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The Kodiak Soil and Water Conservation District (KSWCD) provides technical agricultural assistance including consultations for NRCS programs, community learning opportunities, and other resources. Our goal is to provide the resources necessary to promote, participate in, and support agriculture on the Kodiak Archipelago.
KSWCD operates the Community Gardens on Larch street. Learn more.
Talks Around the Farm Table is a podcast about the diverse landscape of agriculture on Kodiak Island. This series is driven by the Kodiak Soil & Water Conservation District in collaboration with KMXT.
Read the story map written by Tracy Robillard about the partnership between Kodiak Soil and Water Conservation District and USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service promoting local food production.
The Community Learning Series was a free educational series for Kodiak community members that will cover topics related to agriculture and food security. Sessions featured experienced and knowledgeable panelists on the topic of discussion. Our goal is to promote knowledge sharing between growers and producers of all experience levels and invigorate enthusiasm about these topics.
The soil health study was conducted at the Community Gardens and looked at the difference between lettuce grown in garden beds that were grown with beach peat and lettuce grown in beds without added beach peat.
The Kodiak Soil and Water Conservation District (KSWCD) hired Ian in early 2024. In this brand-new position, Ian is working on identifying wants and needs of agricultural producers and gardeners on the Archipelago. Ian runs the community gardens and is developing the community learning series.
NRCS "helps people reduce soil erosion, enhance water supplies, improve water quality, increase wildlife habitat, and reduce damage caused by floods and other natural disasters." Many NRCS programs and initiatives are available to Kodiak farmers, ranchers, and landowners including financial and technical assistance and other resources. KSWCD offices house a variety of NRCS materials and our staff is available to offer information about NRCS when an NRCS agent is not available. The use of the Kodiak Soil & Water Conservation District office is kindly donated by NRCS.
The University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) Cooperative Extension Service interprets relevant university, research-based knowledge in an understandable and usable form and offers that information to the public. The UAF Extension offers hundreds of publications written and produced by university specialists to Alaska residents. Many publications are free and available online. Topics include: 4H publications, agriculture/livestock, community/economic development, cooking, energy, food, gardening, housing, insects/pests, and sewing. KSWCD houses print copies for many publications which are available to the public on request.
