Food

High school students are allowed to and often do leave the school grounds and take lunch elsewhere. But the district has been tracking that more students are opting to eat school lunch than in years past.

Todd Thingvall and his business partner Dan Kane have been working hard to renovate a 100-year-old house on pilings in Hoonah. It’s the site of the new brewery and taproom that opens Saturday.

“Timing is real important.” Tasting apples, gooseberries, raspberries, and kiwis as you go.

Schooler and Rookery sous-chef Travis Hotch made crispy chips out of salmon skin, fried the collars and used salt made from salmon bones.

School-based urban gardens can have a measurable positive impact on kids — from improving their diets to helping boost engagement with academics.

“I think the revival of local food systems is all about building and strengthening community ties,” says a fermentation evangelist whose nickname is “Sandorkraut.”