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Learn to preserve safe and healthy foods for home use
January 15, 2022
University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service agent Sarah Lewis will demonstrate how to preserve this bounty by canning, dehydrating, pickling, fermenting and smoking.
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In-person food preservation, fermentation classes offered in Anchorage
January 06, 2022
Join Leif Albertson for a series of in-person, hands-on classes in January to learn how to preserve meat, poultry and game; make homemade yogurt; pickle vegetables; and can salmon.
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2021 Delta Harvest Wrap-Up scheduled
December 08, 2021
The Delta Harvest Wrap-Up is scheduled for 6-8:30 p.m. Dec. 7 at the Delta Career Advancement Center in Delta Junction.
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Certified food protection manager training classes offered
December 06, 2021
The University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service will offer three certified food protection manager trainings in early 2022.
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Increasing your housing security in insecure times
January 18, 2022
By Art Nash, Energy Specialist This month, The Associated Press released a poll that found concerns over personal finances — and particularly inflation — are beginning to outstrip the coronavirus as a top 2022 concern. Rising food prices have been highlighted well in the national media, but one major product related to housing security that … Continue reading Increasing your housing security in insecure times
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Developing, and keeping, good habits in 2022
January 03, 2022
By Reina Hasting For many of us, the new year comes with a list of resolutions. According to the market research firm YouGov, the top resolutions for 2022 are living healthier, personal improvement for happiness and losing weight. Four years ago, the top three resolutions were to save money, eat healthier and get more exercise. … Continue reading Developing, and keeping, good habits in 2022
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Tips for mindful eating over the holidays
December 19, 2021
By Adrian Kohrt As the holidays approach, we are busy buying presents, decorating, baking and going to parties. All these activities take up precious time in our already full schedules. When we get a chance to eat, it is normally on the run between going to the store to shop and getting home to wrap … Continue reading Tips for mindful eating over the holidays
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Iron bacteria can cause household problems
December 05, 2021
By Art Nash, Energy Specialist If you have a well for your water supply, you may have seen a change the last couple years in what comes out of your sink faucets or shower head. Some people are seeing the effects of iron bacteria (even in homes where, for decades prior, it had never made … Continue reading Iron bacteria can cause household problems
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