Preserving veggies from a garden or your weekly Costco run
By Leslie Shallcross I was in the sunny Southwest two weeks ago, leaving while many Alaska gardens and greenhouses were…
2024 potato harvest at the Matanuska Experiment Farm & Extension Center
— Theresa Isaac Another fantastic year of community potato harvest has been completed! On Monday, Sept. 30, Amy Foote, senior…
Plant breeding at home: A brief introduction
By Laura Weingartner Jim Myers, a professor of vegetable breeding and genetics at the College of Agricultural Sciences at Oregon…
How much of your food can you hunt, fish, gather, and grow and eat?
By Heidi Rader One of the things I’ve long been curious about is how much food Alaskans grow, hunt, fish…
September is National Suicide Prevention Month
By Reina Hasting As I see the leaves turning yellow, I know change is coming. Change in the amount of…
Fairbanks Experiment Farm, Georgeson staff begin weeding out chokecherries
By Julie Stricker In late August, another step was taken in the long process of weeding out popular but invasive…
Easy, healthy school lunchtime ideas
By Adrian Kohrt With the new school year starting, it is time to think about lunch. The best way to…
Growing currants in Alaska: a field guide for home
By Heidi Rader My favorite berries are blueberries (wild Alaska ones, of course) and raspberries, but I also have a…
Frequently asked questions about 4-H
By Marla Lowder When people walk through the Tanana Valley State Fair, they see exhibits by youth belonging to a group…
Canning smoked salmon provides Alaskans with a year-round favorite
By Leslie Shallcross Few things define Alaska like abundant, nutritious wild food, most notably salmon. Archaeological records show that salmon,…
Growing raspberries in Alaska: What you need to know
By Heidi Rader Most gardeners I know tend to be fairly haphazard with their raspberry patches, myself included. This laxity…
Media literacy is a vital skill in today’s misleading world
By Reina Hasting As it has been smoky in Fairbanks, I have been glancing more at social media on my…