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The tools, techniques and tasty veggies of a successful harvest

After a summer of planting, weeding and watering your garden, it’s time to harvest the rewards of all of your hard work. Join Mallory Smith with ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Harvest Collaborative in a hands-on workshop to learn the art of the harvest. 

In this class, participants will learn to 

• understand vegetable growth. Smith will discuss how different vegetables grow, so participants will know when they’re ready to be harvested.
• decide which tools make harvesting easy, efficient and fun. 
• master the timing and techniques to get the best flavor and longest shelf life from garden vegetables.

Smith mentors students in the ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Harvest Collaborative experiential learning garden, which is part of the Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station at the University of ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Fairbanks. She has 15 seasons of experience growing fruits and vegetables in northern climates and working in the local food movement. 

The workshop is Wednesday, Aug. 6, from 5-7 p.m. The cost is $40, with student discounts available. Meet at the entrance of Georgeson Botanical Garden and walk to the ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Harvest Collaborative gardens, located on the Fairbanks Experiment Farm on the ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Troth Yeddha’ Campus.

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For more information, contact Cathy Turner at ak.harvest@alaska.edu.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Accommodation requests related to a disability should be made five business days in advance to Alda Norris at amnorris2@alaska.edu or 907-474-7120. Language access services, such as interpretation or translation of vital information, will be provided free of charge to individuals with limited English proficiency upon request to amnorris2@alaska.edu.

This work is supported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture.

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