Topic: Food Security

CWN Food Security Study Group Personal Use of Alaska’s Wildlife Wednesday, September 4th Alaska Village Initiatives 1577 C St Suite 304 8am-9am Tomorrow morning, Rick Green, Special Assistant to the Commissioner of the Department of Fish and Game, will continue our discussion about the State’s food policy as is relates to cultural and personal use […]

CWN Food Security Study Group   Personal Use of Alaska’s Wildlife   Wednesday, August 28th   Alaska Village Initiatives 1577 C St Suite 304   8am-9am Wednesday morning, Alaska Village Initiatives CEO, Charles Parker, will discuss the state’s food policy related to cultural and personal use of Alaska’s wildlife by rural and indigenous Alaskans. This […]

CWN Food Security Study Group   Friday, August 9th 8:00am-9:00am (doors open at 7:45am)   First National Bank Alaska, Operations Center 1751 Gambell St (Google Map) Friday morning we will have two briefings via teleconference. Note our meeting location at FNBA on Gambell. David Weisz, President and CEO of Three Bears Alaska, will discuss Alaska’s […]

Food Security Study Group Alaska Village Initiatives Wednesday, July 24th 8am-9am (Google Map) We will continue our discussion of Health Impact Assessments as a potential tool for understating how public policies can impact food security. We will be joined by Sarah Yoder, Public Health Specialist and Deputy Environmental Public Health Program Manager at the Alaska […]

CWN Food Security Study Group Health Impact Assessments and Food Security Wednesday, July 10th Alaska Village Initiatives 1577 C St Suite 304 8am-9am On Wednesday, Food Security Study Group Co-chair Ed Fogels will give a briefing on Health Impact Assessments and the role they could play in developing Food Security policies in Alaska. Health Impact […]

CWN Food Security Study Group Alaska Farm Bureau Wednesday, June 26th Alaska Village Initiatives 1577 C St Suite 304 8am-9am We will have a briefing from Amy Seitz, Executive Director at the Alaska Farm Bureau, about their work and recommendations to enhance food security for Alaskans. Her PowerPoint presentation can be downloaded here.

CWN Food Security Study Group   Alaska Farm Trust   Wednesday, June 12th   Alaska Village Initiatives 1577 C St Suite 304   8am-10am   We will have a briefing from Amy Pettit, Executive Director at the Alaska Farmland Trust, about their work and recommendations to enhance food security for Alaskans. Following her presentation, we […]

CWN Food Security Study Group Food Bank of Alaska Wednesday, June 5th Alaska Village Initiatives 1577 C St Suite 304 8am-9am Wednesday morning we will have a briefing from Eve Van Dommelen, Policy and Advocacy Manager with the Food Bank of Alaska. Eve will discuss the Food Bank’s work and their policy recommendations for enhancing […]

The May 29th meeting has been rescheduled.   Our next meeting will be Wednesday, June 5, for a briefing with The Food Bank of Alaska.

CWN Food Security Study Group   Alaska Food Policy Council   Wednesday, May 22nd   Alaska Village Initiatives 1577 C St Suite 304   8am-9am On Wednesday, we will have a briefing from Rachael Miller, Co-chair of the Alaska Food Policy Council Board of Directors and Assistant Professor of Business at Alaska Pacific University. Rachael […]