AFPC Press Releases
“New Report Released: How the Alaska Food Hub Network Can Best Move Forward” Released April 8, 2024
“Food Security Week 2024: EVERYBODY EATS!” Released February 9, 2024
“Alaska Food Policy Council (AFPC) Releases 2023 Annual Report” Released February 5, 2024
“Alaska Food and Farm Festival Brings All Sectors of Alaska’s Food Ways Together” Released November 14, 2023
“USDA Selects Alaska Food Policy Council to Partner on Creating a USDA Regional Food Business Center” Released May 9, 2023
“AFPC Receives Grant to Improve Alaska Food Security.” Released February 24, 2021.
“Alaska Food Policy Council releases inaugural annual report: 2020 highlights include hosting annual conference, advocating for food security.” Released February 8, 2021.
“Senate Approves Resolution Creating Food Working Group. Requests Collaboration with Alaska Food Policy Council.” Released March 18, 2013.
Articles, blog posts, editorials, and other press on the Alaska Food Policy Council:
“OPINION: Farmers markets strengthen Alaska’s economy and community spirit” ADN, August 4, 2024
“Seeing green: Fresh spinach needs fresh funding” Newsminer, July 16, 2024
“Alaska agriculture is diverse, innovative and growing” Delta Discovery, June 25, 2024
“Food safety behind the scenes at farmers markets” Newsminer, June 18, 2024
“Building Bridges Across the Pacific” SARE News, June 11, 2024
“OPINION: Making trash into treasure and other ways to celebrate Earth Day” ADN, April 21, 2024
“OPINION: Food waste prevention is possible in every Alaska community” ADN, April 4, 2024
“Food security task force calls for new state ag department” Newsminer, February 22, 2024
“My Turn: We need to make food security a priority in Alaska’s 2024 legislative session” Juneau Empire, February 4, 2024
“Do what’s right for Alaska’s families — Support WIC funding” Peninsula Clarion, January 11, 2024
“Support WIC funding” ADN, January 15, 2024
"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
