Our summer network gathering included a cooking demo by Chef Marisa of the Bread Line in Fairbank
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Our spring network gathering included presentations by Native Movement, Alaska Mariculture Alliance, and Kachemak Kelp Hub
Kodiak Harvest Food Cooperative reopened in the downtown Kodiak Marketplace at the beginning of March, marking a major milestone in the cooperative’s continued growth and service to the community.
Managing type 1 diabetes ultimately comes down to understanding how food, activity, and lifestyle interact with your body. I will always appreciate the field of Nutrition as it provides super important information on how the body uses nutrients, and its support to diabetes management.
As for living in Alaska, it has reinforced an important lesson: a healthy lifestyle doesn’t require perfect conditions. Sometimes it simply requires learning how to adapt. And with this willingness to adapt, managing diabetes became less about restriction and more about curiosity and problem solving.
Food is basic infrastructure. This was a key message to our legislators. As important as roads and runways, food security is critical for a thriving state. And while a lot of good work has been done, there is much left to do.
Access to affordable land is one of the biggest hurdles facing farmers nationwide. In Alaska, this is magnified due to the limited quantity of land that is acceptable for agricultural production. Creating a workable leasing system for agriculture would lower barriers for new farmers, support existing farms in expanding, and help keep Alaska-grown food affordable.
Earlier this month, AFPC Programs Manager Ellen Olack had the opportunity to travel to Washington, D.C. to participate in the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition’s (NSAC) Lobby Day.
Alaska Farmers Market Association’s Claire Marshalek discusses H.R. 1, which reduces critical funding for several social programs including the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program(SNAP) also known as Quest.
Our winter network gathering included presentations by Salmon-Safe and EcoTrust.
Over the course of the conference, conversations kept circling back to a central message, that “farm to school” isn’t just a program, it’s a relationship between students and their food, between schools and local producers, and between health, culture, and place.