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  • Jars of home-pickled carrots, zucchini, green beans and cauliflower are lined up on a kitchen counter.

    Food safety, preservation workshops planned for Kenai Peninsula

    March 26, 2026

    The University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service is offering a series of food preservation and entrepreneurship workshops on the Kenai Peninsula in April. Professor Sarah Lewis will lead the classes in Homer, Kenai and Soldotna.

  • A bumblebee burrows into a large, white flower

    Virtual talk explores ways to identify, attract backyard pollinators

    March 19, 2026

    An Anchorage entomologist will delve into how to recognize common bees and other Alaska pollinators in a free virtual talk with the Valley Garden Club.

  • A person lifts the lid of a plastic five-gallon bucket attached to a birch tree to show a spile with birch sap dripping from it. The ground is covered with snow.

    Class to cover birch tapping, sap products

    March 17, 2026

    A class hosted by the University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service in Palmer will explore techniques for tapping birch trees and making syrup from the sap.

  • Four fresh spring rolls filled with fresh vegetables laid out on a plate

    Sitka workshop features healthy spring rolls, sauces

    March 11, 2026

    Dietetics student Paula Veshti will lead a workshop in Sitka featuring spring rolls made with fresh fruits and vegetables. Veshti will teach participants how to make fresh spring rolls, healthy versions of dipping sauces and a fruity dessert.

  • Two women lift hand weights in a gym

    Bone-strengthening workout program offered in Juneau

    March 06, 2026

    A one-month Better Bones & Balance program will begin in early April in Juneau. The program combines strength and power training with group fitness activities for individuals with osteoporosis, osteopenia or a risk of developing low bone density.

  • Two trumpeter swans fly across a wooded hillside

    Presentation to review Interior Alaska migratory waterfowl

    March 06, 2026

    Jeff Mason, an ecologist with the Salcha-Delta Soil and Water Conservation District, will give a presentation on the migratory waterfowl that are seen annually overhead and in Delta fields as they fly to and from their nesting grounds.

  • A person holds a northern pike with gloved hands. A juvenile coho salmon is inside the pike's mouth

    Webinar discusses devastation caused by invasive northern pike

    March 06, 2026

    A free Zoom webinar from noon-1 p.m. on Wednesday, March 18, will provide an overview of how northern pike became an invasive problem in part of Alaska. The webinar is hosted by the University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service.

  • A smiling man stands in a kitchen holding a paper plate filled with food.

    Sitka cooking class features homestyle meal

    March 05, 2026

    Sitka cab driver, fisherman, teacher and musician Hank Moore will teach how to cook greens, black-eyed peas and black cod, "Hank style." Participants will enjoy the results afterward. The class, from 5-7 p.m. on Friday, March 13, is at the Sitka Lutheran Church basement kitchen, 224 Lincoln St.

  • A group of black cows, some with white faces, are grouped around a bucket of feed in a summer pasture.

    Workshop to discuss winter feeding of livestock, horses

    February 26, 2026

    A workshop in Delta Junction will cover several topics related to feeding livestock during Alaska's long, cold winters. The class is Monday, March 2 from 5:30-8:30 p.m. at the Delta Career Advancement Center, 1696 N. Clearwater Ave., Delta Junction.

  • Rows of newly sprouted vegetable seeds such as kale and kohlrabi in an indoor tray.

    Seed-starting workshops offered in Alaska communities

    February 24, 2026

    The University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service is holding several seed-starting workshops around the state in March and April. Starting seeds early gives growers an opportunity to get a head start on Alaska's short, intense growing season and a way to grow plant varieties that local greenhouses may not carry.

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