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Alaska Farm to Schools Events and Grant Opportunities

Events

In state

• Four day workshop on farm business planning hosted by the Alaska Farmland Trust, February 22-25 at the Palmer Depot in Palmer, Alaska.  Learn how you can grow a strong business or transition your business to the next generation.  The cost is $35 and distance learning options are available.  For more information on the web: Click Here or contact John or Margaret at 907-745-3336.
• Alaska Botanical Garden’s 6^th Annual Spring Garden Conference, March 9^th-10^th, Anchorage.  The conference title this year is “Extend the Season, Expand your Mind”, for more information go to: http://www.alaskabg.org/

Out of state

• 6^th National Farm to Cafeteria Conference: Digging In!  August 2-5, 2012 in Burlington, Vermont.  They are now accepting workshop and poster session submissions: http://farmtocafeteriaconference.org/6/  Conference registration will open May 2012.  Attached is a Save the Date postcard
• School Nutrition Association’s 2012 Annual Conference, July 15-18 in Denver, Colorado.  For more information go to: http://www.schoolnutrition.org/Level2_ANC2012.aspx?id=15698

Archived Webinar

• “Buying the Right Produce at the Right Price”, a webinar sponsored by USDA, Food and Nutrition Service’s Office of Food Safety and School Nutrition Foundation: http://www.schoolnutrition.org/Content.aspx?id=16600.  This webinar was aired on Feb 15^th and the archived presentation can be viewed at: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/898040026  There is even a certificate for earning 1 SNA Continuing Education Unit (CEU) for viewing the webinar: Proof of Attendance/CEU Form

Grant Opportunities

• Alaska Conservation Innovation Grant (CIG) Program is anticipating an official extension to the deadline for pre-proposals from Friday, February 24^th to Wednesday, March 21^st.  In the near future more information will be available at www.grants.gov<http://www.grants.gov> under USDA-NRCS-AK-12-001; and on the NRCS Alaska CIG webpage: http://www.ak.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/CIG_AlaskaStatewide.html

CIG Program Contact

Karen Dearlove   Karen.Dearlove@ak.usda.gov<mailto:Karen.Dearlove@ak.usda.gov>

Phone 907-283-8732 x114

• Everybody at the Table for Health (EAT4Health) is a three-year national leadership development initiative of the Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation supported by multiple funding partners that aims to fill gaps in the existing food policy advocacy ecosystem in order to make it more inclusive of low-income and people of color communities, more responsive to grassroots needs and ideas, and more effective in terms of protecting the environment, promoting good health, and rebuilding strong local economies.  For more information: Click here    The Letter of Intent (LOI) due date is March 2nd, 2012.

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