2026 Organizations

How Pick.Click.Give. makes a difference

Direct public support, grants, and sponsorships support our work, including:

-Developing recommendations and sharing them with policymakers at the local, state, federal, and tribal levels; and sharing information, resources, opportunities, and risks with all food stakeholders through the Advocacy Working Group and On the Menu legislative update blog posts; Food Security Week in Juneau and publishing candidate surveys that let voters know how people running for political office view various food systems issues.

-Hosting the every 18-months Alaska Food Festival and Conference to bring together food producers, advocates, educators, experts, and more to connect, educate, and celebrate together; one of AFPC's key outreach and networking events and the largest statewide food systems gathering!

- Hosting the quarterly Alaska Food Systems Network Gatherings virtually with guest speakers and topics chosen from Alaska’s food systems community.

-Connecting Alaskans through statewide working groups - Advocacy, School Nutrition, Indigenous Foods, Food Waste, Hydroponics, Food Hubs, and Conference Planning.

-Working to further Indigenous food security with Alaska Native/American Indian communities, by advocating for food sovereignty and for policies that affect the production, sale/ trade of Indigenous foods.

-Addressing food waste by acknowledging current statewide and local policies and actions, promoting specific proactive activities and programs, and looking for additional ideas and solutions.

-Communicating by aggregating content, highlighting partner events and opportunities, and creating engaging and informative newsletters, social media posts, press releases, annual reports, toolkits, and blog posts.

-Connects Alaskans through projects like our Regional Food Systems Partnership, which aims to link localized food system organizations to create a statewide network of “regional nodes”.