The next Alaskan Growers School course will start in Fall 2012.
If you would like to be contacted when this course will start please fill out our contact form for the next Alaskan Growers course.
The Alaskan Growers School is a unique opportunity intended for Alaska Natives living in remote villages to gain the knowledge and skills to grow and raise food to complement a traditional, subsistence lifestyle. Although the program is open to anyone in Alaska, students from the Tanana Chiefs Conference region will be given priority for enrolling in the course as they are a partner on the grant.
After students complete the course, they will gain the knowledge and skills necessary to grow enough food for themselves and 10 other families!
Students will also gain a variety of other skills including raising bees, livestock, chickens, starting a business, marketing wild teas and other forest products, and much more!
This project was supported by the Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, USDA, Grant # 2010-49400-21719. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.