The Alaska Food Festival and Conference Comes to Fairbanks

Native Movement proud to co-host alongside the North American Traditional Indigenous Food Systems and Alaska Food Policy Council

Fairbanks-based non-profit organization, Native Movement, is proud to co-host the Alaska Food Festival & Conference Friday, October 16th - Sunday, October 18th at the Westmark Hotel & Conference Center in downtown Fairbanks. The conference is hosted annually by the Alaska Food Policy Council (AFPC), a Homer-based non-profit with the mission of connecting, advocating, and informing, to strengthen food systems for all Alaskans. AFPC partners with community organizations for each conference and prioritizes new partnerships each edition to ensure all aspects of the food sector are represented. 

This year’s conference co-hosting partners are Native Movement and the North American Traditional Indigenous Food Systems (NĀTIFS). NĀTIFS is a Native-led nonprofit promoting Indigenous foodways education, food access, and food sovereignty through culinary training, resources, and community-based food systems work. Native Movement is an Alaska-based Indigenous-led nonprofit that organizes grassroots advocacy, education, food sovereignty, and movement-building around Indigenous rights, environmental justice, and community-led social change. 

“We are proud to help bring this conference with all the expertise and knowledge of participants, presenters, and speakers to Fairbanks. Food security in Alaska is so important. While continuing to protect access to hunting, fishing, and gathering, we must also innovate and adapt to a rapidly changing climate that includes building healthy agricultural practices.” 
- Enei Begaye-Peter, Native Movement Executive Director

This year’s conference theme is “Cultivating Community, Harvesting Hope.” The conference aims to be joyful, collaborative, and deeply rooted in the people and places that shape Alaska’s food systems. It will be a weekend to celebrate, share knowledge, skills, inspiration, and strengthen the relationships that help our communities thrive. Programming includes keynote panels, breakout sessions, and workshops, with expertise in agriculture, subsistence, food waste and more. Attendees include farmers, fishers, food businesses, nonprofits, Tribal entities, government agencies, educators, students, and everyone who eats – all are welcome.

Learn more about Alaska’s largest Food Festival & Conference at www.akfoodpolicycouncil.org