Alaska’s Soviet Style Food Security Program Alaskans take a lot of things for granted when it comes to food security in this state. And, while we live in the Polar Climate Zone our ability to create local food sources beyond what comes from other places is evolving. Unfortunately, public policy for food security is woefully …
How Can Alaska Gain True Food Security? This updated story was first published June 5, 2020 Alaskan grown beef prepared for market at Mt. McKinley Meats & Sausages. Alaskans know when calamity strikes we can expect to see responding events happen fast. The November 2018 earthquake was such a wake up call–and the pandemic of …
Realities of Alaska Food Security (2020©donnliston.co) Familywith food on the table have many problems. Familywith no food on the table have one problem. …
Who Cares about Alaska FoodSustainability? WITH STORY UPDATE RESPONSE FROM ADF&G (2020©donnliston.co) This is a story of one man attempting to deal with the machine known as the State of Alaska. We who have lived a long time in Alaska know this machine well because it creates dependency while asserting to promote Alaskan independence. The …
The Future of Alaska Food Security Rayna Reynolds, 9, is a farm girl in the Matanuska Valley. (2020©donnliston.co) When 200 farm families were selected from three mid-western states to be moved to Alaska’s Matanuska Valley for a farming experiment in 1935, nobody was certain what would happen. During the early 1930s Alaska agriculture was in …
