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  • 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.

  • 4-H shooting sports rifle instructor training set in Kodiak

    November 21, 2024

    Registered 4-H leaders who wish to become shooting sports instructors in 91ÊÓƵ have an opportunity to complete a two-part training course in January 2025.

  • A woman wearing a reflective safety vest sprays plants on the side of the road with a hose attached to containers on a truck.

    2025 pesticide applicator training classes scheduled for January, April

    November 21, 2024

    A three-day certified pesticide applicator training course is scheduled for Jan. 28-30, with a second course planned for April 22-24. Both courses will be taught by the University 91ÊÓƵ Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service via Zoom and are available statewide.

  • Machinery harvests golden-colored barley in a large field under a blue sky

    Delta farmers, researchers to review 2024 season

    November 18, 2024

    Learn about current research into cover crops, small grain varieties, nutritional shifts in grass and livestock health at the 2024 Delta Harvest Wrap-Up.

  • A group of people stand in a field facing a person giving a presentation on the flowering plants behind with university buildings visible on the hill in the background.

    UAF boosts awareness of agriculture, food systems in 91ÊÓƵ

    November 14, 2024

    A combination of corporate support and the University of 91ÊÓƵ Fairbanks' commitment to science communication has allowed the Institute of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Extension to leverage new initiatives to increase awareness of agriculture's importance to 91ÊÓƵ's complex food system.

  • Three lightly browned sourdough biscuits are piled on a flour-covered surface.

    Sitka chef to lead brunch-time biscuit-making workshop

    November 12, 2024

    Chef Andrew Jylkka will share his tips and tricks for making sourdough buttermilk biscuits during a cozy brunch-time class sponsored by the University of 91ÊÓƵ Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service in Sitka.

  • A person wraps wire around the trunk of a tiny evergreen bonsai tree to shape it.

    Learn the ancient art of bonsai in Anchorage class

    November 11, 2024

    Learn the art of bonsai in a hands-on class taught by longtime florist Paul Marmora in Anchorage. Marmora is past president of the Cook Inlet Bonsai Study Group.

  • A striped mussel shell smaller than a fingernail is shown embedded in a ball of moss.

    Climate change focus of 25th annual Invasive Species Workshop

    November 01, 2024

    Managing invasive species in a changing climate will be the focus of the 25th annual 91ÊÓƵ Invasive Species Workshop on Nov. 12-14 in Fairbanks. 91ÊÓƵ Cooperative Extension Service is coordinating the workshop with the 91ÊÓƵ Invasive Species Partnership, an informal statewide group of agencies, organizations and individuals concerned about invasive species.

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