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FRIDAY, March 18, 2022

• Conference Animation Introduction

• Morning Opening Plenary

  • Welcome from AFPC & UAA; Land Acknowledgement

  • Alaska Food and Farm Caucus & Stakeholder Listening Session

• SESSION 1-A: Advocacy and Legislation

  • MAZON: This is Hunger

  • Farmers Market Coalition: The Road to 2023: Farm Bill Strategy Session

• SESSION 1-B: Indigenous Foods

  • American Indian Foods Program

  • Navigating the USDA to maximize opportunities for Tribes

  • Assessing the needs and goals of Tribes in Alaska around food and agriculture

• SESSION 1-C : Seaweed Mariculture and Wild Harvest in Alaska - Status, Outlook, and Impacts

• SESSION 1-D: Agriculture

  • Census of Agriculture and Why it Matters for Food Security in Alaska

  • Division of Agriculture, Specialty Crop Block Grant Program, and Micro-Grants for Food Security

  • Extending the growing season with affordable heat- then storing it away in a healthy cellar

• SESSION 1-E: Traditional Foods

  • Sustaining traditional foods with science and technology

  • Alutiiq Pride Marine Institute - Food Security and Economics

  • Conservation and Culture of Harbor Seals in the Chugach Region

• Afternoon Plenary:

  • Legislative Greetings and Sponsor Recognition

  • Keynote Talk: Eva Burk - Take Only What you Need

• SESSION 2-A: Food Security

  • Food Security in Alaska: Elevating Seafood In The Local Food Web

  • Advocating for Food Security and Sovereignty in Southcentral Alaska

• SESSION 2 - B: Community Solutions

  • Solarize the Kenai: Solar Energy Grants for Local Food Businesses

  • Eat Local food. Nourish Our Community. Kenai Local Food Connection’s Community Projects.

  • Hydroponic Grow System Builds as a Vehicle for Sustainable Community Engagement

• SESSION 2 - C: Starting a Business (Alaska Small Business Development Center)

• SESSION 2 - D: Lightning Presentations, Friday

  • 1:45: BuyAlaska Directory Overview and Small Businesses Feed Alaska Page

  • 1:55:00 PM: World Wildlife Fund’s Food Waste Warriors Program: Fighting Food Waste One Lunch at a Time

  • 2:05:00 PM: Alaska's new food systems program for Anchorage High Schoolers

  • 2:15:00 PM: Maritime Extension Project: Local Food Workshops on the Inside Passage

  • 2:25:00 PM: Food for Thought: Community Fridges

  • 2:35:00 PM : Examining climate impacts on food systems in rural coastal communities in Alaska

  • 2:45:00 PM: AgrAbility- assisting agricultural workers in adapting to disabilities

  • 2:55:00 PM: Nutrition Education in Food Pantries Across Alaska

• SESSION 3 - A: Climate Change Planning for Food Sovereignty

• SESSION 3 - B: Collective Impact and Food Security

• SESSION 3 - C: Fermentation Celebration: Alaska Seeds of Change & Evie's Brinery

• SESSION 3 - D: Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association, Inc.

  • Traditional Foods and Food Security Initiatives at APIA

  • Qaqamiigux: Sustaining the legacy of the Unangax Harvest

• SESSION 4 - A:

  • Protecting Our Foods and Food Security—the Need for Chemicals Policy as Well As Healthy Growing

  • When the lights go out, what about the food?

• SESSION 4 - B

  • Creating Food System Resilience Using Local Production and Processing

  • Conservation Assistance with NRCS - Seasonal High Tunnels, Soil Health, Water Management, and more!

• SESSION 4 - C: Soldotna's Community Compost Case Study: From Pilot Project to USDA Funded

• SESSION 4 - D: Donʼt Buy it: Make It!
  

SaturDAY, March 19, 2022

• Saturday Morning, Opening Plenary

  • Welcome from AFPC & IAC - Tikaan Galbreath, Blessing, & Alaska Food Heros

  • Keynote Address: USDA General Council Janie Simms Hipp - USDA and Food Security in Alaska

• SESSION 5-A: Alutiiq Grown- A Regional Community and Alaska Native Farming Collective

• SESSION 5-B:

  • Vegetables and Flower Varieties You should Try this Year

  • Seeds Are Our Sovereignty: Seed Saving As A Tool For Community Resilience

  • Utilizing Specialty Tools to increase Efficiency and Yields in an Alaskan Market Garden

• SESSION 5-C:

  • Climate Change, Farming, and Gardening in Alaska: Cultivating Opportunities

  • Local (Food) Solutions for Community & Climate

  • Permafrost Grown: Cultivating knowledge of permafrost-agroecosystems through partnerships with Alaskan farmers

• SESSION 5-D:

  • Biochar- utilizing burnt local carbon for better plant production

  • Re-Defining Nutrition as the Art & Science of Physical, Emotional & Spiritual Wellness

• Saturday Afternoon Plenary:

  • Legislative Greetings/ Conference Announcements/ Sponsor thank yous

  • Local Food Leader Certification: Celebrating Our 2021 Cohort

  • "KEYNOTE: HELGA GARZA - An Indigenous Perspective: Reclaiming our ancestral food system, economy and way of life. (Introduced by Brad St. Pierre/ AFMA)"

• SESSION 6-A: Health & Food

  • Food Sovereignty through ANTHC USDA Initiatives

  • Serving a Menu of Tradition

• SESSION 6-B: Alaska Salmon, Alaska's Food Security

• SESSION 6-C: Mapping the Rich Resources of our Shared Social Network

• SESSION 6-D:

  • Hunger in Higher Education: an Overview of Food Insecurity and Grassroot Solutions Across the University of Alaska System

  • Effect of Including Barley in Diet to Treat Diabetes

  • Local and Traditional Foods in Alaska Schools (Alaska Department of Education & Early Development- Child Nutrition Programs)

• SESSION 7-A: Creating a more resilient food system through regional partnerships

• SESSION 7:B

  • Seed Libraries and the Roll of Home Gardeners in Food Security

  • From Food Deserts to Farms: Civil Agriculture in Alaska

  • The Alaska MEP Presents: Using Local Foods as a Food Manufacturer

• SESSION 7:C - Lightning Presentations, Saturday

  • Indigenous food for foster children

  • Alaska Farmers Markets Toolkit

  • Beginning and Young Alaskan Farmers Statewide Chapter

  • No Land Means No Farms: A Model for Land Security and Collaboration for Alaskan Farmers

  • Food in the Right of Way: Edible Plantings in Public Easements in your Neighborhood

  • How to accept SNAP/EBT at your Farm or Farmers Market (20 minutes)

• SESSION 7-D:

  • Co-producing Knowledge on the Impact of COVID-19 on Food Access for Alaska Natives in 2020

  • Prepare for a Wild Harvest

• Closing Plenary: The Alaska Food Policy Council - looking forward, what does AFPC do, and how you can get involved