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$1.8 million is now available for small Alaska food-security projects

The state Division of Agriculture is offering grants to help Alaskans improve our ability to feed ourselves. Ag Division Director Dave Schade says the agency’s microgrant program is intended to improve the state’s food security by promoting ways to grow food locally and store it safely. And to educate fellow Alaskans on the importance of food security. The state Agriculture Division microgrants are intended to help qualifying farmers and others who produce or otherwise improve the state's overall food security. Credit Division of Agriculture “We want individuals and nonprofits and grou...

U.S. Congress 2019-2020: Bills Introduced (Over 5,000 in the House and over 3,000 in the Senate) Ketchikan 2020 Year in Review:COVID cancels entire cruise ship season; International pandemic affects all residents, even those that remained healthy By DAVE KIFFER - Like the rest of the world, the biggest news story in Ketchikan was the quarantine caused by the Corona Virus or COVID 19. Most of Ketchikan was shut down from mid-March through the end of April harkening back to the month- long closure of the Ketchikan economy and social world for a month during the Great Flu Pandemic of 1918. By ...

Halibut Cove shellfish farmers are Alaska’s Farm Family of 2020   Saturday PM (SitNews) Palmer, Alaska - Alaska’s Farm Family of the Year for 2020 is the Bates family of Halibut Cove, whose determined operation of their shellfish farm in Kachemak Bay embodies the innovative, resilient spirt of Alaska agriculture even in the face of a global pandemic. “Alaska agriculture is a growing, evolving industry, and nothing reflects that more clearly than the selection of oyster farmers as Farm Family of the Year, “ said Dave Schade, director of the Division of Agriculture. ...