EAT LOCALASKA
This website consolidates information on eating Alaska grown, produced, hunted, fished, and foraged foods.
MARCH 19, 2020: I've let this site go dormant for a few years, so some of the links are broken (I'll work on fixing those). Other than that, it offers lots of great information about how to eat local foods. With the COVID-19 pandemic threatening us all, it's time for me to start updating things here and connecting Alaskans to resources for the coming weeks and months, especially if our food supply chain from the Lower 48 gets disrupted. We are hardy, creative Alaskans--let's help each other through this uncharted territory by sharing knowledge, tools, supplies, labor, and friendship so we can all stay healthy and nourished.

LOCAL FOOD PRODUCERS: If you don't see your local-food related business or organization listed on this site, please use the contact form to send me a link to your website so I can add it.

Thank you, and be well,
Susan

People give many reasons for wanting to eat local foods, including improving their health, keeping money in the local economy, building a network of locavores, and decreasing their environmental footprint.

In Alaska, tradition is also frequently mentioned; many of us grew up hunting, fishing, and harvesting wild edibles.

People are also interested in food security. Alaska currently imports about 95% of all foods; should a major disruption to transportation occur, food would disappear from shelves within days.

Welcome to your one-stop "store" for information and inspiration on eating Alaska foods!

What Others Say About EAT LOCALASKA

"Inspired? Check out the mother lode of Alaska local food resources: EAT LOCALASKA. If you’re looking for restaurants, grocery stores, or whole sales producers, this website will lead the way." (Alaska Dispatch)

"GREAT website and resource! There are farms right next to me I didn't know about. Thank you for doing this." (Helen Wiggins, Palmer)

"Amazing website. I will use this for my Rural Nutrition class & Alaska Native Foods class I teach through UAF. Well done." (Ingrid Shaginoff MS RD LN)
"I just came across this and wow, what a great site full of info...Thanks for all your work to put this together. It is fabulous!" (Melissa Jenski, Palmer)

"Kudos to you on creating a great resource." (Mary Lochner, Alaska Coast Magazine)

"Alaska writer Susan Sommer has created a terrific web resource for Alaskans seeking to eat sustainable, locally-grown, gathered, hunted—you get it—food." (--EATS--Alaska)

"Susan Beeman Sommer has created a most wonderful online resource with a plethora of links and information - all in one handy place." Natalie Baumgartner, McGrath)

Alaska Food Challenge
June 21, 2011 - June 20, 2012 . . . and beyond!

No tropical fruits. No sugar. No coffee. Wait--no coffee? What??!! Think you could eat an all Alaska foods diet for one year? How about a mostly Alaska foods diet? Several people are doing just that. Find out more about the Alaska Food Challenge on the Alaska Food Challenge blog, on the Alaska Permaculture website under "Groups," or read an award-winning article in Alaska Business Monthly (pg 42).

2012 Update: Many Food Challengers have decided to continue their journey in eating local!

A few Alaska foods . . .