Fair: Food, Health, Safety in the North
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Live well and safe in the north. Special presentations by:
- 12 -2pm: Alaska Search and Rescue Dogs
- 12 -2pm: Bike Commuters of Anchorage
- 12 – 1:25pm: Providers from Avante on nature and science for health in the north: Bethany Buchanan on SAD, SAME, and Vitamin D; Christine Sagan on Omega3, and Torrey Smith on Keeping Your Immune System Strong in Winter.
- 1:30 – 2:00pm: Maintaining Mental Health in the North by clinical psychologist Dr. Jennifer Beathe
- 3:00 – 3:30pm: Dr. Dick Mandsager, Executive Director of Providence Children’s Hospital, about keeping kids healthy in winter
- 3:30 – 4:30pm: Mary Ellen Gordian, Ph.D., Senior Research Associate of UAA, on indoor air quality, and Stephen Morris, Municipality of Anchorage, on outdoor air quality.
- 4:30 – 5:00pm: Special presentations on the importance of Alaska Native foods by Shawna Carmen, environmental justice program director form the Alaska Community Action group on toxins and the Indigenous Environmental Network.
Anchorage Museum.
Sponsored, in part, by BP Exploration.
