Lessons from the raspberry whisperer of Two Rivers
By Heidi Rader When I wrote about growing raspberries in Alaska, Charlotte Porter got in touch with me and wanted…
Get ready for better health with the MIND Diet and Alaska berries
By Leslie Shallcross A recently described dietary pattern, the Mediterranean Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay or the MIND Diet, is increasingly…
Resources can help people with mental health challenges
By Reina Hasting There’s so much to be grateful for, and if we find ourselves sad from time to time,…
NextGen interns find opportunities, experience with summer internships
— Julie Stricker The NextGen Internship Program is designed to introduce students to food and agricultural careers. With 14 interns…
Take the sting out of the wildfire urban interface
By Art Nash There’s an acronym amongst those who study the rapid complexity many communities are facing in regards to…
Offbeet Farm fine-tunes the art of winter vegetable storage
By Heidi Rader Sam Knapp could do anything. He has degrees in physics and chemistry as well as an advanced…
No soil, no problem: Soil building and management options in the Aleutian and Pribilof Islands region
By Marisa McKasson What do plants need to grow? Elementary school science taught us that they need water, sunlight, air…
Tips for feeding picky eaters
By Adrian Kohrt Good nutritional meals are important for young children to help them grow strong and healthy. Children need…
4-H pH program gives Sitka youth a taste of ocean science
By Julie Stricker Youth in Sitka spent five months testing the water as part of an ocean acidification education program…
Tanana District 4-H hosts state horse contest
By Marla Lowder Youth from across the state took part in the State 4-H Horse Contest from May 1-3. Ten…
Tapping birch trees to make syrup is a sweet spring ritual
By Leslie Shallcross The calendar indicates that it’s spring, and despite occasional freezing temperatures and lingering patches of snow, the…
Susan Harry keeps a close eye on pollen in Interior Alaska
For the past 25 years, Susan Harry has been peering into a microscope every spring to count and classify minuscule…