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    Homer locals Don McNamara and Donna Rae Faulkner of Oceanside Farms pose with their Food Hero Award, presented by the Alaska Food Policy Council. (Photo courtesy of Alaska Food Policy Council)
    Homer’s Oceanside Farms honored as 2025 Alaska Food...
    By Chloe Pleznac Homer News • April 16, 2025 12:30 pm

    The annual award is facilitated by the Alaska Food Policy Council.

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    Kyra Wagner teaches a compost-making class last fall at the Kachemak Bay Campus high tunnel. Wagner will teach another class on composting Saturday, April 26, at 4:30 p.m. in conjunction with the free Southcentral Growers Conference. (Photo courtesy of Jill Burnham, Kachemak Bay Campus - Kenai Peninsula College)
    Info, education on local agriculture to be featured...
    By Chloe Pleznac Homer News • April 14, 2025 11:30 am

    The two-day conference begins on April 25 at Kachemak Bay Campus.

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    Gov. Mike Dunleavy is seen in a screenshot of a news conference on Monday, Oct. 17, 2022, in Anchorage. (Screenshot)
    Opinion: The time is right to establish the...
    By Gov. Mike Dunleavy • March 6, 2025 1:30 am

    The establishment of a Department of Agriculture has been the top priority of the Alaska Farm Bureau for decades.

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    Melanie Carpenter shows her overall grand champion steer, Napoleon, for auction during the Kenai Peninsula District 4-H Agriculture Expo in the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex in Soldotna, Alaska, on Saturday, July 27, 2024. The winning bid came in over $10,000. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    4-H Ag Expo auction draws eager bidders for...
    By Jacob Dye • August 1, 2024 1:30 am

    There were 48 total animals on the roster for Saturday’s auction

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    Armageddon waits to be shown at the Kenai Peninsula District 4-H Agriculture Expo on Friday, Aug. 4, 2023, at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex in Soldotna, Alaska. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    Bjorkman farm tax relief bill clears Senate
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • March 27, 2024 2:30 am

    The bill is now up for consideration in the House

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    Diamond bleats at the Kenai Peninsula District 4-H Agriculture Expo on Friday, Aug. 4, 2023, at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex in Soldotna, Alaska. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    Bjorkman bill would authorize tax relief for farmers
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • March 6, 2024 2:30 am

    The exemption would newly only apply to farm operations that produce food for human and animal consumption

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    Volunteers work the fermentation station at the Harvest Moon Local Food Festival at Soldotna Creek Park on Sept. 14, 2019. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)
    Harvest Moon Local Food Festival returns Saturday
    By Jacob Dye • September 13, 2023 1:30 am

    The event will feature live music, cooking demonstrations, educational talks, food trucks, guided edible walks, a pie-baking contest and the Fermentation Station

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    Photo provided by Jill Burnham
Benjamin Jenny and Jen Ky stop by to help Monica Kopp of Homer Soil and Water plant a cover crop of kale at the KPC high tunnel on Aug. 8.
    Kachemak Bay Campus announces advances to the sustainable...
    By Emilie Springer • August 16, 2023 1:30 am

    Homer campus opens high tunnel as a teaching lab

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    Rayna Reynolds tends to her cow at the 4-H Agriculture Expo in Soldotna, Alaska on Aug. 5, 2022. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    4-H Agriculture Expo set for Aug. 4-6
    By Jacob Dye • August 3, 2023 1:30 am

    The annual expo is a weekend to focus on agriculture and 4-H in the community and in Alaska

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    Alaska State Veterinarian Dr. Bob Gerlach gives a presentation on Avian Influenza Virus at the 4-H Agriculture Expo in Soldotna, Alaska, on Aug. 5, 2022. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    Health officials warn of avian influenza, activity still...
    By Jacob Dye • July 19, 2023 1:30 am

    An epidemiology bulletin published by the State Department of Health late last month warns of the presence of H5N1, a…

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    Students’ individual growth pods are set up in the hydroponics room on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023 at Nikolaevsk School in Nikolaevsk, Alaska. Photo by Delcenia Cosman
    Nikolaevsk School starts grant-funded hydroponics program
    By Delcenia Cosman • February 16, 2023 1:30 am

    Nikolaevsk School recently kick-started a student-run hydroponics program, funded by an $8,000 grant from national nonprofit organization Green Our Planet.

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