The UAF Cooperative Extension Anchorage Outreach Center serves Anchorage, Alaska’s largest city, with nearly 40% of the state’s population. Anchorage schools are among the most varied in the country. While 75% of school families speak English, the remaining 25% speak 100 different languages, such as Spanish, Hmong, Samoan and Filipino.
The district offers outreach programs in agriculture and horticulture; health, home and family development; integrated pest management; nutrition; and 4-H and youth development.
Upcoming events
Events
Jul 26
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Sunday, July 26, 2026, 10am – 4pm
The Kenai Peninsula 4-H Ag Expo will be held at the Soldotna Sports Center Ice Arena, 538 Arena Avenue.
The expo includes livestock shows on Friday, July 24, junior market livestock auction on Saturday, July 25, and celebrity showmanship and petting zoo on Sunday, July 26. Community agriculture classes will be offered Friday, Saturday and Sunday and 4-H exhibits will be up all weekend.
Daily admission is $4, a weekend pass is $6. Children 5 and under get in free.
For more information, contact Cassandra Rankin, crankin4@alaska.edu.
4-H is for everyone! For information on joining the Alaska 4-H program, contact Rankin.
Accommodation requests related to a disability should be made five business days in advance to Alda Norris at&/ces/districts/anchorage/160;amnorris2@alaska.edu&/ces/districts/anchorage/160;or 907-474-7120. Language access services, such as interpretation or translation of vital information, will be provided free of charge to individuals with limited English proficiency upon request to&/ces/districts/anchorage/160;amnorris2@alaska.edu. This work is supported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture&/ces/districts/anchorage/8217;s National Institute of Food and Agriculture.
Categories: Public events calendar - Fairbanks, Statewide 4-H calendar, Cooperative Extension calendar, Anchorage 4-H calendar, Kenai Peninsula 4-H calendar
Jul 28
Georgeson Botanical Garden Pavilion
Tuesday, July 28, 2026, 2 – 6pm
Field Days is an opportunity for the public to join UAF researchers for a day of learning at our experiment farms! Tour the fields and farms and learn through presentations, tours and discussions about varietal trials, small grains breeding, livestock nutrition, soil health and more!
Farmers, community leaders and the general public are invited to this free educational event at the Fairbanks Experiment Farm, located on the UAF Troth Yeddha&/ces/districts/anchorage/39; Campus in Fairbanks. Each field day will include a schedule of talks presented by researchers. Please leave your dogs at home.
Learn more about the 2026 Field Days events
Accommodation requests related to a disability should be made five business days in advance to Alda Norris at&/ces/districts/anchorage/160;amnorris2@alaska.edu&/ces/districts/anchorage/160;or 907-474-7120. Language access services, such as interpretation or translation of vital information, will be provided free of charge to individuals with limited English proficiency upon request to&/ces/districts/anchorage/160;amnorris2@alaska.edu.
This work is supported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture&/ces/districts/anchorage/39;s National Institute of Food and Agriculture.
Categories: Public events calendar - Fairbanks, Cooperative Extension calendar, Institute of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Extension calendar, Fairbanks/Tanana 4-H calendar, Anchorage CES calendar, Bethel CES calendar, Bristol Bay/Dillingham CES calendar, Delta Junction CES calendar, Southeast CES calendar, Kenai/Soldotna CES calendar, Kodiak CES calendar, Mat-Su/Copper River CES calendar, Northwest/Nome CES calendar, Sitka CES calendar, Fairbanks/Tanana CES calendar
Jul 30
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Thursday, July 30, 2026, 2 – 6pm
Farmers, gardeners and community members are invited to tour the Matanuska Experiment Farm and Extension Center, 1509 S. Georgeson Drive, Palmer.
Researchers will be on hand to talk about their projects. Learn about the science that happens at the farm through presentations and discussions with UAF researchers.
Dress for the weather and be prepared to walk up to a mile in the fields. Children must be accompanied by an adult, and please, no dogs.
For more information, contact the farm&/ces/districts/anchorage/39;s front desk at 907-745-3360 or email matsu.ces@alaska.edu.
Accommodation requests related to a disability should be made five business days in advance to Alda Norris at&/ces/districts/anchorage/160;amnorris2@alaska.edu&/ces/districts/anchorage/160;or 907-474-7120. Language access services, such as interpretation or translation of vital information, will be provided free of charge to individuals with limited English proficiency upon request to&/ces/districts/anchorage/160;amnorris2@alaska.edu.
This work is supported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture&/ces/districts/anchorage/39;s National Institute of Food and Agriculture.
Categories: Public events calendar - Fairbanks, Cooperative Extension calendar, Anchorage CES calendar, Mat-Su/Copper River CES calendar
Events
The Outreach Center is open to walk-ins
9 AM - 4 PM MONDAY - THURSDAY
We are available by phone, email or by appointment
8 AM - 5 PM MONDAY - FRIDAY
Phone: 907-786-6300
Email: anchorage.ces@alaska.edu
UAF Cooperative Extension Office
Anchorage Outreach Center