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The tools, techniques and tasty veggies of a successful harvest

After a summer of planting, weeding and watering your garden, it’s time to harvest the rewards of all of your hard work. Join Mallory Smith with Alaska Harvest Collaborative in a hands-on workshop to learn the art of the harvest. 

In this class, participants will learn to 

• understand vegetable growth. Smith will discuss how different vegetables grow, so participants will know when they’re ready to be harvested.
• decide which tools make harvesting easy, efficient and fun. 
• master the timing and techniques to get the best flavor and longest shelf life from garden vegetables.

Smith mentors students in the Alaska Harvest Collaborative experiential learning garden, which is part of the Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. She has 15 seasons of experience growing fruits and vegetables in northern climates and working in the local food movement. 

The workshop is Wednesday, Aug. 6, from 5-7 p.m. The cost is $40, with student discounts available. Meet at the entrance of Georgeson Botanical Garden and walk to the Alaska Harvest Collaborative gardens, located on the Fairbanks Experiment Farm on the UAF Troth Yeddha’ Campus.

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For more information, contact Cathy Turner at ak.harvest@alaska.edu.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Accommodation requests related to a disability should be made five business days in advance to Alda Norris at amnorris2@alaska.edu or 907-474-7120. Language access services, such as interpretation or translation of vital information, will be provided free of charge to individuals with limited English proficiency upon request to amnorris2@alaska.edu.

This work is supported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture.

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