Alaska has not spent state funds to replace lost federal food assistance, state officials said Tuesday, despite Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s promise to do so. Amid the longest federal government shutdown in U ...
Buffy Meyer and her husband Brady Hayden are holding a freshly rolled umiak at the Alaska State Fair Grounds in in Palmer on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024. (Ava White/Alaska Public Media) Buffy Meyer ...
The reconciliation bill under consideration by the U.S. Senate threatens to do more harm than good for Alaska’s food systems. While some provisions may offer benefits for agriculture nationwide, the ...
The Southeast Alaska State Fair is one of the best summer events in AK. Happening every July in Haines (and sometimes in the ...
Despite record-size produce and a huge fishing industry, Alaska faces food insecurity. New farmers are building local food ...
Facing a persistent crisis in providing food assistance, Alaska has once again fallen behind in processing applications for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), leaving thousands of ...
A customer shops at Olerud's Market in Haines in 2022. The roughly 66,000 Alaskans who depend on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as SNAP or food stamps, did not get their ...
In running the Metlakatla Indian Community S’ndooyntgm Galts’ap Community Garden, Gatgyeda Haayk has developed a particular relationship to soil. “People misunderstand soil,” she explained. Alongside ...