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Providing Transparency To Alaska's Food Supply Chain
4 December, 2007 VOLUME 4 ISSUE 17  



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News and General Information
Fish Notes
Fish Notes Calendar
Port of Prince Rupert News
Local Farmers Market Produces Newsletter
Kudo's To The Mud Goddess
Answering Your Questions On Alaska Nutraceuticals
Bids For Matanuska Maid Dairy Due December 7, 2008
Ester Farm Wins Award For Community Food Project
Wind Power In Rural America
Pandemic Flu Resources and Information
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FOOD AND BIOPRODUCTS
Alaska Chip Company  
Alaskan Brewing Company
Alaskan Heat
Alaska Tribal Cache
Alaska Interior Game Ranch
Alaska Wild Salmon Jerky
Arctic Paws
Arxotica
The Crab Broker
Copper River Seafoods
Denali BioTechnologies
Eagle Rock's Taste Of Alaska
Ed's Kasilof Seafoods  
Fisherman's Express
Food Bank Of Alaska  
Global Seafoods, LLC.
Gulkana Seafoods-Direct
Kahlitna Birchworks
Kenai Wild  
Matsu Borough
R&J Seafoods
Silverhook Coffee
Taco Loco  
Tonias Biscotti
Wild Salmon Direct 

SUPPLY CHAIN SOLUTIONS
Alaska Central Express 
American Fast Freight
Commodity Forwarders
Harman's Repair Station
Lynden, Inc.
Movers Inc
Panalpina  
Ship To Alaska 

TECHNOLOGY
Alaska Internet Services
Sundog Media
Wisefish

SUPPORT
AK Manufacturers Extension Partnership
Alaska Fisheries Development Foundation
Alaska Quality Seafood Program
Alaska Coastal Journal
Alaska Commercial Fishing and Agricultural Bank
Gemmell Consulting

PACKAGING
West Coast Paper


 
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Archive Issues
Issue 16, Matanuska Valley
October 8, 2007
Issue 15, Interior Alaska and Fairbanks
September 15, 2007
Issue 14, Yakutat
August 15, 2007
Issue 14, Kenai Peninsula - Part 2
August 1, 2007
Issue 22, Kenai Peninsula - Part 1 of 2
June 1, 2007
Issue 21, Ketchikan Alaska
April 10, 2007
Issue 20, Kodiak Island
March 1, 2007
Issue 18, Unalaska /Dutch Harbor '07
February 1, 2007
Issue 17 - 2007 Collaborations
January 15, 2007
Issue 18, Interior Alaska - Bison, Birch Syrup and Beauty Products
December 15, 2006

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LAST ISSUE: Last issue's collaborators?   Mary Smith and Tim Lathrop of the Plitt Company  (Chicago, Seattle, BC, Alaska, Chesapeake and Boston) who were out fishing so late one Alaska summer's night  - that it was actually dark.  That is a long day of meetings to be topped off on the river courtesy John Hodel and Mark Ingrim.


Regional Insights
Seeing The Dividends
Petersburg Invests In Public Cold Storage

Petersburg, Alaska is located on Mitkof Island in Southeast Alaska and one of Alaska's major fishing communities.   Liz Cabrera, of the Petersburg Economic Development Council, gives us an update on their recent investment in a public cold storage facility, intended to stimulate year-round economic development for this region.
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.......And Profiles
Petersburg Shrimp
Petersburg is well known for its bounty of different shrimp species including the small sweet Petersburg Shrimp (salad shrimp) to the jumbo and firm prawns, Beyond being known as "Little Norway", Petersburg is Alaska’s shrimp fishing capitol. Dennis Sperl is well known in Petersburg for harvesting the world famous Petersburg Shrimp.
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Congratulations On Yet, More Award Winning Beers
Celebrate With Alaskan

Holiday events usually include your favorite brews, but Alaskan Brewing gives us even more reasons to make sure their Ale and Porter are on the shopping list for gift or celebration. Did you know their Smoked Porter just won a prestigious bronze medal in the Smoked Beer category at the European Beer Star Awards? Their products, brewed in Juneau, Alaska are continuing to win national and international awards for excellence. Did you also know that Winter Ale utilizes the Sitka spruce tips (and of course our pure water) as a unqiue Alaskan ingredient? Alaskan Brewing continues to maximize Alaska's bounty of marine and land by making some of the world's greatest beers right here in Alaska.  Read more about these beers and their chief beer-maker.
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A Window Into The Stikine River
Podcast Shares View With The World


Scott Sloan, producer and host of the Alaska Pod Show produced a podcast this Fall featuring the Stikine River. The Stikine is home to some of Alaska's earliest of the season and highest quality salmon.
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Support A Srong Supply Chain of Food For The Hungry 

Virtual Food Drive


Resources For Harvesters/Processors
Providing Better Visibility To You and Your Customers
Food Related Software From Franwell


Franwell's name is frequently mentioned along side of new developments for food related supply chain software. While they have visited Alaska to support the knowledge management requirements for seafood, their experience is well entrenched in the perishable foods industry.
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A Regional Food Processing Trade Association
Supporting The Pacific Northwest's 3rd Largest Industry

That's right. Food processing is the 3rd largest industry in the Pacific Northwest and has an influencial presence via its Northwest Food Processors Association. While not yet a fixture in and around Alaska, we met up with Darla Swensen at the Annual Pac Expo last month and encouraged their introduction with a bit about their regional show - the Northwest Food Manufacturing and Packaging Expo, January 13 - 16 in Portland.
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Alaska Salmon Omega-3
A Documentary Film

We'll delve into this project more next issue, but for now leave you with the project website link. Developed by Bill Gillette and David Kaplan (Kodiak) this project is generously supported by NOAA and the State of Alaska, Southeast Sustainable Salmon Fund and the Alaska Fisheries Development Foundation. Take a look and let's talk about it next issue!

www.wildsalmonomega-3movie.com
 


Yield And Safety For Perishables Monitored
TheDataloggerStore's Specialty Focus

During the past summer, Phil Reeder of Microdaq, Ltd. came to Alaska to spend time with Alaska producers to talk perishable products and temperature monitoring. His business storefront, TheDataLoggerStore, demonstrates his companies sole focus and expertise in data collection. We wanted to provide a quick review, in case you did not meet Phil during his visit to Alaska and encourage you contact them with your temperature monitoring challenges.
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Food & Related Events

Global food and related tradeshows, conferences and events that encourage learning, access and business connections.

Alaska School Nutrition Association
 Conference and Show
December 4th-6, 2007 
Anchorage, Alaska

Anchorage Air Cargo
Holiday Social, 5-7:30
December 6, 2007
Alaska Aviation Heritage Museum

Fancy Food Show
January 13-15
San Diego, California

Japan International Seafood & Technology
Jan. 23-24, 2008 
Osaka, Japan

Cool Chain Europe
January 28-30, 2008
Brussels, Belgium
  
Pacific Fisheries Technologists Conference
February 3-6, 2008
San Francisco, California

Symphony of Seafood
January 31, 2008
Anchorage, Alaska

Boston Seafood Show
February 24-26
Boston, Massachussets

Alaska Diversified Livestock Association
February 21-22, 2008
Anchorage, Alaska


Natural Products Expo West
March 13-16, 2008
Anaheim, California

Seoul International Seafood Show
Mar. 27-30, 2008
Seoul, South Korea

National Restaurant Show
May 17-20, 2008
Chicago, Illinois

Japan Int'l Seafood & Technology
July 2008
Tokyo, Japan


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2008
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December 14, 2007

January 23 - Seattle

January 31 - Gala Soiree
Awards Ceremony

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