Alaska News

Free classes to grow the next generation of Alaska farmers

According to the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, the University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service is sponsoring an education effort that it hopes will give more Alaskans, especially those in far-flung areas of the state, the means to grow their own vegetables, and at the same time start training young people to take over for Alaska's retiring food producers. The program offers two free classes, both offered through a variety of distance-learning options. The first class is geared toward beginners, focusing on growing food for a handful of households in remote Alaska, and the second a little more advanced, for students hoping to move into farming or starting a small business with Alaska-grown products. Read much, much more, here.

Craig Medred

Craig Medred is a former writer for the Anchorage Daily News, Alaska Dispatch and Alaska Dispatch News. He left the ADN in 2015.

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