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When you buy food grown in Alaska, directly from Alaska farmers markets, you help
support your local economy and in return you will get the freshest, best-tasting
food available from sources you know and trust.
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Buying food from local Alaska farms, associations and distributors means getting
food when it’s at its prime. Fresh food from local farms is healthier
and consumers are becoming increasingly aware of the ecological impact of
their buying decisions. Many products food retailers can sell more locally
produced foods.
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By choosing to buy and eat organic food, you are helping to create alternative
markets for our farmers, an opportunity to move away from global markets
dominated by transnational corporations and back to more local markets where
they can once again provide healthy food to members of their communities.
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Family Day - A Day to Eat Dinner with Your Children
WHEREAS, strong families provide children the encouragement, support, and love they need to become confident, compassionate, and successful members of society; and
WHEREAS, the nurturing and development of our families require investment, focus, and commitment; and
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Governor Announces Challenge to Beluga Listing Decision; Provides Federal Agencies with Notice of Intent to Sue
Anchorage, Alaska - Governor Sarah Palin announced today that the State of Alaska filed a notice of intent to file a lawsuit challenging the federal government's decision to list beluga whales in Cook Inlet as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.
"The State of Alaska has wor...
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Alaska Water Permit Program Approved
Anchorage, Alaska - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today approved the State of Alaska's application to take over permitting authority for wastewater discharges under the Clean Water Act.
Wastewater discharge permits are issued to municipal sewage treatment plants...
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Organic Aquatic Species
Since 1997, Alaska's seafood industry, congressional delegation and state agencies, have been working to promote the development of certification standards for processing aquatic species as organic foods.
The growth and establishment of the international organic food movement has ...
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Weather Fluctuations and Climate Change
Most climate researchers agree that there is a pattern of global climate change. They suggest that small increases of a few degrees in global temperature will cause changes in weather patterns throughout the world, including more frequent and severe weather events as well as rising sea-level.
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By-Product Development
By-products from fish waste is an important development topic for the Alaska seafood industry. Alaska is one of the world's greatest producers of wild capture seafood. While there are a fair number of our fisheries that make use of fish waste through fishmeal plants or other processes, there are sev...
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