by Ned Rozell | Jun 6, 2024 | Agriculture, Science
Charles C. Georgeson, a special agent in charge of the United States Agricultural Experiment Stations, was tasked with finding out if crops and farm animals could survive in the mysterious land acquired just twenty-one years earlier from the Russians.
by alaskabusiness | Jan 25, 2024 | Agriculture
Spenard Blue Market AK store has won the Alaska Division of Agriculture’s 2023 Alaska Grown $5 Store Challenge.
by alaskabusiness | Aug 16, 2023 | Agriculture, Government, News
Alaska’s 2023 Farm Family of the Year title goes to Marja Smets and Bo Varsano of Petersburg, who own and operate Farragut Farm.
by alaskabusiness | Jan 18, 2023 | Agriculture, News, Retail, Small Business
For the second year in a row, the Alaska Department of Natural Resources’ “Golden Carrot” award for promoting locally grown products goes to The Roaming Root Cellar.
by alaskabusiness | Aug 18, 2022 | Agriculture, Government
Alaska’s 2022 Farm Family of the Year title goes to Martha Merry, Amy Seitz, and Jane Conway of Soldotna, who own and operate Lancashire Farm.
by alaskabusiness | Dec 3, 2021 | Agriculture, News, Small Business
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.
by Isaac Stone Simonelli | Jun 8, 2020 | Agriculture, Magazine
A robust licensing and permitting process offers protection from federal prosecution for the Alaska cannabis industry, but the time and expense of participating in that process has created a market in which licensed businesses are vulnerable to being undercut by black-market prices.
by Isaac Stone Simonelli | May 28, 2020 | Agriculture, Government, Monitor
A robust licensing and permitting process offers protection from federal prosecution for the Alaska cannabis industry, but the time and expense of participating in that process has created a market in which licensed businesses are vulnerable to being undercut by black-market prices.
by alaskabusiness | May 15, 2019 | Agriculture, News, Small Business
The Alaska Division of Agriculture invites the public to submit nominations for the 20th Annual Farm Family of the Year award, which will be presented at the 2019 Alaska State Fair.
by alaskabusiness | May 6, 2019 | Agriculture, News, Small Business
One winner is opening a food cart so she can sell Alaska-raised pork sandwiches. Another will use her prize to jump start her sauerkraut business. And another is making seasoning mixes to sell at the Sitka Farmers Market and outside Harrigan Centennial Hall this summer.