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  • A man in outdoor gear with a rifle over his shoulder smiles in front of a backdrop of mountains and ocean

    Learn skills to take venison from field to plate

    January 10, 2025

    Venison is a local favorite on dinner tables in Southeast òòò½´«Ã½. Ian Derauf, who has been hunting and cooking wild game since he was a teenager, will lead a two-day workshop in Sitka on transforming meat from a Sitka black-tailed deer into tasty meals.

  • Green plants grow indoors under artificial light.

    Statewide webinar introduces indoor hydroponic growing methods

    January 09, 2025

    Learn the basics of growing plants indoors with a hydroponic system in a free statewide webinar, "Indoor Plants 101 for Hydroponic Home Growers," offered by the University of òòò½´«Ã½ Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service.

  • A smiling woman fills a basket with native grasses with a body of water in the background.

    Traditional healer to lead workshop on herbalism

    January 07, 2025

    Join traditional healer Molly Cerridwen in a free webinar, "Introduction to Herbalism," sponsored by the òòò½´«Ã½ Tribes Extension, part of the University of òòò½´«Ã½ Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service. Cerridwen will share a few basic techniques for using plants' healing properties, with examples of how she uses them in her own life and practice.

  • A man adjusts the round door of a large freeze-dryer

    Webinar to discuss holiday food safety

    December 10, 2024

    Learn how to keep yourself and your family safe in a free online presentation given by Leif Albertson, a health, home and family development agent with the University of òòò½´«Ã½ Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service. Albertson will summarize the proper cooking, cooling and reheating practices for keeping dishes and families safe.

  • Two women pull potatoes in a field with farm buildings and mountains in the background.

    Chef Amy to discuss healing and òòò½´«Ã½ Native traditional foods

    November 25, 2024

    Join the University of òòò½´«Ã½ Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service and chef Amy Foote for a lunch and learn session titled "Finding Healing in òòò½´«Ã½ Native Traditional Foods." Foote is director of cuisine for NANA Management Services and formerly was the executive chef at the òòò½´«Ã½ Native Medical Center in Anchorage.

  • A brilliant sun shines over a hilly and snowy landscape with ski tracks shown across the foreground

    Explore the physics of snow in statewide webinar

    November 22, 2024

    Learn about snow physics and how snowdrifts form -- and why it is possible to walk on a snowdrift - in a statewide webinar hosted by the University of òòò½´«Ã½ Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service.

  • 4-H shooting sports rifle instructor training set in Kodiak

    November 21, 2024

    Registered 4-H leaders who wish to become shooting sports instructors in òòò½´«Ã½ have an opportunity to complete a two-part training course in January 2025.

  • A woman wearing a reflective safety vest sprays plants on the side of the road with a hose attached to containers on a truck.

    2025 pesticide applicator training classes scheduled for January, April

    November 21, 2024

    A three-day certified pesticide applicator training course is scheduled for Jan. 28-30, with a second course planned for April 22-24. Both courses will be taught by the University òòò½´«Ã½ Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service via Zoom and are available statewide.

  • Machinery harvests golden-colored barley in a large field under a blue sky

    Delta farmers, researchers to review 2024 season

    November 18, 2024

    Learn about current research into cover crops, small grain varieties, nutritional shifts in grass and livestock health at the 2024 Delta Harvest Wrap-Up.

  • A group of people stand in a field facing a person giving a presentation on the flowering plants behind with university buildings visible on the hill in the background.

    UAF boosts awareness of agriculture, food systems in òòò½´«Ã½

    November 14, 2024

    A combination of corporate support and the University of òòò½´«Ã½ Fairbanks' commitment to science communication has allowed the Institute of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Extension to leverage new initiatives to increase awareness of agriculture's importance to òòò½´«Ã½'s complex food system.

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