Episode 307 - Really Fresh From the Farm   addthis
In an even colder state, a farmer who runs a “pick-it-yourself” enjoys success during a remarkably short growing season. His customers pull produce from the ground like there’s no tomorrow. For some of these Alaskans, it may be the only fresh “green” food they can enjoy for months to come.

 

  

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Alaska’s first agricultural college was created by Congress in 1918. Hay and potatoes are the state’s top field crops, but as you might expect, “agriculture under glass” is big in Alaska. Greenhouse growers raise vegetables year round.

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Alaska Farm Bureau
Alaska Division of Agriculture

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The American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture, Farm Credit, and the United Soybean Board make presentation of America's Heartland possible.
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