Utilizing the chitin in crab shells could add more than $10 million in first wholesale value. In fact, the ASMI report shows ...

How can our governor talk about Alaska food security and not mention the fact that we still harvest hundreds of millions of ...

For farmers in Tyonek and reindeer herders in Nome, cuts to USDA grants and staff challenge local food production.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s recently proposed legislation lifting a ban on certain types of commercial fish farming is receiving some pushback in the Alaska Legislature.

Mar. 19—JUNEAU — The Alaska Legislature on Wednesday rejected an executive order issued by Gov. Mike Dunleavy to establish a state agriculture department. The vote on the resolution to reject ...

Lawmakers voted 32-28 on a joint resolution disapproving the order, with many citing the need to create an agriculture ...

Dunleavy’s proposal would have split the existing Division of Agriculture into a new cabinet-level department. Lawmakers ...

Dunleavy's proposal to create a state agriculture department, Sen. Shelley Hughes, R-Palmer, speaks on the floor of the Alaska House of Representatives on Wednesday, March 19, 2025. Lawmakers ...

Alaska will remain one of two states without a cabinet-level Department of Agriculture, at least for the time being. On Wednesday, the Alaska Legislature voted 32-28 to deny an executive order ...

• Jeff Lund is a freelance writer based in Ketchikan. His book, “A Miserable Paradise: Life in Southeast Alaska,” is ...