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Alaska food banks straining under shipping costs

Higher fuel prices and logistic challenges are making it harder and more expensive to ship food to Alaska's remote food banks ...
The New York Times

In Alaska and Hawaii, Higher Food Prices Intensified SNAP Anxiety

Some residents are receiving benefits, but the uncertainty over the past weeks has burdened many in the two states, where the cost of food is the highest in the nation. By Christi A. FoistJack ...
Alaska Dispatch News

Opinion: Congress must rethink the reconciliation bill’s harmful impacts on Alaska’s food systems

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 ...
Alaska Public Media

For this local food stand, the Alaska State Fair is a whole lot of work and a massive opportunity

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 ...
Alaska Dispatch News

Alaska, one of two states without a cabinet-level agriculture department, is planning to create one

Driven by food-shortage fears during the COVID-19 pandemic and inspired by the recommendations of a legislative task force, Alaska lawmakers are considering the creation of a cabinet-level state ...