Extension Blog
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Soup is an easy, healthy and comforting winter meal
December 15, 2024
By Leslie Shallcross A fragrant bowl of warm, homemade soup is the perfect meal on an Alaska winter night. Packed...
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Coal: A fuel option for community as well as residential home use
December 01, 2024
By Art Nash As large as Alaska is, for regional energy independence it often depends on the quantity of nearby...
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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...
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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...
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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...