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Workshop will report on zebra mussels and other invasives
November 03, 2021
The 2021 Alaska Invasive Species Workshop will be hosted online Nov. 3-4. Zoom sessions will run from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. both days. Registration is free this year.
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Pinney, Anderson named as interim directors at UAF institute
October 08, 2021
Pete Pinney has been named interim director of the Institute of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Extension, and Jodie Anderson will serve as interim associate director.
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Online Extension food preservation workshops scheduled
September 27, 2021
University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension agent Sarah Lewis is offering a series of Tuesday evening online classes on methods of preserving healthy foods by canning, freezing, pickling and drying.
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Tannehill retires after 28 years with Extension on Kenai Peninsula
September 24, 2021
Alaska was love at first sight for Linda Tannehill when she came up in the summer of 1992 while on vacation. Tannehill started working at the Cooperative Extension office that fall and now, 28 years later, has decided to retire.
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Let’s make spooky Halloween snacks
October 13, 2021
By Adrian Kohrt With the arrival of October, the Halloween festivities have come rushing in. What better way to celebrate Halloween than with some tasty, healthy treats. Kids love to eat fun foods that look appealing and taste great. Here are some treats you can make at home with your kids that are entertaining and … Continue reading Let’s make spooky Halloween snacks
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Sauerkraut makes good use of the last of your cabbage
September 27, 2021
By Leslie Shallcross By the fourth week of September, you have almost certainly harvested most of your garden’s offerings — potatoes, carrots, Brussels sprouts, radishes, kale, chard, turnips, mustard, leeks, broccoli. But the recent abrupt change from refreshing, crisp fall weather to vegetable killing temperatures may have caught you off guard. If you didn’t have … Continue reading Sauerkraut makes good use of the last of your cabbage
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The advantages of converting trash and waste to energy
September 14, 2021
By Art Nash, Energy Specialist Generally, when we think of where our daily consumptive energy comes from we usually think along the lines of extraction and conversion from raw, natural resources. With transportation needs, often drilling rigs pulling up oil and gas with subsequent refinery work come to mind. With heating water, many picture solar … Continue reading The advantages of converting trash and waste to energy
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A community comes together to help 4-H succeed
September 02, 2021
By Marla Lowder The fair is a big part of the 4-H program for many youths. If you were able to attend the fair and go up into the Upper Totem building and see projects that youth have worked on this past year, they were amazing. Then a stroll out to the barns showed the … Continue reading A community comes together to help 4-H succeed
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