This page includes board of directors meeting minutes and other documents of record for the Sitka Local Foods Network, including the articles of incorporation from January 2009, the bylaws of the Sitka Local Foods Network as amended on Jan. 29, 2018, some local and regional food security reports, and the market rules and vendor application for the 2017 Sitka Farmers Market series. The linked documents should open as Adobe Acrobat (PDF) files.

The Sitka Local Foods Network meets once a month at various locations around town. Meetings are open to the public, and new volunteers are welcome. We also welcome volunteers at St. Peter’s Fellowship Farm work parties, the Sitka Farmers Markets, education programs, and other events we sponsor during the year.

Articles of Confederation and Bylaws

• Attachment to Articles of Incorporation for Sitka Local Foods Network

• Bylaws for the Sitka Local Foods Network as amended on Jan. 29, 2018 (downloads Word document)

Board member information

• Sitka Local Foods Network board of directors application

• Sitka Local Foods Network board of directors job description

Local and regional food security reports

• Food Security and Sovereignty in Alaska Native Communities, Full Report (published January 2024)

• Food Security and Sovereignty in Alaska Native Communities, Executive Summary (published January 2024)

• Food Security and Climate Change in Alaska (published September 2023)

• Alaska Food Security and Independence Task Force 2023 website

• 2022 Draft report of the Alaska Food Security and Independence Task Force (Sept. 30, 2022, note comments due by Oct. 31, 2022, to ced.fstfcomments@alaska.gov)

• 2022 Sitka Community Food System Asset-Mapping saved Zoom meeting with chat (Feb. 19, 2022)

• 2022 Sitka Community Food System Asset-Mapping Google document link (Feb. 19, 2022)

• 2020 Hoonah Food System Assessment and 2020 Hoonah Food System Assessment Recommendations Summary (released December 2020 by Southeast Alaska Watershed Coalition and Sustainable Southeast Partnership)

• Transportation Barriers and Recommendations: Lessons Learned from Building a Food Hub in Southeast Alaska (released late 2020 by Southeast Alaska Watershed Coalition)

• Inuit Circumpolar Council Alaska Food Sovereignty and Self-Governance: Inuit Role In Managing Arctic Marine Resources (released September 2020)

• Potential Infrastructure Investments For Alaska Grown Food, by Ken Meter and Megan Phillips Goldenberg (released September 2018)

• Current and Potential Economic Impacts of Locally Grown Produce in Southeast Alaska (released February 2017)

• Inuit Circumpolar Council-Alaska Food Security Summary and Recommendations Report (released December 2015)

• Inuit Circumpolar Council-Alaska Food Security Technical Report (released December 2015)

• Building Food Security in Alaska, Executive Summary and Recommendations, by Ken Meter and Megan Phillips Goldenberg (released November 2014)

• Building Food Security in Alaska, by Ken Meter and Megan Phillips Goldenberg (released November 2014)

• Sitka Community Food Assessment Indicators Report (released April 2014)

• Southeast Alaska Food System Assessment (released February 2014 by Southeast Conference and other partners)

• Food Security In Alaska (2013 report from the Alaska Food Policy Council)

Local gardening resources

• February 2015 update of Florence Welsh’s Forget-Me-Not Gardens gardening guide for Sitka

Sitka Farmers Market vendor forms

• 2022 Sitka Farmers Market online registration link (with vendor rules and Covid mitigation plan)

• Link to 2015 Farmers Market Resource Fact Sheets from Alaska Division of Agriculture

• 2015 City and Borough of Sitka Sales Tax Form for Sitka Farmers Market Vendors

• Cottage Food Fact Sheet — “Understanding Alaska’s Cottage Food Exemptions”

• Cottage Food Exemptions

• Washington Farmers Market Vendor Marketing Guide (March 2014)

• Guide to Operating a Successful Home-Based Food Business (March 2014 document from UAF Cooperative Extension Service and Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation includes Alaska food safety information and regulations for farmers markets and other food sales)

• Farm To Restaurant Fact Sheet (August 2014 document with food safety regulations for farms/gardens selling to restaurants)

• 2014 Sitka Farmers Market EBT Alaska Quest Vendor Agreement

• 2013 Sitka Farmers Market Home Baker Guidelines Packet

• 2013 Sitka Farmers Market Vendor Food Regulations (Information Prepared By Alaska Department Of Environmental Conservation)

• 2013 Sitka Farmers Market Home Baker Ingredient Inventory Forms (Required By Alaska Department Of Environmental Conservation)

• 2013 “Do I Need A Permit?” List For Food Vendors

• 2012 “Safe, Small, Local” Brochure About Preparing Food For Farmers Markets, Bazaars And Other Events From Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation

Sitka Local Foods Network board meeting minutes

• Minutes from July 11, 2008, meeting of the Sitka Farmers Market work group (before it became the Sitka Local Foods Network)

• Minutes from Jan. 12, 2009, board meeting of the Sitka Local Foods Network

• Minutes from Jan. 23, 2009, board meeting of the Sitka Local Foods Network

• Minutes from May 14, 2009, board meeting of the Sitka Local Foods Network

• Minutes from Sept. 23, 2009, board meeting of the Sitka Local Foods Network

• Minutes from Oct. 5, 2009, board meeting of the Sitka Local Foods Network

• Minutes from Nov. 2, 2009, board meeting of the Sitka Local Foods Network

• Minutes from Dec. 7, 2009, board meeting of the Sitka Local Foods Network

• Minutes from Jan. 4, 2010, board meeting of the Sitka Local Foods Network

• Minutes from Jan. 12, 2010, special board meeting of the Sitka Local Foods Network

• Minutes from the September 2010 board meeting of the Sitka Local Foods Network

• Minutes from the October 2010 board meeting of the Sitka Local Foods Network

• Minutes from the November 2010 board meeting of the Sitka Local Foods Network

• Minutes from the December 2010 board meeting of the Sitka Local Foods Network

• Minutes from the January 2011 board meeting of the Sitka Local Foods Network

• Minutes from the February 2011 board meeting of the Sitka Local Foods Network

• Minutes from the March 2011 board meeting of the Sitka Local Foods Network

• Minutes from the April 2011 board meeting of the Sitka Local Foods Network

• Minutes from the December 2011 board meeting of the Sitka Local Foods Network

• Minutes from the January 2012 board meeting of the Sitka Local Foods Network

• Minutes from the February 2012 board meeting of the Sitka Local Foods Network

• Minutes from the March 2012 board meeting of the Sitka Local Foods Network

• Minutes from the April 2012 board meeting of the Sitka Local Foods Network

• Minutes from the May 7, 2012, board meeting of the Sitka Local Foods Network

• Minutes from the May 22, 2012, board meeting of the Sitka Local Foods Network