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Updated rules for selling homemade foods topic of workshop
February 06, 2026
A free workshop will review the legal requirements for selling homemade foods in Alaska. Sarah Lewis, with the ÃÛÌÒTVCooperative Extension Service, will lead the workshop from 5-8 p.m. on Sunday, March 1.
Delta Archaeology Day a hands-on opportunity to explore science
February 05, 2026
Three archaeologists from the University of Alaska Museum of the North will lead a mock excavation for Delta Junction Archaeology Day. The workshop takes place on Saturday, Feb. 21, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Delta Career Advancement Center, located at 1696 N. Clearwater Ave., Delta Junction.
Seminar gives overview of agrivoltaics project in Alaska
February 04, 2026
A ÃÛÌÒTVresearcher will highlight the first year of activities at Alaska's inaugural commercial-scale agrivoltaics research site.
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The Institute of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Extension is home to ÃÛÌÒTV's land-grant mission including the ÃÛÌÒTV Agriculture and Forestry Station as well as Cooperative Extension. The Morrill Act of 1862 established land-grant colleges and the federal Hatch Act of 1887 authorized agricultural experiment stations in the U.S. and its territories to provide science-based research information to farmers. There are agricultural experiment stations in each of the 50 states, Puerto Rico, and Guam, and all but one are part of the land-grant college system. ÃÛÌÒTV's Extension is part of the largest informal education system in the world, connecting Extension programs at land-grant colleges and universities in every U.S. territory and state. Today, the is the USDA division that manages federal funding of the nation’s experiment stations and the extension service.