Webinars
The AFPC has started a webinar series that will take presentations from our Conference & Festival – and from food system experts who visit Alaska – and offer them as webinars. For more information, click here!
June 29, 2021
ALASKA COTTAGE FOOD SERIES, Part Three:
Listening Session
WATCH THE WEBINAR RECORDING HERE
On Tuesday, June 29 at 10:00 am, the Food Safety and Sanitation Program will hold a listening session, concluding its series of webinars dealing with cottage food exemptions. During this webinar, the Food Safety and Sanitation program would like to hear from food businesses, including processors who hold a permit, home-based operations, farmers market managers, and others interested in the cottage food exemptions in the Alaska Food Code. DEC will then consider these comments in determining whether and what types of amendments should be made to the current exemptions.
The program is holding this listening session in collaboration with the Alaska Food Policy Council, the Alaska Farmers Market Association, and the Alaska Farm Bureau
Technical Skills Workshop for Community Food Projects: An introduction to Zoom, Shared Document Platforms, & Chat Apps
Presented in partnership with our Regional Food System Partnership project organizations and participants and facilitated by FRESH: The Food Research, Enterprise, and Sustainability Hub (FRESH) of the North works to catalyze the modern food landscape of tomorrow by honoring the living traditions of yesterday and harnessing the innovative spirit of today’s Circumpolar North.
Tuesday, June 15, 2021, 12-1:15pm
AFPC Quarterly Food Systems Discussion Series: COLD STORAGE & TRANSPORTATION
Wednesday, April 21, 2021
12:00 PM 1:30 PM
The second in our 2021 series on Alaska food systems issues, the Alaska Food Policy Council invites you to attend this hour and a half presentation and working session on cold storage and food transportation in Alaska. We will kick off with a background presentation on cold storage state-of-affairs and challenges in the state, followed by an expert panel. The session will end with an active breakout session to gather feedback and thoughts from the greater Alaskan community on the issues presented. Feedback will then be aggregated and distributed to the group after the session has ended. Join us to learn and discuss this matter, which is so critical to communities across the state. We will open up with a general overview of cold storage conditions in Alaska, followed by a panelist discussion, then move on to sector-specific break-out room discussions.
Speakers:
Jodie Anderson, Director, University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) Matanuska Experiment Farm and Extension Center
Aryn Young, Blood Sweat and Food Farm
Melissa Heuer, Spork Consulting and Su Salmon Co
Micah Hahn, Copper Valley River Salmon Collective, and University of Alaska Anchorage (Climate Action Plan)
Ronalda Angasan, Ag Alaska - Alaska Village Initiatives
Questions explored:
Self-introduction and how you offer, utilize, support, or need cold storage for food in Alaska.
Does Alaska need additional cold storage capacity? If yes, for who and why? If no, why do you think that?
Who should be investing in the cold chain? The state? Private industry?
What do you want state decision-makers, food businesses, and investors to know about cold storage? What else would you like to add to this conversation?
For more background information, take a look at our first webinar held in January - Food Transportation webinar!
March 30, 2021
Alaska Cottage Food SERIES, Part Two
Producers Webinar: Scaling Up
WATCH THE WEBINAR RECORDING HERE
Alaska Food Code allows the sale of non-potentially hazardous foods sold directly to the consumer without a permit as long as certain conditions are met.
Presenters from the Alaska DEC and MUNI of Anchorage Food Safety and Sanitation programs will provide an overview of cottage food regulations and requirements and answer questions.
FEBRUARY 23, 2021
Alaska Cottage Food SERIES, PART THREE: An Overview of Regs and REquirements
WATCH THE WEBINAR RECORDING HERE
Alaska Food Code allows the sale of non-potentially hazardous foods sold directly to the consumer without a permit as long as certain conditions are met.
Presenters from the Alaska DEC and MUNI of Anchorage Food Safety and Sanitation programs will provide an overview of cottage food regulations and requirements and answer questions.
February 9, 2021
AFPC iMPROVING FOOD ACCESS IN ALASKA Webinar - 2021 Food Security Week
WATCH THE WEBINAR RECORDING HERE
Join speakers from the Alaska Food Coalition for a Lunch and Learn about the impact of COVID-19 on hunger in Alaska and ideas for improving food access.
Presenters include:
Eve Van Dommelen, Program Manager, Alaska Food Coalition
Cara Durr, Director of Public Engagement, Food Bank of Alaska
Greg Meyer, Executive Director, Kenai Peninsula Food Bank
Lisa Sauder, CEO, Bean's Cafe
Hannah Hill, Executive Director, Bread Line, Inc. (Fairbank)
Anthony Reinert, SNAP Outreach Manager, Food Bank of Alaska
February 10, 2021
AFPC intrastate Food Transportation Webinar - 2021 Food Security Week
WATCH THE WEBINAR RECORDING HERE
Join speakers from the Alaska Food Policy Council, industry, and food access programs for a Lunch and Learn about the challenges and opportunities of safely transporting healthful foods around the state.
Panelists include:
Admiral Tom Barrett, Alaska Marine Highway Reshaping Work Group
Jim Baldwin, Food Bank of Alaska CEO
Gideon Garcia, Northern Air Cargo
Emily Garrity, Twitter Creek Farm (Homer)
Walt Pickett, A/C Stores
Bob Lowrance, Managing Director of Begich Capital Partners Inc
Moderator: Brian Himelbloom, AFPC Governing Board member, based on Kodiak
February 11, 2021
AK Farmland Trust, AK Farm Bureau, & AK Farmers Markets Production Webinar - 2021 Food Security Week
WATCH THE WEBINAR RECORDING HERE
Join speakers from around the state as we take a live tour of five Alaskan farms for a buffet of local foods to delight your palate:
Jakolof Bay Oyster Co.
Arctic Harvest Farm Distillery
Blue Creek Livestock
Seeds of Change
Kodiak Baptist Mission, Heritage Farm & Ranch
January 13, 2021
Q1: Food Systems Discussion Series:
tRANSPORTATION
Watch the Webinar Recording here
The first in our 2021 series on Alaska food systems issues, the Alaska Food Policy Council invites you to attend this hour and a half presentation and working session on food transportation in Alaska. We will kick off with a background presentation on food transport state-of-affairs and challenges in the state, followed by an expert panel. The session will end with an active breakout session to gather feedback and thoughts from the greater Alaskan community on the issues presented. Feedback will then be aggregated and distributed to the group after the session has ended. Join us to learn and discuss this matter, which is so critical to communities across the state. We will open up with a general overview of food system transportation conditions in Alaska, followed by a panelist discussion, then move on to sector-specific break-out room discussions.
Speakers included:
Chelsea Ward-Walker, Anchorage Muni transport expert
Sandra Harbanuk - Alaska WIC
Walter Pickett - AC Stores
Kyla Byers - Arctic Harvest Deliveries
Bryce Wrigley - Alaska Flour Company
Thanks to those who attended our Food Transportation webinar! We were delighted with the turnout, over 50 people showed up to learn more about food transportation and offer their own insights. We’ve already collected some feedback from attendees, which will be aggregated into a publicly available summary, available soon.
Over 90% of survey respondents said they were satisfied with the webinar and offered advice and insights about future webinars and food transportation.
What are your top 3 concerns about food transportation in Alaska?
“Cold storage facilities, reliable temp control shipping to rural communities, and cost of transportation”
“1)Rural places (sic) being cut off during a shortage or during times where the usual infrastructure is out of whack. 2) The fact that we ship our fish out to other places to process…”
What do you think your community's biggest challenge is for accessing fresh, healthy food?
“reliability in case of disruptions, not enough local availability”
“Aging port infrastructure”
“... it's (sic) cost, and quality (mostly cosmetic, and taste, not safety), for the smaller YK Delta villages: cost (extremely prohibitive), quality (can include questionable food safety concerns)”
June 14, 2016 Webinar with Mark Winne:
(Find webinar video here.)
May 26 Webinar with Melissa Chlupach
(video not available, but materials can be found here)
