Alaska Fish Factor: Total Salmon Catch Projected to be Down 50 per cent
date:Apr 15, 2014
a week at most Sitka schools.
Prior to this year, over 23 local fishermen and Sitka processors donated the seafood to the schools but now they can be paid, thanks to a $3 million funding grant from the state.

Its called Nutritional Alaska Food for Schools (NAFS) and its a fabulous statewide appropriation that reimburses school districts for their Alaska food purchases, including seafood, Gagnon said. (Credit Rep. Bill Stoltz (R-Chugiak.)

Food for Schools money is in the FY15 capital budget an

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