Teens in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough learn about food sovereignty through ice fishing

The food Alaskans eat often travels thousands of miles by barge or truck. But an after-school program in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough aims to give students the skills to fish for their own meals- even in the middle of winter.

As Alaska Public Media’s Tim Rockey reports, during a recent ice fishing outing, one lucky angler went home with dinner.
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Tim Rockey is the producer of Alaska News Nightly and covers education for Alaska Public Media. Reach him at trockey@alaskapublic.org or 907-550-8487. Read more about Tim here.

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