Coal: A fuel option for community as well as residential home use
By Art Nash As large as Alaska is, for regional energy independence it often depends on the quantity of nearby…
Making your dollars stretch and your meals healthier
Did you know the University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Services has a program that teaches folks how to make…
Follow these four easy steps for a safe kitchen
By Adrian Kohrt Safety in the kitchen is one of the most important things to consider in your house. Forty-eight…
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…