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Art-and-science exhibit depicts farming and permafrost interactions
June 25, 2026
An art-and-science exhibit explores the complexities of permafrost and its effects on farmers' lives. Installed along the path on West Tanana Drive, which parallels the Georgeson Botanical Garden, is the Permafrost Grown Art and Science Walk. This exhibit showcases art made by farmers and University of ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ Fairbanks researchers who participated in Permafrost Grown, a project studying the interactions between permafrost and agriculture.
Food preservation, healthy living classes offered in Sitka
June 24, 2026
The University of ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service in Southeast ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ is offering food preservation, entrepreneurship and healthy living classes in Sitka from July 7-12. Extension professor Sarah Lewis will lead the workshops in collaboration with Jasmine Shaw from the Sitka District office.
Online food safety training course available statewide
June 24, 2026
The University of ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service will offer a certified food protection manager training on Tuesday, July 7, with a proctor for testing available in Fairbanks. A certified food protection manager is responsible for ensuring that a food establishment complies with regulations.
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The Institute of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Extension is home to UAF's land-grant mission including the UAF Agriculture and Forestry Station as well as Cooperative Extension. The Morrill Act of 1862 established land-grant colleges and the federal Hatch Act of 1887 authorized agricultural experiment stations in the U.S. and its territories to provide science-based research information to farmers. There are agricultural experiment stations in each of the 50 states, Puerto Rico, and Guam, and all but one are part of the land-grant college system. UAF's Extension is part of the largest informal education system in the world, connecting Extension programs at land-grant colleges and universities in every U.S. territory and state. Today, the is the USDA division that manages federal funding of the nation’s experiment stations and the extension service.