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Learn about the health benefits of Alaska berries
June 25, 2025
Registered dietitian and University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service agent Leslie Shallcross will discuss the potential health benefits of eating Alaska's berries in a free statewide webinar.
Sitka workshops cover homemade food rules, canning and food preservation
June 24, 2025
Join a series of workshops in Sitka to learn about the updated rules for selling homemade foods, how to preserve vegetables by making and canning soups and pickles, and food preservation safety.
Beneficial insects can help control garden pests
June 17, 2025
Not all insects are garden pests. In a free statewide webinar, learn which insects are natural enemies of pest bugs and therefore good friends for gardeners to cultivate. Joey Slowik, integrated pest management technician at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service in Palmer, will discuss potential insect friends, what they want and some ways to encourage them in your garden.
Workshops to cover vegetable storage, greenhouse energy, accessibility
June 16, 2025
ºÚÁϺÚÀúÊ· Cooperative Extension Service agent and energy specialist Art Nash will guide a series of free workshops this month in Parks Highway communities on ways to keep produce fresh longer, commercial and residential energy options for greenhouses, and accessibility for farmers and gardeners with disabilities.
Experts to demonstrate ways to control invasive chokecherries
June 12, 2025
Visit the Fairbanks Experiment Farm and watch integrated pest management experts demonstrate techniques to control invasive chokecherry trees, Prunus padus and Prunus virginiana. The free event, a collaboration of the University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service and the Northern Alaska Cooperative Invasive Species Management Area, is Wednesday, June 18, from 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Delta arborist to lead workshops on pruning, milling, chainsaw maintenance
June 10, 2025
Three workshops in Delta Junction this month will focus on tree pruning techniques, operating a portable sawmill and chainsaw maintenance. Jesse Roman, a licensed arborist who recently moved to Delta Junction, will lead the in-person workshops, which are hosted by the University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service and Partners for Progress in Delta.
4-H pH program gives Sitka youth a taste of ocean science
June 05, 2025
Youth in Sitka spent five months testing the water as part of an ocean acidification education program called 4-H pH. The project, funded by the NOAA Ocean Acidification Program, is part of a citizen science program called Global Learning & Observations to Benefit the Environment Program, or GLOBE.
Learn about common plant diseases and management options
June 05, 2025
All plants are susceptible to disease, which can be caused by both living organisms and environmental conditions. Todd Steinlage, a plant pathologist with the Alaska Plant Materials Center, will discuss common diseases in Alaska and management options for them in a free webinar hosted by the University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service.
Cooperative Extension director finalist presentations scheduled
June 04, 2025
The University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service will host Zoom presentations from three finalists vying to serve as the program's new director. The finalists -- Joe Sanders, Annie Steed and Jenn Wagaman -- will present talks about their vision for the program's next 10 years and its economic and geographic challenges.
Juneau camp focuses on Southeast Alaska culture, activities
June 03, 2025
Registration is open for the AK Experience Camp in Juneau, a collaboration between the University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service 4-H program and Goldbelt Heritage Foundation. The camp theme is Aani Yaa Du.óow "Perspectives of The Land." It will focus on cultural connections, outdoor exploration and traditional ecological knowledge.