Community Gardening and Food Preservation Workshops – Hughes

Posted by Alaska Tribes Extension Program

Type: Events
Location: Hughes
Start Date: June 5, 2025 at 4:00 pm
End Date: June 5, 2025 at 6:00 pm

Join Alaska Tribes Extension for two free workshops on Thursday, June 5.

From 4-5 p.m., Anja Maijala will discuss how to design a community garden, and plan out the garden to grow enough food for the community.

From 5-6 p.m., Maijala will lead a free overview of food preservation techniques such as pressure canning, water bath canning, freezing, dehydrating and fermenting.

The classes will be held at the Hughes Tribe Building.

Contact Anja Maijala at armaijala@alaska.edu or 907-474-5081 for more information.

Accommodation requests related to a disability should be made five business days in advance to Maijala. Language access services, such as interpretation or translation of vital information, will be provided free of charge to individuals with limited English proficiency upon request to amnorris2@alaska.edu

This work is supported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture.