UAF Cooperative Extension Service, vegetables on January 16, 2012 | Comments Off
Please join the Sitka Local Foods Network for its annual meeting and potluck dinner at 6 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 21, at the Sitka Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Hall (408 Marine St., parking lot is off Spruce Street). Join us as we honor our four years of existence and prepare for our fifth year. During this [...]
• Alaska chef Robert Kinneen creates webinar series about cooking with traditional foods
Posted in education, Local food in Alaska projects and research, traditional foods, tagged Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC), Aleut, berries, cod, Desirée Simeon, Dr. Gary Ferguson, education, encouragement, fish, Fresh 49 project, Haida, halibut, Petersburg, projects, Renae Mathson, Robert Kinneen, rockfish, salmon, Sitka, Sitka Local Foods Network, Sitka Seafood Festival, SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC), Store Outside Your Door, subsistence, Tlingít, traditional foods, venison on January 5, 2012 | Comments Off
Local food from Sitka is featured prominently in the new Fresh49.com webisode series about using traditional foods created by Alaska chef Robert Kinneen of Anchorage and Dr. Gary Ferguson, ND, the director of the Wellness and Prevention program at the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC). The first webisodes in the series are about the [...]
• Rising grocery prices raise food insecurity concerns in Sitka
Posted in education, food security, Sitka Local Foods Network board of directors, tagged Sitka Local Foods Network, food, farmers market, community garden, community greenhouse, traditional foods, subsistence, fish, produce, berries, education, encouragement, Sitka Farmers Market, garden, Sitka, salmon, cod, Kerry MacLane, Ellen Frankenstein, food security, potatoes, Maybelle Filler, Blatchley Community Garden, St. Peter's Fellowship Farm, vegetables, Lisa Sadleir-Hart, Let's Grow Sitka, Doug Osborne, Charles Bingham, Artigras, Robin Grewe, food insecurity, Feeding America 2011, Kids Count, Alaska Food Cost Survey on December 9, 2011 | Comments Off
(NOTE: The following letter to the editor appeared in the Friday, Dec. 9, 2011, edition of the Daily Sitka Sentinel.) Dear Editor, Many in Sitka are feeling squeezed not only by rising fuel costs, but also by escalating food costs. The September 2011 Alaska Food Cost Survey, conducted by University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension [...]
• Sitka Conservation Society hosts wild foods potluck on Wednesday, Nov. 2
Posted in Fish and game, Food choices, traditional foods, tagged Ashley Bolwerk, berries, cod, education, encouragement, fish, Fish to Schools, food, garden, halibut, Harrigan Centennial Hall, Mt. Edgecumbe High School Youth for Environmental Action, Recycle Sitka, salmon, Sitka 4H club, Sitka Bicycle Friendly Community Coalition, Sitka Conservation Society, Sitka High School, Sitka Local Foods Network, Sitka Maritime Heritage Society, Sitka Seafood Festival, Sitka Trail Works, Southeast Alaska Conservation Council, subsistence, the Sitka Sound Science Center, the Slow Foods Southeast group, Tracy Gagnon, traditional foods, wild foods potluck on November 1, 2011 | Comments Off
The Sitka Conservation Society will host its second annual wild foods potluck on Wednesday, Nov. 2, at Harrigan Centennial Hall. Doors open at 5:30 p.m., with food served at 6 p.m. Come celebrate Alaska’s bounty with friends and family. Bring a dish featuring food fished, foraged, hunted or cultivated in Southeast. If you don’t have any [...]
• Make plans for the last full Sitka Farmers Market of the summer this Saturday (Sept. 10) at ANB Hall
Posted in Fundraisers for the Sitka Local Foods Network, Sitka Farmers Market, Sitka Local Foods Network events, tagged ANB Hall, arts and crafts, berries, carrots, cod, education, encouragement, farmers market, fish, food, food security, garden, halibut, kids' activities, lettuce, Linda Wilson, market, music, potatoes, produce, salmon, Sitka, Sitka Farmers Market, Sitka Local Foods Network, vegetables on September 8, 2011 | Comments Off
Be sure to attend the fifth and final Sitka Farmers Market of the summer, which takes place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 10, at the Alaska Native Brotherhood Hall (235 Katlian St.). This will be the last of five full Sitka Farmers Markets this summer, with the schedule running on alternate [...]
• SEARHC, UAF Cooperative Extension Service to host ‘Basics of Food Preservation’ classes
Posted in education, Food preservation, tagged food, traditional foods, subsistence, fish, berries, education, encouragement, garden, SEARHC, UAF Cooperative Extension Service, Sitka, salmon, Food preservation, food security, home canning, vegetables, Preserving Alaska's Bounty, Roxie Dinstel, S'áxt' Hít Mt. Edgecumbe Hospital, Martha Pearson, Basics of Food Preservation on August 29, 2011 | Comments Off
Are you looking for ways to safely put up your grub? Do you have extra salmon or veggies you want to preserve for eating this winter? Two “Basics of Food Preservation” classes will be taught Wednesday, Aug. 31, in Sitka. The first class takes place at noon on Aug. 31 at the SouthEast Alaska Regional [...]
• Make plans for the fourth Sitka Farmers Market of the summer this Saturday (Aug. 27) at ANB Hall
Posted in Fundraisers for the Sitka Local Foods Network, Sitka Farmers Market, Sitka Local Foods Network events, tagged ANB Hall, arts and crafts, berries, carrots, cod, education, encouragement, farmers market, fish, food, food security, garden, halibut, kids' activities, lettuce, Linda Wilson, market, music, potatoes, produce, salmon, Sitka, Sitka Farmers Market, Sitka Local Foods Network, vegetables on August 26, 2011 | Comments Off
Be sure to attend the fourth Sitka Farmers Market of the summer, which takes place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 27, at the Alaska Native Brotherhood Hall (235 Katlian St.). This will be the fourth of five full Sitka Farmers Markets this summer, with the schedule running on alternate Saturdays (July [...]
• Celebrate National Farmers Market Week by going to the Sitka Farmers Market on Saturday
Posted in education, Food choices, Fundraisers for the Sitka Local Foods Network, Sitka Farmers Market, Sitka Local Foods Network events, tagged Alaska Farmers Market Association, America's Favorite Farmers Markets, ANB Hall, arts and crafts, berries, carrots, cod, community greenhouse, encouragement, farmers market, fish, food, food security, garden, halibut, kids' activities, lettuce, Linda Wilson, market, music, National Farmers Market Week, potatoes, produce, salmon, Sitka, Sitka Farmers Market, Sitka Local Foods Network, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, UAF Cooperative Extension Service, vegetables, WIC coupons on August 11, 2011 | Comments Off
Aug. 7-13 is National Farmers Market Week this year, as declared by U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, so celebrate the week by attending the Sitka Farmers Market from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 13, at the Alaska Native Brotherhood Hall (235 Katlian St.). Farmers markets are a great way to connect [...]
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