Article 79KSD In Alaska’s capital, food comes by water, air or, most often, community sharing

In Alaska’s capital, food comes by water, air or, most often, community sharing

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Stephanie Gravalese
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Juneau has little arable land, a short growing season and few farmers - and deep traditions of residents and the land feeding each other

Forty miles north-west of Alaska's capital, the highway just ends.

At Glacier Highway's most northern point, the pavement turns to gravel, the gravel widens into a turnaround and the tire tracks curve back the way they came. At the far end, the woods begin, a narrow hiking trail slipping toward the southern end of Berners Bay.

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