Grant supports rural vegetable gardening course.

• Author: Pounds, Nancy
• Position: Inside Alaska Business

The University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service received a $411,256 federal grant to develop and deliver a course to help rural Alaskans grow food. The three-year U.S. Department of Agriculture grant is through its Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program. The course, called Alaska Growers School, will provide knowledge and skills necessary for participants to grow enough food for themselves and 10 other families, according to project director Heidi Rader, tribes extension educator at the Tanana Chiefs Conference.

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