By Tegan Hanlon, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage –May 25, 2021 Don Dyer stood among boxes full of tiny, fluffy chicks on a recent weekday afternoon in Anchorage as he read off customer Rachel Varela’s order. “One Dominant Copper. One Rhode Island Red. One Blue Sapphire. Two Barred Rocks,” the poultry farmer called over a …

The first ever Shellfish and Seaweed Festival is kicking off on Zoom this evening, hosted by Alaska Seagrant. Presenter and Kodiak’s own resident mariculture expert Lexa Meyer can’t wait to spread the word about seaweed and kelp farming. “In response to COVID-19, you know, we saw a sharp decrease in sales of bivalves, especially of …

Photo by Marion Owen Master Gardener Marion Owen joins us for a conversation on when and how to divide perennials, what vegies grow well in Kodiak, and more.

Erin McKinstry, KCAW | Mar 17, 2021 For years, Bret Bradford has lived the seasonal rhythm of a commercial fisherman. He spends summers gillnetting salmon out of Cordova, and in the winter, he looks for odd jobs around town. When a friend asked if wanted to spend the winters growing kelp instead, he saw an opportunity …

While crops aren’t catching COVID-19, that doesn’t mean that the business of farming hasn’t changed on Kodiak. Just ask Siene Allen and Gideon Saunders of BrightBox Farms. “You know, there’s a demand for locally grown produce supply chains with the pandemic were interrupted, trucking was maxed out. They were moving product as fast as they …

Eight little Kodiak piggies went “Wee. Wee. Wee,” all the way home, back to their farm in Bell’s Flat, but not without generating some excitement on the Friends of Kodiak Facebook page. Footage of eight black and brown piglets trotting down Salmon Berry Drive, which had first glance looked like a team of unharnessed sled …