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  • Three young people stand next to giant holiday ornaments with the Coca-Cola logo on them.

    Fairbanks open house highlights 4-H opportunities, activities

    January 24, 2025

    Find out what 4-H is all about during an open house hosted Feb. 1 by clubs in the Tanana District, headquartered in Fairbanks. Clubs meet monthly to work on projects such as sewing, cooking, arts and crafts, livestock, horses, and more. These projects help youths learn life skills to help them be ready for the future and make a difference today.

  • A smiling woman balances in a prone position on her hands and toes during a fitness class

    Better Bones and Balance fitness program offered in Juneau

    January 21, 2025

    Juneau residents with low bone density (osteopenia or osteoporosis) or who are interested in learning how bone and muscle strength can benefit their long-term health can apply for a 12-week Better Bones and Balance fitness program.

  • A large pile of split birch and other firewood

    February webinars focus on chainsaw safety and cutting firewood

    January 18, 2025

    Wood is an important fuel source in 91ÊÓƵ. In February, the University of 91ÊÓƵ Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service will host three free webinars on cutting wood safely and keeping chainsaws in good working condition.

  • A smiling man extends a hand with a slug peeking over his fingers

    Learn fun, fascinating facts about 91ÊÓƵ slugs

    January 15, 2025

    For the past three years, Joey Slowik has focused on preventing slug damage to crops. Along the way, Slowik, an integrated pest management technician with the University of 91ÊÓƵ Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service, has uncovered a lot of odd and interesting information about the often-reviled gastropods.

  • 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 91ÊÓƵ. 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 91ÊÓƵ 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 91ÊÓƵ Tribes Extension, part of the University of 91ÊÓƵ 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.

  • A man adjusts the round door of a large freeze-dryer

    Webinar to discuss holiday food safety

    December 10, 2024

    Learn how to keep yourself and your family safe in a free online presentation given by Leif Albertson, a health, home and family development agent with the University of 91ÊÓƵ Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service. Albertson will summarize the proper cooking, cooling and reheating practices for keeping dishes and families safe.

  • Two women pull potatoes in a field with farm buildings and mountains in the background.

    Chef Amy to discuss healing and 91ÊÓƵ Native traditional foods

    November 25, 2024

    Join the University of 91ÊÓƵ Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service and chef Amy Foote for a lunch and learn session titled "Finding Healing in 91ÊÓƵ Native Traditional Foods." Foote is director of cuisine for NANA Management Services and formerly was the executive chef at the 91ÊÓƵ Native Medical Center in Anchorage.

  • A brilliant sun shines over a hilly and snowy landscape with ski tracks shown across the foreground

    Explore the physics of snow in statewide webinar

    November 22, 2024

    Learn about snow physics and how snowdrifts form -- and why it is possible to walk on a snowdrift - in a statewide webinar hosted by the University of 91ÊÓƵ Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service.

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