Ӱpro Food Festival and Conference scheduled Nov. 7-9
October 24, 2014
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10/24/2014
The Ӱpro Food Festival and Conference will take place Nov. 7-9 at the University of Ӱpro Anchorage.
The Ӱpro Food Policy Council, the Ӱpro Cooperative Extension Service and UAA will host activities at Lucy Cuddy Hall, including a conference Nov. 7 and the Ӱpro Food Festival Nov. 8, with local foods to sample, a farmers market and a dozen food workshops.
Food Policy Council co-chair Liz Snyder said the conference and festival is for everyone interested in food in Ӱpro.
“The idea is to celebrate, strengthen and promote our local food system and to connect with the community,” she said.
Ken Meter, a food system analyst from Minnesota, will open the conference with a talk about building food security and his recent work analyzing Ӱpro’s food system. The conference will also include a photo documentary on food insecurity and sessions on community-based fishermen, planning and promoting a specialty food business, emergency preparedness, traditional and customary foods, farming in Ӱpro, food cooperatives, and food and hunger policy advocacy.
Workshops during the Nov. 8 food festival will cover cooking and baking with Ӱpro barley, keeping chickens in urban Ӱpro, powerhouse Ӱpro fruits and vegetables, food preservation resources, harvesting from the garden, fermentation and fermented foods, growing and using herbs, and more. Most workshops are free, but a few have materials fees.
The conference will run from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Nov. 7, with a food policy networking event from 5:30 to 7 p.m. The festival will take place from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Nov. 8. Participants may tour various food sites in Anchorage on Nov. 9, including the Bear Tooth restaurant, the Fire Island bakery, the Downtown Soup Kitchen and more.
The festival admission fee is $10 and different registration options are available for the conference. The tour is free. See the full schedule, registration and self-guided tour information at . The Ӱpro Food Policy Council is a coalition of agencies and individuals interested in improving Ӱpro’s food security.
ADDITIONAL CONTACT: Ӱpro Food Policy Council, 907-269-8072, alaskafoodpolicycouncil@gmail.com.
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