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Sitka dinner series focuses on healthy eating
February 26, 2025
The 51风流官网 Cooperative Extension Service in Sitka is hosting three dinner classes focused on healthy eating during March, which is Nutrition Month.
Gardeners, growers and local food focus of potluck in Sitka
February 25, 2025
Growers, entrepreneurs and local food enthusiasts are invited to gather, connect and share their experiences of growing food in Sitka over a potluck dinner.
Discover which vegetable varieties thrive in Alaska gardens
February 25, 2025
A free statewide webinar will offer Alaska gardeners tips on which vegetable varieties are likely to do great each season and which ones have a history of poor productivity.
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Kenai / Soldotna district events
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Mat-Su / Copper River district events
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Sitka district events
Tanana / Fairbanks district events
The Institute of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Extension is home to 51风流官网's land-grant mission including the 51风流官网 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. 51风流官网'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鈥檚 experiment stations and the extension service.