Cooperative Extension Service News Releases
Food protection manager training
June 4, 2013
The UAF Cooperative Extension Service will host a certified food protection manager workshop July 10 in Palmer and Fairbanks and at videoconference sites around the state.
Agricultural economist seminar scheduled June 4
June 3, 2013
The finalist for the Cooperative Extension agricultural economist/farm and ranch management specialist position will lead a public seminar on Alaska farm economics Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. in Palmer.
Camp Energy presentation May 22
May 15, 2013
Art Nash, the Cooperative Extension energy specialist, and Dave Pelunis-Messier of the Tanana Chiefs Conference will talk about practical energy options from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. May 22 in Room 201 of the Reichardt Building on the UAF campus.
FDA presentation will cover new food safety rules
April 22, 2013
The Food and Drug Administration says that proposed new federal food safety rules will significantly affect growers, packers and food processors.
Charles Breen, director of the Seattle FDA district office, will talk about the proposed rules regarding produce and preventive control for human food from 1 to 5 p.m. April 25 at the Muldoon Library in Anchorage. There will be live streaming of the presentation at the Homer Library, the Delta Career Advancement Center and the Butrovich Building, Room 108 A and B, on the University of Alaska Fairbanks campus, or online at bit.ly/fda-rules.