FREE EVENT. Held on Kellogg Campus, 6404 Lossing Road, Palmer REGISTER HERE DESCRIPTION To kick off the Arctic Winter Games Year Out Celebration Week, AKtive Soles will be hosting a FREE snowshoe race for the community to come test the race courses. Bring your family and friends out for a day of snowshoeing fun and…
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Louise Fest 2019
Join us for fall festivities, food & music! Music by: Hot Dish Blue Grass Learn about the legacy of Louise Kellogg, APU’s Kellogg programs, our agricultural land easement with the Great Land Trust, and tour the historic farmstead! This event is free, family-friendly, and open to the public. This is part of the 2019-20 Leah…
Alaska Tilth Program Helps Those in Need
Early each week, the farmers at Spring Creek Farm on Kellogg Campus walk through the fields to assess. First, they look to see which vegetables are at peak maturity and what produce can afford to sit on the vine for another week. Then, they decide who gets what in the community they serve. Signs of…
A Day in the Life of Spring Creek Farm (according to Instagram)
Each week Alaska Pacific University invites different members of it’s community to host it’s take-over Instagram account, @makingmovesatAKpacific, to show what a week at APU looks like through the eyes (and lens) of students, faculty, and staff. For much of June, staffers at our Spring Creek Farm on Kellogg Campus took control of the account, showing…
Photo Essay: Farm Welcomes Bands for Big Festival
APU’s Kellogg Campus hosted the Granite Creek Pickers Retreat for the second year this weekend. This year’s three-day soiree included 40 bands ranging from bluegrass to folk and country to cajun, as well as three dances, camping, and yard games. Photos by Kerry Nelson
Spring Creek Farm CSA Taking Root
A cornucopia of riotously colorful fresh produce lays in wait in the Spring Creek Farms stand at APU’s farmers market each week during the summer. Boxes of jewel-toned zucchinis, rich-colored beets, and a myriad of multi-colored, fragrant herbs – all recently plucked – ready to go to good homes. Some of them, though, are already…