July 16 2 -6 pm All welcome. More details to come!

The Midtown Garden Depot (MGD) is a space to donate, store, and pickup free gardening supplies. The depot shares the lot with a community garden. The depot is on the North side of the lot and white signs mark the materials being collected and shared with the public. The community garden occupies the South side … More Midtown Garden Depot – 2930 Cheechako Street

Currant Affairs is a food systems-themed newsletter for Southcentral Alaska with a focus on the Anchorage area. This version is ‘live’ and updated as new events and opportunites pop up. I update and send out an email version around twice a month. This is a collaboration between Yarducopia (a program of ACAT) and the Alaska … More Currant Affairs Newsletter – Latest Edition

Want to lend a hand this summer transforming lawn into garden? Supporting Neighborhood Supported Agriculture in Anchorage? Learning and having fun while helping grow and share yummy food? Check out the goings-ons listed below and get in touch – 907-717-4392: Upcoming volunteer opportunities, garden builds, planting, canvassing, etc Tuesday, June 28 (10-2 pm) Building of … More Growing More Gardens! Opportunities to Lend a Hand, Learn, Teach, Share

Hey everybody, The wise and wonderful Christine Wilcox will be leading a hot composting workshop in Midtown on May 7 from 1-3 pm (2930 Cheechako Street). Come learn and lend a hand. This is the site of the up-and-coming Midtown Community Garden. Come early (11-1) for nibbles, to sign up for a garden bed, and … More May 7 Compost Workshop, Midtown Garden Sign ups & Free Baby Apple Trees

Thanks to everyone for such a fun and busy summer season. We’re still helping folks build a few gardens this fall, but most of our plans are heading indoors – working with students at King Tech High School, planning an Agronauts course at the Space Farming Institue, and preparing for Anchorage VegFest!   But before we … More October Newsletter – Fall / Winter Veggies and Putting your garden to bed

Anchor Gardens and Yarducopia are hosting a plant pot drop-off and exchange at the Midtown Garden Depot on Sunday, September 12 from 1-5 pm. The address is 2930 Cheechako Street We’ll be accepting used gardening pots and trays, as well as tools, fencing, and leaves (no garbage bags please) to use and share with gardeners … More Plant Pot Recycling at Yarducopia’s Midtown Garden Depot

There are so many ways to garden – no-dig methods, using perennial plants, in tidy easily worked rows, biodynamic techniques, Steve Solomon’s soil nutrient-focused strategies – all of which can produce a bounty of vegetables, and none of which require the purchase and application of known and potentially harmful chemicals to your food. Glyphosate, the … More So many ways to garden

Strong Towns founder Chuck Marohn write about how ‘Local food is the easiest and most immediately profitable way for a community to build its resiliency.’ Read more at Strong Towns https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2020/8/9/fix-fragile-food-systems?utm_campaign=081020+Monday+Jab+-+General+List&utm_medium=email&utm_source=autopilot

Summer in Alaska are times of abundance – be it the fish, veggies, berries, and game. As I watch my garden grow much much more food than I eat, its an opportunity to share with neighbors, friends, and larger community. With that in mind, here’s a list of wonderful organizations that welcome donations of fresh … More Donating Produce in Anchorage