The industry is recovering from a massive bird flu outbreak and high inflation rates, but prices may not fall to what they once were.
Food
State roughly halves the number of Alaskans waiting on food aid, but more than 8,000 remain
The partial progress highlights the scale of the backlog.
A gardener’s plan to plant half a million carrots is growing Kodiak’s local food movement
Dave Jackson is Kodiak’s carrot kingpin.
Alaska health department pledges to halve 10,000-person food-stamp backlog within 6 months
The action was among several conditions in an agreement announced Tuesday between the state and 10 plaintiffs who filed a class-action lawsuit against the state over extensive delays in what’s commonly referred to as the food-stamp program.
Alaska food banks still ‘inundated’ as state works to fix food stamp backlog
Southeast Alaska Food Bank patrons have doubled since last November, as Rep. Alyse Galvin calls food stamp response “a swing and a miss.”
USDA announces first-ever grants for Indigenous meat processing
Grant program will include bison, reindeer, moose, elk and salmon.