Volunteers in Petersburg have been working to put together dozens of boxes of Thanksgiving food to give away to needy families in town.
Food
Tribes revive indigenous crops, and the food traditions that go with them
Members of some Native American tribes are hoping to revive their food and farming traditions by planting the kinds of indigenous crops their ancestors once grew.
Homegrown and hydroponic: Veggies are St. Paul’s new subsistence food
When you think of the Pribilof Islands, what food comes to mind? Probably not produce. The people of St. Paul Island are working to change that. With a federal grant, they’ve built a greenhouse. It’s so productive, they’re giving away the produce.
State continues efforts to privatize Mat-Su slaughterhouse
The state is continuing its mission to privatize Palmer’s Mt. McKinley Meat and Sausage plant.
Co-op grocery store hopes to raise funds through membership
A co-op grocery store is trying to get off the ground and will hold a kick-off event this weekend to draw members. Merissa Koller Williams is the board president for the Kodiak Harvest Cooperative, a group trying to put together a community-owned grocery store downtown.
Native artisans worry ivory bans in other states could reverberate in Alaska
The federal government instituted a near-total ban on the domestic commercial trade of African elephant ivory, but many Alaskans are concerned the backlash from this ban is affecting other ivories. St. Lawrence Islander Susie Silook is the author of a petition to protect walrus ivory and other marine mammal by-products from various states’ legislation that would see it banned as a response to the federal ban.