Kenai Peninsula Food Bank

Live music is provided at the Kenai Peninsula Food Bank during an early Thanksgiving meal on Wednesday at its K-Beach Road facility near Soldotna. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)

Giving thanks together

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Kenai Food Bank ready for Turkey Day

Kenai Food Bank ready for Turkey Day

With the Thanksgiving holiday just days ahead, the Kenai Peninsula Food Bank is gearing up for one of its busiest times of the year. The… Continue reading

 

The Kenai Peninsula Food Bank’s greenhouse is photographed on Tuesday near Soldotna. The food bank grows fresh produce and offers it at a weekly farmers market. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)

Community supports peninsula food bank during Hunger Action Month

Community members have rallied around the Kenai Peninsula Food Bank this month after local municipalities proclaimed September as Hunger Action Month. The food bank has… Continue reading

 

Dan Bilyeu of Northern Lights Mushrooms sells oyster mushrooms and a large variety of peppers, including scotch bonnets, jalapenos, poblanos and more at the Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2018 Farmers Fresh Market at the Kenai Peninsula Food Bank, near Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)

Produce is plentiful as farmers market season is wrapping up

Despite the unexpected sunny August weather, summer is wrapping up, which means only a few more opportunities to shop local at farmers markets. Dan Bilyeu… Continue reading

Dan Bilyeu of Northern Lights Mushrooms sells oyster mushrooms and a large variety of peppers, including scotch bonnets, jalapenos, poblanos and more at the Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2018 Farmers Fresh Market at the Kenai Peninsula Food Bank, near Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)

Peninsula chefs are the spotlight of the Chef at the Market series

Editor's note: The graphic accompanying this story has been corrected to show that Fine Thyme Cafe chef Bobbi Stelljes will be cooking at the Chef… Continue reading

Peninsula chefs are the spotlight of the Chef at the Market series

Peninsula chefs are the spotlight of the Chef at the Market series

The Chef at the Market series is like being a part of a live cooking show. “You know how popular cooking videos are on Facebook?”… Continue reading

Peninsula chefs are the spotlight of the Chef at the Market series

Alaska Grown options expand with new market, app

Editor's note: This article has been updated to add a listing for the Soldotna farmers market on Saturdays. Here on the peninsula, opportunities to purchase… Continue reading

Youth Librarian Ali Jobe of the Joyce K. Carver Memorial Soldotna Public Library sits beside the canned goods and other nonperishable food items that library patrons have donated to the Kenai Peninsula Food Bank in lieu of late fees during the library’s food for fines collection drive on Wednesday, April 11, 2018 in Soldotna, Alaska. In addition to the two and a half bins of food at the library entrance, the Food Bank has already recieved 193 pounds of food since the library began collecting on April 9. Soldotna librarians will take food for fines — at an exchange rate of $1 per item — until April 14. (Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion).

Food for fines

Since the Joyce K. Carver Memorial Soldotna Public Library started accepting canned and other nonperishable food items in lieu of late fees on April 9,… Continue reading

Youth Librarian Ali Jobe of the Joyce K. Carver Memorial Soldotna Public Library sits beside the canned goods and other nonperishable food items that library patrons have donated to the Kenai Peninsula Food Bank in lieu of late fees during the library’s food for fines collection drive on Wednesday, April 11, 2018 in Soldotna, Alaska. In addition to the two and a half bins of food at the library entrance, the Food Bank has already recieved 193 pounds of food since the library began collecting on April 9. Soldotna librarians will take food for fines — at an exchange rate of $1 per item — until April 14. (Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion).
John Quick, chief of staff to Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor Charlie Pierce, serves a bowl of soup to a diner at the Kenai Peninsula Food Bank’s Fireweed Diner on Friday, March 2, 2018 near Soldotna, Alaska. Kenai Peninsula Borough and Kenai Peninsula Borough School District employees volunteer at the food bank every other Friday and have been doing so for more than a decade. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)

Borough, school district employees give back at food bank

Every day the door opens at the Kenai Peninsula Food Bank’s Fireweed Diner, no one can tell exactly who will come through. That applies to… Continue reading

John Quick, chief of staff to Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor Charlie Pierce, serves a bowl of soup to a diner at the Kenai Peninsula Food Bank’s Fireweed Diner on Friday, March 2, 2018 near Soldotna, Alaska. Kenai Peninsula Borough and Kenai Peninsula Borough School District employees volunteer at the food bank every other Friday and have been doing so for more than a decade. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)
Boxes of canned pink salmon sit on the shelves at the Kenai Peninsula Food Bank waiting to be distributed on Thursday, Feb. 8, 2018 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)

A look at the Food Bank’s waste reduction efforts

The Kenai Peninsula Food Bank feeds hundreds of people per month, both through its diner and pantry. The staff collected more than 750,000 pounds of… Continue reading

Boxes of canned pink salmon sit on the shelves at the Kenai Peninsula Food Bank waiting to be distributed on Thursday, Feb. 8, 2018 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)
The Soldotna Montessori Charter School food pantry is located on the corner of North Binkley Street and East Park Avenue, right across the street from the Kenai Peninsula Borough Hall building. (Photo by Kat Sorensen/Peninsula Clarion)

Students hope to keep food pantry full

Sixth graders at Soldotna Montessori Charter School have something they want everyone to know. It’s not that they spend their lunch time planning out community… Continue reading

The Soldotna Montessori Charter School food pantry is located on the corner of North Binkley Street and East Park Avenue, right across the street from the Kenai Peninsula Borough Hall building. (Photo by Kat Sorensen/Peninsula Clarion)

Kenai Peninsula Food Bank director Linda Swarner to retire

After 15 years as Executive Director of the Kenai Peninsula Food Bank, Linda Swarner will be retiring from the position in spring 2018. Swarner announced… Continue reading

Culinary king to be crowned at food bank fundraiser

Move over “Chopped.” This Saturday, three peninsula chefs will face off against each other in the first-ever Clash of the Culinary Kings. The competition, which… Continue reading

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion In this Oct. 30, 2013 file photo Harry Moore, of Soldotna, stocks shelves at the Kenai Peninsula Food Bank in Soldotna, Alaska. The food bank received a new $10,000 grant to help fund operations.

New grant awarded to Kenai Peninsula food bank

People and organizations who depend on the Kenai Peninsula Food Bank will see a bump in the amount and variety of food available in the… Continue reading

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion In this Oct. 30, 2013 file photo Harry Moore, of Soldotna, stocks shelves at the Kenai Peninsula Food Bank in Soldotna, Alaska. The food bank received a new $10,000 grant to help fund operations.
Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion Kenai Peninsula Food Bank Executive Director Linda Swarner searches through this year's donations for the 20th annual Soup Supper on Monday, Aug. 15, 2016 at the Kenai Peninsula Food Bank in Soldotna, Alaska.

Food Bank preps for Soup Supper

The Kenai Peninsula Food Bank will host its 20th annual Soup Supper fundraiser this at 5:30 p.m Saturday at Kenai Central High School in Kenai.… Continue reading

Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion Kenai Peninsula Food Bank Executive Director Linda Swarner searches through this year's donations for the 20th annual Soup Supper on Monday, Aug. 15, 2016 at the Kenai Peninsula Food Bank in Soldotna, Alaska.

Kenai Peninsula United Way to close June 2018

The Kenai Peninsula United Way — a nonprofit that has supported local charities, senior centers and youth activity groups by fundraising on their behalf —… Continue reading

Soup’s on for Kenai Peninsula Food Bank fundraiser

On Saturday the Kenai Peninsula Food Bank will be hosting the 21st installment of its annual Soup Supper and Auction, a dinner event that food… Continue reading