UAF Cooperative Extension provides over 350 publications on everything from Alaska blueberries to canning walrus. Search our database and find answers to your everyday questions.
Our agents host hands-on workshops in communities all over Alaska on topics like food preservation, energy efficiency and nutrition and health. Join us in person or online.
Our experts provide research-based, practical information. We show people how to plant gardens, raise chickens and cook sourdough pancakes. Connect with one of our experts for help answering your everyday questions.
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Events
Sample Cajun etouffee in Sitka cook-off
March 31, 2025
Join the University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service in Sitka for a Cajun cuisine cooking competition: The Sitka Etouffee-Off.
Workshop discusses science behind selecting vegetable varieties
March 31, 2025
Learn about the hardiness, yield and taste of different varieties of 10 common garden vegetables during an in-person workshop in Delta Junction.
Learn the basics of Alaska gardening in workshop series
March 28, 2025
Grow your gardening knowledge in this series of 11 weekly webinars covering the basics of growing vegetables in Alaska. Casey Matney, the Kenai-based agriculture and horticulture agent with the University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service, will lead the free classes.
