july 2024 food news
18 Alaska Carrs Safeway stores targeted for divestiture in Kroger-Albertsons merger
Health, food preservation workshops planned for Southeast Alaska
Alaska looks to improve SNAP benefit policy after USDA penalty
USDA penalizes Alaska $12 million for overpaying food stamp benefits
The Supreme Court weakens federal regulators, overturning decades-old Chevron decision
JUNE 2024 Food News
Alaska’s food stamp program rebound continues with more users, timely benefits>>
Health, food preservation workshops planned for Southeast Alaska>>
About 282 million people faced acute hunger last year: UN-led report>>
IFPA releases reports studying impact of ag labor crisis on food security>>
Bay Seafoods acquires Alaska salmon plant from Trident Seafoods>>
Study highlights rising rates of food and water insecurity among U.S. children>>
Delayed cargo ship halts delivery of grocery items to Alaska>>
Congress weighs delaying farm bill over SNAP and climate disputes>>
New bill could bail out US farmers ruined by ‘forever chemical’ pollution>>
may 2024 food news
Alaska lawmakers choose lower funding proposals for school lunches, reading reforms>>
Alaskans suing state over food assistance delays ask judge to order faster application processing>>
Alaska lawmakers approve task force to consider responses to seafood industry ‘implosion’>>
Senate committee strips Port MacKenzie rail extension funding from bill>>
What is ‘sogflation’ and how is it threatening food supply chains?>>
Yes, it’s Still Farm Bill Season. Here’s What You Need to Know about the Future of Food Policy>>
OPINION: Congress Must Pass the Vital Farm Bill to Address Food Security>>
Silver Nova's first Alaska season features S.A.L.T. program debut there>>
Free meals for low-income Alaska students removed from final budget>>
Scientists honored as 2024 World Food Prize Laureates for roles in world seed vault project>>
A Deep Dive on the Senate’s Farm Bill Proposal: the Rural Prosperity and Food Security Act of 2024>>
The Federal Government is Assuming Management of Salmon Fishing in Parts of Alaska’s Cook Inlet>>
APRIL 2024 Food News
AFPC SPOTLIGHT: OPINION: Making trash into treasure and other ways to celebrate Earth Day>>
AFPC SPOTLIGHT: OPINION: Food waste prevention is possible in every Alaska community>>
Qawalangin Tribe of Unalaska launches free food distribution program>>
Alaska Native community experiments with growing food above the Arctic Circle>>
King Cove braces for salmon season with no seafood processor amid historic price slump>>
USDA releases new school meal standards to strengthen child nutrition>>
USDA Study Finds Energy Production Payments to Farmers Important to Farm Income>>
USDA agrees to purchase more seafood for American nutrition assistance programs>>
US food assistance program seeks government grant to help struggling Alaska seafood processors>>
COMMENTARY: As officials in Alaska talk about subsistence, Natives have lived it, season by season>>
Alaska House adds funding for school meals and marketing as budget amendments continue>>
More than a year later, a record storm still thwarts subsistence food harvests in Alaska>>
March for Meals raises funds to support senior food service>>
Free and reduced-price meals for low-income Alaska students added to draft House budget>>
FEMA on the ground in Wrangell in historic move after deadly landslide >>
Alaska tribes, fishing companies, and fisheries testify about declining salmon populations>>
Public Assistance Division is on course to serve more efficiently >>
Movement Emphasizes The Role Of Culture In Global Food Security>>
Western Alaska tribes, outraged by bycatch, turn up the heat on fishery managers and trawlers>>
Federal judge sides with Biden administration rejects Alaska bids to expand Kuskokwim fishing>>
Troubled state-backed seafood company says it will lease out two plants and could sell its assets>>
Alaska and Canada agree to moratorium on Yukon chinook salmon fishing >>
Household Food Insecurity Across Race and Ethnicity in the United States, 2016–21>>
March 2024 Food News
Murkowski Announces Big Wins for Alaska in Six-Bill Appropriations Package >>
Alaska will receive $2.6M towards small scale food production>>
Investing in Women and Girls Makes Economic Sense and Accelerates Progress for Millions of People >>
State lags in heating assistance payments to Alaskans with low incomes, catches up on food stamps>>
Wild Alaskan Salmon Buying Club returns to Slow Food Lake Tahoe>>
Interior businesses and nonprofits host Waste Reduction Week in Fairbanks >>
February 2024 Food News
Teens in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough learn about food sovereignty through ice fishing>>
‘Fortress’ conservation policies threaten the food security of rural populations>>
Ketchikan grocery store collaborates with artist and culture bearers to cut down on plastic>>
Capitol Corner: Sen. Jesse Bjorkman — Looking at food security, supporting public workers >>
Peltola counts FTC action against supermarket merger as a win for bipartisanship >>
As millions wait on food stamp approvals, feds tell states to speed it up >>
Agriculture Department commits to big purchase of Alaska salmon and pollock for food programs >>
Alaska must face food stamp litigation after a year of stays, court says >>
Alaska seafood shippers to pay $9.5M in Jones Act settlement over 100-foot rail track >>