A series of workshops before and during the third annual Far North Currant Festival will give participants hands-on opportunities to learn about, cook with and taste currants.

The festival itself is a free, family-friendly event from 1-4 p.m. Aug. 23. It celebrates currants (Ribes spp.), delicious, nutrient-packed berries that thrive in Fairbanks’ sub-Arctic climate. The festival is organized by the University of Alaska Fairbanks Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station. The festival and all workshops will be held at the Georgeson Botanical Garden Pavilion on the UAF Troth Yeddha’ Campus.

The workshops are:

• Black Currant Flavor Experience (guided taste-testing) — Wednesday, Aug. 20, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Currants have flavors unlike any other berry. Lily Hislop, the black currant breeder

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