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  • 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 Alaska. 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.

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    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 Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service.

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    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 Alaska Tribes Extension, part of the University of Alaska 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.

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