State Awards $254,000 to Five Specialty Crop Projects
Five Alaska agricultural programs get a boost this year from federal funds for projects ranging from cooking classes to potato production.
Tag: Alaska Grown
Palmer Potato Pioneers Chosen as 2024 Farm Family of the Year
Longtime Palmer-area farming family Bruce and Vickie Bush selected as the 2024 Farm Family of the Year in recognition of years of service.
Alaska Science Forum: The Gardening Potential of the Last Frontier
Charles C. Georgeson, a special agent in charge of the United States Agricultural Experiment Stations, was tasked with finding out if crops and farm animals could survive in the mysterious land acquired just twenty-one years earlier from the Russians.
Blue Market AK Wins 2023 Alaska Grown $5 Store Challenge
Spenard Blue Market AK store has won the Alaska Division of Agriculture’s 2023 Alaska Grown $5 Store Challenge.
Petersburg Veggie Growers Honored as 2023 Farm Family of the Year
Alaska’s 2023 Farm Family of the Year title goes to Marja Smets and Bo Varsano of Petersburg, who own and operate Farragut Farm.
Repeat Winner of ‘Golden Carrot’ Award
For the second year in a row, the Alaska Department of Natural Resources’ “Golden Carrot” award for promoting locally grown products goes to The Roaming Root Cellar.
Soldotna Shepherds Honored as 2022 Farm Family of the Year
Alaska’s 2022 Farm Family of the Year title goes to Martha Merry, Amy Seitz, and Jane Conway of Soldotna, who own and operate Lancashire Farm.
The Roaming Root Cellar Wins Golden Carrot Award
A small business in Fairbanks that grew from a bus to a storefront in a year has won the 2021 Golden Carrot award from the Alaska Department of Natural Resources in recognition of its Alaska Grown display creativity, support of Alaska Grown small businesses, and success during the fifth annual “Alaska Grown $5 Challenge” campaign.
Budding Industry Battles Black Market
A robust licensing and permitting process offers protection from federal prosecution for the Alaska cannabis industry, but the time and expense of participating in that process has created a market in which licensed businesses are vulnerable to being undercut by black-market prices.
Future Feature: Budding Industry Battles Black Market
A robust licensing and permitting process offers protection from federal prosecution for the Alaska cannabis industry, but the time and expense of participating in that process has created a market in which licensed businesses are vulnerable to being undercut by black-market prices.