Edible Alaska

Ripe for Change

• Chef Marisa Pena manages Stone's Throw, a free food service job training program in Fairbanks. Photo courtesy Stone's Throw.

• Students in the Stone's Throw program gain culinary skills and real-life production and catering experience. Photo courtesy Stone's Throw.

• Students in the Stone's Throw program gain culinary skills and real-life production and catering experience. Photo courtesy Stone's Throw.

• Staff of Denali Brewing Company, a locally and employee-owned microbrewery in Talkeetna. Photo courtesy Denali Brewing Company.

• Photo by Jessica Stugelmayer

  Khanesia Allen, right, is a guest chef at Gathering AK cafe in South Anchorage. With help from her family and husband Leon Shelton, left, she operates Davons' Place House of Soul.