Volunteers picked up hundreds of pounds of moose meat from the community cold storage in Petersburg last Thursday afternoon, for distribution around town.
Food
Prince of Wales Island schools started growing food. Now first graders are binging on broccoli
Wood-fired boilers and greenhouses on Prince of Wales Island are improving kids’ diet. Students get hands-on experience growing their food as part of their curriculum.
Juneau volunteers organize pop-up soup kitchen through social media
Anna Timpane said she will continue to organize Sunday soup kitchens through Facebook. She plans to be at the transit center each week around 1:30 p.m., as long as there’s a need.
Research continues on elevated mercury levels in some non-migratory fish in Southwest Alaska
Mercury is a metallic element that that is present in elevated levels in some lakes in southwest Alaska. It can build up in fish that live in these lakes year-round. Then as birds, people and other animals dine on fish from those lakes, mercury can make its way up the food chain.
‘It takes our purpose’: With no salmon, California’s Yurok Tribe struggles with identity
The tribe has fished in the Pacific Northwest’s Klamath River for centuries, but the Chinook have been devastated by drought, disease, dams, and a long history of habitat destruction.
Beware the hot oil turkey fryer on Thanksgiving, peak day for home cooking fires
Micheal Warzewick, public education coordinator with the Office of the Alaska State Fire Marshal, said they’re discouraging the use of gas-fueled, hot oil turkey fryers.
Kodiak’s commercial kelp harvest begins inside a seaweed nursery
Kodiak’s seaweed industry is growing, partly thanks to the investment of one company. Blue Evolution, which is based in the Lower 48 and turns kelp into pasta products, successfully completed harvest in May with a local fisherman in the City of Kodiak.
Alaska salmon season a success in global market
It was a generally good salmon season for Alaska, according to Andy Wink, a seafood economist with the consulting firm McDowell Group. Except for one species. “It was a disastrous year for chinook harvest.”
Ketchikan elementary students gain gardening skills
Inside a small room at Ketchikan’s Fawn Mountain Elementary School is a lush garden. It’s tended by students, who are growing lettuce, zucchini and … knowledge.
Do you care if your fish dinner was raised humanely? Animal advocates say you should
Concerns over animal welfare have led to changes in recent years in how livestock are raised. But seafood has been missing from the conversation. One group aims to change that.