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  Rural Connections-Rebuilding Alaska Foodsheds: No shortage of good ideas


Category:  Community Development
Publication ( 805.81 KB )
Language: English
Author(s): S. Craig Gerlach ; Phillip A. Loring
Published: May 2012
Description: "Many Alaskans still view themselves as self-reliant, with a cultural and economic attachment to hunting, fishing, and small-scale 'outpost-style' gardening and farming. This idealized commitment notwithstanding, communities and households in rural and urban Alaska are increasingly dependent on imported food and fuel, with the values of individual and community self-reliance now compromised by vulnerability through increasing dependence on the global food challenge."