The UAF Cooperative Extension Service Juneau Office connects the latest university research with the everyday needs of Southeast Alaska communities. We provide practical, research-based education that helps Alaskans build skills, solve problems, and improve their homes, gardens, families, businesses, and communities.

Whether you're learning to preserve food, grow a garden, identify local plants, participate in 4-H, or attend a community workshop, Extension offers trusted information tailored to Alaska's unique environment.

Our programs focus on lifelong learning through classes, workshops, publications, demonstrations, and one-on-one assistance. We believe research is most valuable when it can be applied in everyday life, empowering Alaskans with the knowledge and confidence to thrive.

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The Juneau District serves communities throughout Southeast Alaska, a region connected by the waterways and islands of the Inside Passage. Home to Alaska's capital city, the district works with 35 communities to provide research-based education in agriculture, horticulture, food preservation, natural resources, health, nutrition, and youth development.

We acknowledge the Alaska Native nations upon whose ancestral lands our office resides. The UAF Cooperative Extension Service Juneau Office is located on the unceded territory of the 脕ak始w 岣磜谩an on Ling铆t Aan铆, the traditional homeland of the Ling铆t people, now known as Juneau, Alaska.

Upcoming program(s):

 
Juneau Community Schools October Workshops:
Looking to stay active, learn a new food preservation skill or explore selling homemade foods in Alaska? Professor Sarah Lewis is offering a variety of October workshops through Juneau Community Schools at Thunder Mountain Middle School.
 
  • Pickling & Fermenting Sunday, Oct. 4, 1鈥�4 p.m. Learn the basics of lacto-fermentation and vinegar pickling while making tasty homemade foods. $62, materials included.
  • Better Bones & Balance Fitness Class Tuesdays & Thursdays, Oct. 6鈥�29, 6:30鈥�7:30 a.m. Build strength, power and balance with this research-based fitness program. $116 for 8 sessions.
  • Menopause & Mocktails Oct. 10, 5:30鈥�7:30 p.m. Talk openly about menopause and learn strategies and lifestyle changes that may help during perimenopause, with tasty mocktails as a bonus! $52.
  • Selling Homemade & Homegrown Food in Alaska Saturday, Oct. 24, 1鈥�3 p.m. Learn about Alaska鈥檚 Homemade Food rules and basic produce safety practices for farmers, foragers and anyone interested in selling homemade foods. $24.
  • Canning Meat & Soups Sunday, Oct. 25, 1鈥�6 p.m. Learn how to safely pressure can meat and ready-to-eat soups. All experience levels are welcome. $83, materials included.
For more information, contact Sarah Lewis at sarah.lewis@alaska.edu or 907-523-3280
 
UAF Extension Lunch & Learn
UAF Cooperative Extension and the South Kenai Peninsula
Hospital are collaborating to offer food and health classes
for Alaskans.
  • Session 1: Food Preservation & Canning Basics
    10/6/26
    Learn how to safely preserve your wild and garden harvest
    s at home. This presentation for all experience levels will in
    clude information about pressure canning, boiling water-b
    ath canning, freezing, pickling, and dehydration.

    For more information, contact Sarah Lewis at sarah.lewis@alaska.edu or 907-523-3280

  • Session 2: Pickling & Fermenting Vegetables
    11/3/26
    Do you love pickled vegetables, sauerkraut, and kim-chi?
    You始ll be astonished by how easy it is to make your own! In
    this class you will learn the basics of lactofermentation an
    d vinegar pickling for tasty homemade snacks and digestiv
    e health and Strength Training for Bone Health
    This class she will introduce five simple strength training e
    xercises that help maintain bone mass and increase streng
    th and balance. If you wish to follow along, dress in comfor
    table clothes that allow movement. A sturdy chair and eith
    er a carpet or a yoga mat will also be helpful.

    For more information, contact Sarah Lewis at sarah.lewis@alaska.edu or 907-523-3280

Juneau Libraries: Bone Health is Non-Negotiable
Oct 8th 530-730p
Both men and women experience a decrease in bone densi
ty with age, increasing the risk of broken bones and frailty.
In this class you will learn about eating with your bone heal
th in mind as well as exercising to maintain bone density a
nd improve balance. Women should understand these prev
entative strategies in their 30s and men in their 50s, but it始
s never too early or late in life to improve your bone health.


Events Calendar 

Events

Oct 20

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Tuesday, October 20, 2026, 6:30 – 7:30am

The B3 Fitness program offers a mix of strength, power, and balance training for people with osteoporosis, osteopenia, or a risk of future low bone density (50% of women 35+ and men 50+).

Participants will be coached by UAF professor Sarah Lewis while following Oregon State University&/ces/districts/juneau/39;s Better Bones and Balance program and the Australian LIFTMOR training protocol from Griffith University, research-based programs shown to maintain or increase bone density.

Following the four-week series participants will have the option to join an independent workout group that also meets regularly at Tongass Fitness.


Dates:

Tuesdays and Thursdays, 6:30-7:30 a.m.

Oct. 6-29

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Location:

Thunder Mountain Middle School,&/ces/districts/juneau/160;Fitness Room


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Oct 22

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Thursday, October 22, 2026, 6:30 – 7:30am

The B3 Fitness program offers a mix of strength, power, and balance training for people with osteoporosis, osteopenia, or a risk of future low bone density (50% of women 35+ and men 50+).

Participants will be coached by UAF professor Sarah Lewis while following Oregon State University&/ces/districts/juneau/39;s Better Bones and Balance program and the Australian LIFTMOR training protocol from Griffith University, research-based programs shown to maintain or increase bone density.

Following the four-week series participants will have the option to join an independent workout group that also meets regularly at Tongass Fitness.


Dates:

Tuesdays and Thursdays, 6:30-7:30 a.m.

Oct. 6-29

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Location:

Thunder Mountain Middle School,&/ces/districts/juneau/160;Fitness Room


Registration at:



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Oct 24

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Saturday, October 24, 2026, 1 – 3pm

Selling homemade and homegrown food in Alaska with Sarah Lewis

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If you have a homemade foods business, would like to start one, or might sell homemade foods through your farmstand or local market, knowledge of Alaska&/ces/districts/juneau/39;s Homemade Food rules will help ensure you&/ces/districts/juneau/39;re in compliance. In addition, having a food safety mindset on the farm (or during wild harvest) will help you identify food safety strategies for your market produce. In this class, Sarah Lewis, UAF Professor of Extension, will explain the Alaska Homemade Food rules and introduce basic produce safety practices for farmers and foragers.

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Cost: $24.00&/ces/districts/juneau/160;

When: Oct. 24 from 1-3 p.m.

Where: Thunder Mountain Middle School culinary arts room



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