Sitka Local Foods Network

A nonprofit organization whose mission is to increase the amount of locally produced and harvested food in the diets of SE Alaskans

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August 24, 2009 by Charles Bingham

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Do you support the local foods movement in Sitka? We are recruiting new board members and volunteers for 2025. Click the photo to learn more about us, or attend our next board meeting at 6 p.m. on Thursday, May 22, using Zoom online meetings.

Now you can support the Sitka Local Foods Network using PayPal or credit / debit cards. Click image to donate.

The Sitka Local Foods Network is proud to announce that the produce grown at St. Peter’s Fellowship Farm and sold at the Sitka Farmers Market has been awarded a Certified Naturally Grown designation. Click the logo for more info.

Thank you to the Sitka White Elephant Shop (the White E), which gave us a $1,000 grant in 2025, a $2,000 grant in 2024, a $2,000 grant in 2023, a $1,000 grant in 2022, a $1,500 grant in 2020, a $1,500 grant in 2019, and a $1,000 grant in 2018 so we can match produce purchases of up to $20 per market for SNAP and WIC beneficiaries at the Sitka Farmers Markets (click image below for more information)

Thank you to The Alaska Community Foundation for supporting us with an AK CAN DO COVID-19 Rapid Response grant

Thank you to the Sitka Legacy Foundation for supporting us with a 2020 Pandemic Response Discretionary grant and 2021 and 2022 Competitive grants

Like what we do? Please sponsor us in 2025 (Click image for more details)

Thank you to the Alaska Cancer Partnership for sponsoring the Sitka Local Foods Network in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022

Thank you to the Alaska Farmers Market Association for sponsoring the Sitka Local Foods Network with marketing grants for the Sitka Farmers Market in 2022, 2023, and 2024

Thank you to SEARHC for sponsoring the Sitka Local Foods Network in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025

Thank you to the Harry Race Pharmacy (White’s Inc.) for sponsoring the Sitka Local Foods Network in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025

Thank you to Sitka Ace Hardware (formerly Sitka True Value) for sponsoring the Sitka Local Foods Network in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, and 2024

Thank you to Tongass Federal Credit Union (formerly ALPS Federal Credit Union) for sponsoring the Sitka Local Foods Network in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025

Thank you to Market Center for sponsoring the Sitka Local Foods Network in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025

Thank you to Sea Mart Quality Foods for sponsoring the Sitka Local Foods Network in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025

Thank you to the employees of First National Bank Alaska for sponsoring the Sitka Local Foods Network in 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023

Thank you to Northrim Bank for sponsoring the Sitka Local Foods Network in 2023 and 2024

Thank you to the Sitka Seafood Market (formerly Sitka Salmon Shares) 1% For The Wild Fund for sponsoring the Sitka Local Foods Network in 2022, 2023, and 2024

Thank you to the GCI Gives Fund for sponsoring the Sitka Local Foods Network in 2022

Thank you to the Fish and Family Seafoods for sponsoring the Sitka Local Foods Network in 2022

Thank you to The Skaggs Foundation for sponsoring the Sitka Local Foods Network in 2021

Want to support more local foods in Sitka, Alaska? Please consider donating today to the Sitka Local Foods Network. Click the image below to give using our giving page on MightyCause.com. Your support is much appreciated. Thanks.

The Sitka Local Foods Network has a 2024 Silver level nonprofit transparency rating from Candid (formerly GuideStar)

Please support us through Benevity.com. Some corporations will match employee donations on this site. Click the logo below for more information.

The Sitka Local Foods Network is proud to be featured in the Food Tank and James Beard Foundation 2014, 2015 and 2016 Good Food Org Guides. Click the images to learn more.

The Sitka Local Foods Network supports the work of the Alaska Food Policy Council

The Sitka Local Foods Network is a proud member of the Alaska Farmers Market Association

The Sitka Local Foods Network is a proud member of the Farmers Market Coalition

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