Alaska Pacific University
  • Academics
  • Admissions & Costs
  • Student Life & Activities
  • About APU
  • Virtual Campus Tour
  • DONATE
  • Request Info
  • Apply
  • 1 (800) 252 7528
  • myAPU
  • Directory
  • Library
  • Courses
  • Catalog
  • Blackboard
  • (907) 564-8362
  • Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to footer
  • myAPU
  • Directory
  • Library
  • Courses
  • Catalog
  • Blackboard
  • (907) 564-8362
  • DONATE
  • Request Info
  • Apply
  • 1 (800) 252 7528
Alaska Pacific University

Discover Active Learning

  • Academics
  • Admissions & Costs
  • Student Life & Activities
  • About APU
  • Virtual Campus Tour
  • DONATE
  • Request Info
  • Apply
  • 1 (800) 252 7528
  • myAPU
  • Directory
  • Library
  • Courses
  • Catalog
  • Blackboard
  • (907) 564-8362

Spring Creek Farm Journal

Spring Creek Farm- Growing Food to Train New Farmers

July 25, 2016

Megan with Veggies

The rooster crows and our summer crew heads out to the field to begin harvest for the week. Thursday we’ll bring our vegetables to market at APU, where student farmers will sell their product and practice direct marketing. More fresh produce will go straight to the dining hall, where kitchen staff will use it to…

Filed Under: Community, Kellogg Campus, MSOEE, Spring Creek Farm Journal

APU in Print: Farm School children savor locally grown foods

December 6, 2013

APU staffers Chris Pavadore and Megan Rock teach schoolchildren the joys of making – and eating – locally grown foods. Pavadore, dining services sustainability director, and Rock, coordinator at Louise’s Farm School, are featured in an article published Oct. 28 in the Frontiersman newspaper. Read more at The Frontiersman.

Filed Under: Active Learning, Community, MSOEE, Spring Creek Farm Journal, World Class

APU on the Air: KTVA visits Louise’s Farm School

December 1, 2013

Anchorage-based KTVA Channel 11 highlights the University’s outdoors-based education in a segment about Louise’s Farm School. Aired Oct. 29 and reported by KTVA’s Lauren Maxwell, the news story takes viewers to the 800-acre Kellogg campus in Palmer. KTVA is the local CBS affiliate. Farm School students are shown making devil’s club salve and walking through…

Filed Under: Active Learning, MSOEE, Outdoor Studies, Spring Creek Farm Journal, We Are APU

Spring Creek Farm Journal Week 1

October 8, 2012

Northern Lights at Spring Creek Farm

The trail wound its way up into the hills, around small, weed-edged ponds, and across a shallow stream. It was lined with spruce trees and berries, and the smell of leaves beginning to decay filled the crisp air. It was perfect country for grouse and moose and bears. – John Elvis Smelcer, author of Alaskan…

Filed Under: Active Learning, MSOEE, Outdoor Studies, Spring Creek Farm Journal, Sustainability Studies

You Are Here: Home / Spring Creek Farm Journal

Footer

Alaska Pacific University
4101 University Drive • Anchorage, Alaska 99508
  • Careers
  • Donate
  • Conferencing Services
  • Campus Store
  • Transcripts

© 2023 Alaska Pacific University · All Rights Reserved · Notice Regarding Web Accessibility · Privacy Policy · Website Credits