Edible Alaska

Spinning the local food web

• A woman harvests a turnip from the Kenaitze garden for the Plant to Potluck event. Photo by Jessica Newton.

• A KLFC volunteer samples contest pies at the Harvest Moon Local Food Festival. Photo by Mollie Messick.

• Carrots and beets from Grace Acres Farm await customers at Harvest Moon. Photo by Mollie Messick.

• Participants in the Dena’ina Wellness Center’s Wellness department, Elders from Tyotkas Elder Center, and youth from the Kahtnuht’ana Duhdeldiht Campus in July 2023 at the Ch’k’denełyah yuyeh greenhouses, where they worked to raise produce for a harvest potluck meal. The partnership between the four Kenaitze Indian Tribe facilities is an example of the tribe’s integrated Dene’ Philosophy of Care. Photo courtesy of Kenaitze Indian Tribe.

• Community members and volunteers watch KLFC’s film Nourishing the Kenai in the film tent. Photo by Mollie Messick.

• A hand-painted sign decorates the children’s tent at Harvest Moon. Photo by Mollie Messick.

• Beds of sage flourish in Kenaitze’s greenhouse in November. Photo by Mollie Messick.