Alaska Village Initiatives

Building Financial Sustainability Through Education in Rural Alaska provides a scalable online delivery and curriculum specifically developed to meet the agricultural needs of rural Alaska. AVI's instructional strategies establish clear links between our two target groups' - course content and learning objectives. The AVI project will addresses:
1. Food security while creating a sustainable local economy in rural Alaska;
2. Create healthier opportunities through farming activities;
3. Provide fiscal and managerial education to provide a sustainable agriculture economy in rural Alaska villages.

The AVI application seeks to leverage our online courses with the “Ag-in-a-Box” program that explicitly addresses the needs in rural Alaska and that “. . . such benefits could include helping to meet food demands, making fresh foods more available, lowering overall food costs and reducing food miles, improving health, reducing imports and outside dependencies, creating jobs and revenue, fostering partnerships within and among communities, and moving Alaska towards greater resilience and self-sufficiency.”

AVI’s instructional strategies establish clear links between course content and the learning objectives. Our program adheres to the National Agricultural Literacy Outcomes supported by the National Agriculture in the Classroom Organization and the National Institute of Food and Agriculture.

AVI’s commitment is to help start, operate, and sustain community agriculture programs that provide locally grown, healthy, and affordable produce. Community gardens are a nurturing process requ