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Food safety training offered around Alaska
January 24, 2020
Food safety management training will take place by videoconference Feb. 18 in eight Alaska communities.
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Free radon test kits available during January
January 16, 2020
January is National Radon Action Month, and free radon test kits are available during the month.
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Pesticide applicator training scheduled
January 13, 2020
The University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service will offer three-day pesticide applicator certification training Jan. 28-30 in several Alaska communities.
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Women in Agriculture Conference registration opens
January 10, 2020
Registration is open for the 2020 Women in Agriculture Conference on Jan. 25. The one-day gathering will take place simultaneously in Fairbanks, Palmer, Anchorage, Soldotna and Homer. This year's theme is Healthy Farms.
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Extension Blog
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16 Easy Steps to Gardening in Alaska
Jan. 24, 2020Read moreShare this with a new gardener or read the steps to think about how you can improve your established garden!
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Keeping Your House Operating During a Cold Alaska Winter
Jan. 17, 2020Read moreWintertime in Alaska can be cold, with temperatures of 40, 50, even 60 below zero. Severe outside temperatures can cause severe inside problems. When utilities stop functioning because of the cold, it is inconvenient and even dangerous. Knowing how to keep utilities functioning or how to restore them to working order during periods of severe cold weather is very important.
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Jan. 10, 2020Read more
Radon is a colorless, odorless, radioactive gas. It forms naturally from the radioactive decay of uranium, which is found at various levels of bedrock.
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What Why How We Eat: An Experiment Farm
Dec. 26, 2019Read moreThe public is invited to stop by First Friday at the Anchorage Museum on Jan. 3 and learn more about the Matanuska Experiment Farm and Extension Center. The event is called What Why How We Eat: An Experiment Farm and is related to an exhibit and a series of public programs that the museum is hosting, called What Why How We Eat. The museum website says the exhibit and programs “look at how Alaskans connect with each other and the land through food.”