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Articles, blog posts, editorials, and other press on the Alaska Food Policy Council:

"Alaska Food Council holds conference, food festival in Fairbanks", Fairbanks Daily News Miner, November 5, 2017

"The Alaska Food Policy Council Presents First Food Hero Awards", Alaska Business Monthly, March 8, 2016

"Market Fresh: Weekend food conference and festival on tap", Alaska Dispatch News, February 23, 2016

"Collaboration is Key to Alaska’s Food Security," Food Tank, May 2015.

“Alaska Turns to Locally Grown Food Thanks to State Incentives,” The New York Times, August 31st, 2014.

“Upper Valley Agriculture: Birch Creek Ranch,” KTNA 88.9 FM, August 19th, 2014.

“State of Alaska Food Emergency Preparation Underway,” KDLG, July 23rd, 2014.

“Alaska Aims to Store Emergency Food Supply for 40,000 People,” Emergency Management, July 21st, 2014.

“Alaska Food Policy Council Hosts Bethel Town Hall Meeting | Alaska Public Media,” Alaska Public Media, April 24th, 2014.

“With food security issues looming, Alaska tries again for emergency food caches.” Alaska Dispatch, December 11, 2013.

“State department heads come together to figure out Alaska food security.” Alaska Dispatch, November 4, 2013.

Lawmakers call for more local food production.” KTOO, March 12, 2013.

House-backed measure pushes Alaska-grown food.” Anchorage Daily News, March 11, 2013.

Alaska Grown,” by Mary Lochner, Alaska Coast Magazine, September 2011 (pdf link, story on p. 28).

”The Alaska Food Policy Council,” by Deirdre Helfferich, Winter 2011-2012, Agroborealis, p. 4-8.

 “Alaska’s food (in)security,” by Deirdre Helfferich and Nancy Tarnai, winter 2010, Agroborealis, p. 23.

Alaskan farmers and ranchers are the real thing,” by Danny Consenstein, Sept. 24, 2010, AlaskaDispatch. Also published as “Alaska farmers put high-quality food on tables,” Sept 27th, Compass, Anchorage Daily News.

Proposed Mat-Su food plant gains momentum,” by Kirsten Adams, August 4, 2010, Alaska Watchdog

Sitka represented at first meeting of new Alaska Food Policy Council,” June 9, 2010, Sitka Local Foods Network blog

The Local Food Movement in Alaska,” by Deirdre Helfferich, May 25, 2010, University of Alaska Statewide Voice

USDA forms Alaska Food Policy Council,” by Daniel Consenstein, May 11, 2010, SNRAS Science & News blog

The Alaska Food Policy Council,” by Niki Rapaana, May 4, 2010, Living Outside the Dialectic blog

Alaska Food Policy Council created to examine how our food system relates to our economy, security and health,” March 30, 2010, Sitka Local Foods Network blog

USDA forum focuses on rural development,” January 15, 2010, SNRAS Science & News blog