State Grants Available for Food Security, Specialty Crops
The Alaska Division of Agriculture is accepting applications through March for two grant programs, one to promote specialty crops and the other to improve food security.
Agriculture
Keeping Cannabis Cool: HVAC needs for growing, processing, and selling marijuana
As the cannabis industry has grown, the distinct odor of cannabis has become a more familiar scent; but unlike consumers who may allow the smell of their private cannabis use to permeate the air, the industry itself is subject to state and local regulations that take odor into consideration.
USDA Approves Alaska’s Industrial Hemp Program
The US Department of Agriculture approved the Alaska Division of Agriculture’s plan for industrial hemp production, to stay in compliance with federal law.
$1.8 Million in Food Security Grants
Two new US Department of Agriculture programs–the Micro-Grants for Food Security Program (MGFSP) and the Meat and Poultry Inspection Readiness Grant–are bringing $1.8 million to Alaska.
The Roaming Root Cellar Wins Golden Carrot Award
A small business in Fairbanks that grew from a bus to a storefront in a year has won the 2021 Golden Carrot award from the Alaska Department of Natural Resources in recognition of its Alaska Grown display creativity, support of Alaska Grown small businesses, and success during the fifth annual “Alaska Grown $5 Challenge” campaign.
New Owners Spare Palmer Slaughterhouse
Local livestock farmers will continue to have access to an Alaskan-owned, in-state slaughterhouse with the sale of Mt. McKinley Meat and Sausage to Todd and Sherrie Elsberry, who raise hogs in North Pole.