Episode 216 - Alaska State Fair   addthis
After 70 years running, The Alaska State Fair is still the best place to see the state’s agricultural bounty. It’s a crowd sporting parkas and sweaters in mid-August. Exhibitions featuring sledgehammers, and chainsaws. While Alaska’s total crop yield may be small compared to the lower 48, the crops that do grow in the Land of the Midnight Sun can be huge.

 

  

Did you know:
Alaska farmers may grow some of the largest fruits and vegetables on Earth, but they’re not alone.  According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the world’s largest pumpkin was grown in Pennsylvania it weighs in at a whopping 1469 pounds!  

The world’s biggest apple comes from Japan, at over four pounds and an Israeli farmer holds the title for the world’s biggest lemon it weighs in at over eleven pounds.

Links
Alaska State Fair
www.alaskastatefair.org

Alaska Farm Bureau
Alaska Division of Agriculture

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