Associate professor of Extension

University affiliation

• Cooperative Extension Service
• Tanana Chiefs Conference
• University of Alaska Fairbanks (Fairbanks)

Contact information

• Email: hbrader@alaska.edu
• Phone: (907) 474-6620

Media contact

Julie Stricker

• Phone: (907) 474-5406
• Email: jestricker2@alaska.edu

Areas of expertise

• Agriculture
• Education
• Indigenous studies

Research interests/biography

Heidi Rader promotes health, wellness and self-sufficiency through education on local foods and agriculture. She teaches webinars on these topics and offers the Alaska Master Gardener Online course. She provides hands-on workshops in the Tanana Chiefs Conference region. Rader created the Grow & Tell mobile app, writes monthly news columns and films YouTube videos. She also directs the vegetable variety trials in Fairbanks.