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Sitka Conservation Society to host annual Wild Foods Potluck and Annual Meeting on Sunday, Nov. 19

Join the Sitka Conservation Society for its Wild Foods Potluck and Annual Meeting.

This event will be held on Sunday, Nov. 19, at Harrigan Centennial Hall, with doors opening at 5 p.m. All are welcome to attend. Please bring a dish featuring local wild foods to share.

For more information, contact info@sitkawild.org or call 907-747-7509.

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Public comment period open until Oct. 31 for Alaska Food Security and Independence Task Force 2022 Report

The public comment period is open until Oct. 31 for the draft Alaska Food Security and Independence Task Force 2022 Report. Please submit any comments via email to ced.fstfcomments@alaska.gov

“The goals of this task force are to increase food security, strengthen local economies, and lessen Alaska’s dependence on external foods and supply chains.

“The Task Force will review and provide recommendations to the Governor of the State of Alaska regarding food security goals and policies, and guidelines for state initiatives that, to the maximum extent possible, increase local production, harvest, processing, storage, and use of food products. Once the report is received, there may be further clarification and deliverables identified that would require additional work by the Task Force.”

You can learn more about the task force and download the draft report at this link, https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/FoodSecurityTaskForce.aspx

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• Sitka Conservation Society to host annual Wild Foods Potluck on Dec. 8 at Sweetland Hall

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WildFoodsPotluckHelp Sitka celebrate its wonderful bounty of local and wild foods by joining the Sitka Conservation Society for its annual Wild Foods Potluck from 5-7:30 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 8, at Sweetland Hall on the Sheldon Jackson Campus.

This annual event features a variety of wild foods that can be harvested around Sitka, including many varieties of fish, deer, ducks, berries, seaweed, beach greens, and more. This event gives local residents a chance to sample a multitude of wild food dishes for a true taste of Sitka. If you don’t have any wild foods, just garnish your dish with a local plant.

“Bring a dish that features ingredients from the outdoors and meet others interested in subsistence foods and the conservation field,” said the Sitka Conservation Society’s Ray Friedlander, who is helping coordinate the event. “Your dish could win a prize if you enter it into the Best Dish, Best Side, and Best Dessert category.”

This event is non-alcoholic, and it is open to all residents of Sitka, including members and non-members of the Sitka Conservation Society. For more information, contact Ray Friedlander or Mary Wood at the Sitka Conservation Society at 747-7509, or go to http://www.sitkawild.org/.