Extension Blog

Making your dollars stretch and your meals healthier

November 17, 2024

Did you know the University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Services has a program that teaches folks how to make...

Follow these four easy steps for a safe kitchen

November 05, 2024

By Adrian Kohrt Safety in the kitchen is one of the most important things to consider in your house. Forty-eight...

Preserving veggies from a garden or your weekly Costco run

October 07, 2024

By Leslie Shallcross I was in the sunny Southwest two weeks ago, leaving while many Alaska gardens and greenhouses were...

2024 potato harvest at the Matanuska Experiment Farm & Extension Center

October 04, 2024

— Theresa Isaac Another fantastic year of community potato harvest has been completed! On Monday, Sept. 30, Amy Foote, senior...

Plant breeding at home: A brief introduction

September 23, 2024

By Laura Weingartner Jim Myers, a professor of vegetable breeding and genetics at the College of Agricultural Sciences at Oregon...

How much of your food can you hunt, fish, gather, and grow and eat?

September 15, 2024

By Heidi Rader One of the things I’ve long been curious about is how much food Alaskans grow, hunt, fish...

September is National Suicide Prevention Month

September 09, 2024

By Reina Hasting As I see the leaves turning yellow, I know change is coming. Change in the amount of...

Fairbanks Experiment Farm, Georgeson staff begin weeding out chokecherries

September 06, 2024

By Julie Stricker In late August, another step was taken in the long process of weeding out popular but invasive...

Easy, healthy school lunchtime ideas

August 25, 2024

By Adrian Kohrt With the new school year starting, it is time to think about lunch. The best way to...

Growing currants in Alaska: a field guide for home

August 18, 2024

By Heidi Rader My favorite berries are blueberries (wild Alaska ones, of course) and raspberries, but I also have a...