Produce growers to gather in Palmer
The Alaska Produce Growers Conference, to be held Feb. 21 at the Matanuska Experiment Farm in Palmer, will highlight production tips…
SARE conference workshops: low-cost sustainable farming
Don Bustos, Santa Cruz Farm president, Western SARE (505) 514-1662 In the afternoon of the pre-conference workshop day, March 12,…
Chefs show up at farmers markets to promote local produce
Chef Chuck Lemke prepares bruschetta at the Tanana Valley Farmers Market. On a busy June afternoon at the Tanana Valley…
Sustainable Agriculture Conference Day 2, part 2: contraptions, beehives, potato viruses, community gardens, farmers’ markets, and more
(See also part one of Day 2.) Contraptions at Work Tom Zimmer of Calypso Farm & Ecology Center gave this…
7th Sustainable Agriculture Conference
The 7th Annual Sustainable Agriculture Conference was held March 23 and 24, followed on the next two days by the…
CSA survey results: picking brains and veggies
From left, Rachel Garcia, David Fazzino, Phil Loring Members of community supported agriculture (CSA) organizations in the Fairbanks area love…
Today is Alaska Agriculture Day!
In recognition of Alaska Agriculture Day, Carol Lewis, pictured at left, wrote the following guest opinion. If Alaska is truly…
Sustainable Agriculture Conference, March 17
The 6th Annual Sustainable Agriculture Conference & Organic Growers’ School held March 17 at the Princess Hotel, featured a practical…
Community sustainability forum: food security
Sustainability has many faces: economic, industrial, social, environmental, agricultural, political. The definition used by the Sustainable Community Action Network for…
Can you eat local for one week? Take the challenge!
Virgil Severns and his granddaughter Ashley Knowlton of Rangeview Farms regularly provide local produce to customers at the Tanana Valley…