Awards issued prior to january 20, 2025, were funded under previous administrations and may not reflect the priorities and policies of the current administration.** the rural nutrition project is…

Awards issued prior to january 20, 2025, were funded under previous administrations and may not reflect the priorities and policies of the current administration.** the rural nutrition project is expected to improve health for alaska native people by increasing the consumption of traditional alaska native wild gathered foods. The objective for this project is to: increase availability of relevant information and skills training in the fanh sciences that support improved nutrition in order to achieve the goal: increase food security and health outcomes for alaska native and rural community students and residents. The rural nutrition project provides 8 classes/workshops per year (24 total) with at least 3 of the sessions recorded and uploaded to the internet. The university credit classes and non-credit workshops will provide instruction, skills training and hands-on learning experiences related to gathering and preserving food from traditional sources for personal consumption with an emphasis on wild foods including vegetation, fish and game. The majority of the classes/workshops will be held in rural alaska communities and include an alaska native subject expert in addition to a university or cooperative extension instructor. IT will enhance student learning by incorporating place-based education that looks at food as a whole related to the land and ecology and cultural traditions.sessions will be augmented by additional resources including information on UAF fanh academic programs, alaska cooperative extension resources and the IAC developed online gwich'in athabascan alaska native language course lessons on food and eating terms.