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Alaska Tilth Expansion Program (Mat-Su Health Foundation Coronavirus Prevention and Response Grant)

Alaska Pacific University Foundation

Funding Amount

$50,000

Deadline

Rolling / Open

Grant Type

foundation

Overview

Alaska Tilth Expansion Program

Status: Active (awarded October 16, 2024)

Funder: Mat-Su Health Foundation (Coronavirus Prevention and Response grant)

Geographic Scope: Mat-Su Valley, Alaska

Focus Areas:

  • Food security

  • Supporting local farmers

  • Feeding communities in need

  • Fresh produce access

  • SNAP-Ed Nutrition Education services
  • Project Title: "Funding Our Farmers, Feeding Our Families – Expanding Alaska Tilth"

    What They Fund:

  • Purchase of produce from Mat-Su farmers at fair market prices

  • Distribution to communities of need

  • Nutrition education and practical tools for recipients

  • Low-cost recipes and cooking demonstrations
  • Partnerships:

  • Matanuska Experiment Farm

  • UAF Cooperative Extension

  • APU's Spring Creek Farm
  • Project Timeline: July - November 2020 (culminating in a publicly available report with findings and recommendations)

    Impact:
    In the five years prior to this grant, Alaska Tilth distributed over 8,000 pounds of food reaching well over 1,000 individuals at Mat-Su Valley locations including:

  • Senior centers

  • SNAP nutrition workshops

  • Mat-Su Women's Shelter

  • Mat-Su Food Bank

  • Kids Kupboard
  • Program Goals:

  • Connect farmers growing local food to community members in need

  • Build food security in Alaska

  • Support both farmers and community members in the Mat-Su Valley

  • Strengthen and healthier communities
  • Focus Areas & Funding Uses

    Fields of Work

    food-securityagriculturehungercommunity-development

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