On the north bank of the Kuskokwim River, 401 miles from Anchorage, lies the community of Oscarville, Alaska. In December 2014, the Oscarville Traditional Council volunteered the village to serve as the pilot community for the implementation of a holistic approach project, with the goal of creating healthy, thriving and sustainable communities by bringing together important communal pieces, including culture, housing, energy, infrastructure, water/sewer, community health and economic development. Oscarville’s candidacy for the pilot project stemmed from the sanitation, environmental ...

Healthy eating is one of the building blocks for a healthy life, and learning new recipes is a great way to keep healthy eating fun and delicious. To help introduce fresh ways to learn new recipes to statewide communities, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium’s Health Promotion program was awarded a competitive grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for Food Distribution Program Nutrition Education in 2016. This funding allows grantees to provide nutrition education services to Food Distribution Program on ...