Alaska Media Coverage

State to promote Alaska grown food in schools by staff. Juneau Empire. Published 09/22/2011.
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Alaska students learn life of the herd via the buffalo man by Reba Lean. Fairbanks Daily Newsminer. Published 09/05/2011.
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Alaska students learn life of the herd via the buffalo man Read more: Fairbanks Daily News-Miner - by Ruba Lean. Fairbanks Daily Newsminer. Published 09/05/2011.
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From the farm to the classroom by MATT TUNSETH. Alaska Star. Published 09/01/2011.
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Alaska Farm-to-School Program Update by Division of Agriculture. Monthly Newsletter. Published 08/03/2011.
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Homegrown produce from the Glory Hole garden by Jennifer Nu. . Published 07/23/2011.
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Alaska Farm-to-School Program Update by Division of Agriculture. Monthly Newsletter. Published 07/01/2011.
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Alaska wild fish headed to rural school lunches. Capitol City Weekly. Published 06/29/2011.
University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) nutrition researcher Andrea Bersamin and her colleagues will begin studying the best ways to connect fishermen and processors with K-12 schools to provide wild fish to Alaska's school children, provide opportunities for food systems and nutrition education, and support local businesses. Read the entire article.

Putting Fish Back Into Schools, and More by Posted by Fishermen. . Published 06/15/2011.
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Farm-to-School Program Unveils New Logo, Availability of Grants: by Division of Agriculture. Monthly Newsletter. Published 06/01/2011.
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Kids find out what grows and how to garden well. www.thecordovatimes.com. Published 05/27/2011.
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Paul Banks’ new greenhouse augments health program by Randi Somers. Homer Tribune. Published 05/25/2011.
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Cordova by Mt. Eccles Students. www.thecordovatimes.com. Published 05/23/2011.
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Farm-to-School Program Update: by Division of Agriculture. Newsletter. Published 05/04/2011.
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Schools, farmers, state push vegetables from farms to school by Vicki Naegele. Fronteirsman. Published 04/23/2011.
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Locally caught fish on the Sitka middle school menu by Anchorage Daily News. . Published 04/05/2011.
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Healthy Snack Program Expanding by KDLG’s Daysha Eaton explains how it will affect kids in rural Alaska.. . Published 04/05/2011.
A program that provides healthy snacks to elementary school kids is expanding. KDLG’s Daysha Eaton explains how it will affect kids in rural Alaska. Read the entire article.

School District caught between what by Julia O. Anchorage Daily News. Published 03/27/2011.
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What by Julia O. Anchorage Daily News. Published 03/26/2011.
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Farm to School Spotlight: Kodiak Farm to School Program by Division of Agriculture. The Division of Agriculture Activities. Published 03/08/2011.
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Local fish earns high marks in school lunch program by Robert Woolsey. KCAW-FM. Published 03/03/2011.
A pilot program to serve locally-caught seafood in Sitka’s middle school is gaining momentum. Organizers are modeling the project on “farm-to-schools” efforts in the lower forty-eight. As KCAW’s Robert Woolsey reports, the target audience seems to be eating it up.Sitka’s fish-to-schools program launched in January, and is aiming to serve locally-caught seafood twice a month at Blatchley Middle School for the rest of the year. Read the entire article.

Farm to School Program by Contributed by: Dr. Stephen Brown, Mat Su/Copper River District Agriculture Agent. Mat-su Master Gardeners Newsletter. Published 03/01/2011.
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Getting local food products into Alaska schools a worthy challenge by Nancy Tarnai. Fairbanks Daily News-Miner. Published 02/12/2011.
A profile of Alaska's new National Farm to School Network state lead, Johanna Herron, and the great work she is doing in Alaska. Read the entire article.

Farm to School Summit by Division of Agriculture. Newsletter. Published 02/07/2011.
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Marketing Section Welcomes Farm to School Coordinator by Division of Agriculture. Newsletter. Published 01/05/2011.
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High - Latitude Agriculture; Alaska’s food (in)security by Deirdre Helfferich and Nancy Tarnai. Agroborealis (Vol.40, number 1). Published 12/01/2010.
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Nanwalek students harvest food for use in school meals, classes by McKibben Jackinsky. Homer News. Published 11/03/2010.
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Homer students’ new menu of the garden variety by Naomi Klouda. Fairbanks Daily News. Published 05/13/2010.
Before the Alaska governor signed a new bill that allows for local produce to be purchased and incorporated into school menus, Homer’s Flex High School was already a step ahead. Read the entire article.

Bill urges schools to serve locally grown food by Andrew Wellner. The Frontiersman. Published 05/06/2010.
With the stroke of his pen Tuesday, Gov. Sean Parnell put more Alaska fruits and vegetables into school cafeterias. “You have yourself a farm-to-school program,” Parnell said, putting down his pen.

The bill was a project Rep. Carl Gatto, R-Palmer, pushed through the legislature this year. Gatto said it not only brings more local produce into school lunches but also creates opportunities for children to learn about agriculture and nutrition. It wasn’t a tough sell to his colleagues. "A 60 to to 0 vote is pretty amazing. That tells you something about the entire state supporting what we’re doing here in Palmer,” Gatto said. Read the entire article.

Farm to School program changes kids' views on food by Lisa Rathke. KTUU Alaska. Published 02/08/2010.
About 40 states have farm-to-school programs, but Vermont is a leader in incorporating all three missions into its programs. "Vermont has really taken it on in quite the most holistic way and not just in a couple of school districts but statewide," said Anupama Joshi, director of the Farm to School program, based at the Center for Food and Justice at Occidental College in Los Angeles. Vermont may be a step ahead of other states because a nonprofit partnership called Vermont FEED had already been working to get local foods into schools. Read the entire article.

Lunch lady in Alaska catches a wild idea by Melissa A. Trainer. The Oregonian. Published 09/22/2009.
Patty Luckhurst is an incredible lunch lady. She makes lunch from scratch for her 500 students, including cranking out 1,500 handmade yeast rolls each week. As if that weren't enough, the food service manager and head cook for the Dillingham School District has found a way to serve a local food, save the school district money and dramatically improve the diet of her students. Read the entire article.

Farm to School project at Talkeetna Elementary by KTNA staff. . Published 00/01/0000.
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Alaska Farm-to-School Program Update by Division of Agriculture. Monthly Newsletter. Published 00/01/0000.
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