At the Institute of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Extension, we work to make òòò½´«Ã½ns' lives better. It's that simple. Through programs that bring UAF research and expertise to òòò½´«Ã½ citizens, we help families grow food, farmers produce more crops and everyday citizens live healthier lives. Learn more about the work we do.

Agriculture and Food Security

IANRE researchers support food security in òòò½´«Ã½ through research-based knowledge in areas like livestock production, home horticulture best practices, pest management and more.

Natural Resources, Ecosystems and Sustainability

Faculty and staff work to expand capacity for public involvement in natural resource, ecosystem and sustainable energy issues through public workshops, presentations and consultations. 

Healthy Individuals and Communities

Cooperative Extension faculty and staff offer educational opportunities regarding nutrition and physical activity, chronic disease prevention and management, home modifications, air quality and energy efficiencies, food safety practices and food preservation techniques.

4-H Youth and Development

Research shows that to increase resilience and reduce risky behaviors, youth need connections to caring adults. Faculty and staff provide mentorship and life skills programming to youth that increase participation in STEAM activities as well as provide local and statewide opportunities for civic engagement.

News
  • 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.

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Read our annual report from the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA).

The Institute of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Extension is home to UAF's land grant mission including the UAF Agriculture and Forestry Station as well as Cooperative Extension. The Morrill Act of 1862 established land-grant colleges and the federal Hatch Act of 1887 authorized agricultural experiment stations in the U.S. and its territories to provide science-based research information to farmers. There are agricultural experiment stations in each of the 50 states, Puerto Rico, and Guam, and all but one are part of the land-grant college system. UAF's Extension is part of the largest informal education system in the world, connecting Extension programs at land-grant colleges and universities in every U.S. territory and state. Today, the  is the USDA division that manages federal funding of the nation’s experiment stations and the extension service.