JUNEAU — The Alaska Legislature on Wednesday rejected an executive order issued by Gov. Mike Dunleavy to establish a state agriculture department. The vote on the resolution to reject the order was 32 ...

There is a path to increasing Alaska’s food security without creating a Department of Agriculture this legislative session. Gov. Mike Dunleavy should hire an aide in the governor’s office who is ...

Alaska will remain one of two states without a cabinet-level Department of Agriculture, at least for the time being. On Wednesday, the Alaska Legislature voted 32-28 to deny an executive order from ...

There is a path to increasing food security without an Alaska Department of Agriculture this legislative session. Gov. Mike Dunleavy should hire an aide in the governor’s office who is knowledgeable ...

Lawmakers are looking closely at Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s plan to create a state Department of Agriculture. Dunleavy issued an executive order proposing the new department in December. It would split out ...

Jerry Ingersoll talks about the impending consolidation of the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Tongass National Forest ...

Alaska lawmakers heard a proposal for a new state agriculture department for the first time on Wednesday, even as they considered a resolution to disprove Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s executive order to stand ...

Gov. Mike Dunleavy says he’s hoping to boost food production in the state by changing the state’s Division of Agriculture to the Department of Agriculture via an executive order he will introduce on ...

Climate change threatens many traditional foods in Alaska. But it's also making farming more possible. A new training program aims to help Alaska... You buy fish from Alaska. Soon you might get your ...

John Boyle, commissioner of the Alaska Department of Natural Resources (center left), sits with staff in the gallery of the Alaska House of Representatives as lawmakers debate the creation of a ...

There is a path to increasing food security without a Department of Agriculture this legislative session. Gov. Mike Dunleavy could hire an aide in the governor’s office who is knowledgeable in Alaska ...