Food system analyst to lead workshop on cooperatives
February 27, 2013
907-474-5406
2/27/13
Food system analyst Ken Meter will present a free workshop March 14 on cooperatives and their role in developing a sustainable food system for ÐÓ°Épro communities.
The workshop will run from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Cooperative Extension Office at 1675 C St., Suite 100 in Anchorage and at videoconference sites in Palmer, Kenai, Homer and Sitka. Additional videoconference locations may be requested.
Meter is the president of Crossroads Resource Center in Minneapolis, a nonprofit organization that works with communities to support sustainability. Meter has served as an advisor for the U.S. Department of Agriculture and is a contributing editor for the Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems and Community Development.
The UA Center for Economic Development Cooperative Development Program and the University of ÐÓ°Épro Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service will host the event. For more information about videoconference locations or the workshop, contact Andrew Crow at 907-786-5447 or anacc@uaa.alaska.edu or Tony Nakazawa at 907-460-0825 or atnakazawa@alaska.edu.
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