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"Before Eating, always take time to thank the food."

- Arapaho

Alaska Food Articles

Food in the Last Frontier: Inside Alaska's Food Security Challenges and Opportunities
An overview of the Alaska food system describing current current methods and future opportunities of obtaining and distributing food throughout the state.
Food Systems Assessment- Alaska Food Policy Council
An in-depth analysis of Alaska's current food climate.
Potential Infrastructure Investments for Alaska-Grown Food
Proposed solutions to Alaska's food insecurity from a Development, storage, resource, and policy perspective.
Alaska Aims to Store Emergency Food Supply for 40,000 People
The state's attempts to secure 7 days worth of food for 40,000 people. Also discusses short term and long term solutions to Alaska's food insecurity.
Indicators of food and water security in an Arctic Health context- results from an international workshop discussion
Discussions on what should and shouldn't be indicators on Food and Water Security in an Arctic Health context.
Food, culture, and human health in Alaska: an integrative health approach to food security
A study on how rural Alaskan communities are being affected by the transition towards reliance on the global food industry.
Alaska Native perceptions of food, health, and community well-being: challenging nutritional colonialism
A study on the dietary changes of Alaska Natives and it's correlation with their perceptions or health and Well-Being.
A Native Perspective: Food is More Than Consumption
A study on the indigenous perspective of food, and a discussion on foods role in colonization.

Alaska Food Informative Resources

Alaska Food Policy Council
Their goal is to create a healthier, more secure, and more self-reliant Alaska by improving our food system.
Alaska Food Coalition
A coalition to get resources to agencies and village councils who distribute food.
Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium: Food Security
A page discussing food and water monitoring programs offered by the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium.
Department of Education & Early Development Food Safety
Various documents on food safety practices, with contact information for further learning.
Division of Environmental Health Food Safety & Sanitation Program
Their mission is to protect public health at regulated food, seafood and public facilities. Their vision is to collaboratively work with these facilities to prevent illness, injury, and loss of life caused by unsafe sanitary practices.
FRESH
A developing Food Research, Enterprise, and Sustainability Hub works to catalyze the modern food landscape of tomorrow by honoring the living traditions of yesterday and harnessing the innovative spirit of today’s Circumpolar North.

Alaska Food Resources

Food Pantries in Alaska
A list of food pantries across the state of Alaska.
Anchorage Food Pantries, Soup Kitchens & Food Banks
A list of available emergency food programs in Anchorage, Eagle River, and Wasilla.
Beans Cafe
A day shelter that provides meals to the homeless and the hungry.
St. Francis House Food Pantry
The largest client choice food pantry in Alaska.
Anchorage Downtown Soup Kitchen Hope Center
An agency offering food, shelter, and employment resources to the community.
Food Bank of Alaska
An agency dedicated to eliminating hunger in Alaska by obtaining and providing food to partner agencies feeding hungry people and through anti-hunger leadership.
Salvation Army Cure Hunger
The Alaska division of the Salvation Army, including a number of food security programs.
Wild Food Resources of Alaska
A document covering wild food resources across the state of Alaska.

Contact us

Elizabeth Hodges Snyder

UAA Masters of Public Health Program Coordinator

ehodges4@alaska.edu

Phone: 907-786-6541

Rachael E. Miller

Assistant Professor of Business

remiller@alaskapacific.edu

Phone: 907-564-8288

Videos

Food Security (Ulu Project)

Arctic Food Security: How to Assess Food Security from an Inuit Perspective

Food for Thought: Sustaining Alaska's Wild Salmon Economy | Talks at Google

Connecting the Dots Across Alaska's Food System, Danny Consenstein TEDxAnchorage

How rural Alaska gets its food delivered

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