22-11-2025 00:28
via ktoo.org
That figure you’ve heard on how much food Alaska imports? It’s not real.
Shipping containers in Wrangell. (Photo by Sage Smiley / KSTK)
When people talk about Alaska’s reliance on imported food, they nearly always cite the same number: 95%.
The figure has been around for decades – appearing again and again in executive orders, media reports, state-commissioned analyses and speeches. But food systems experts can’t trace the number back to a verifiable, data backed source – or crunch it themselves.
“I think it is a very
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When people talk about Alaska’s reliance on imported food, they nearly always cite the same number: 95%.
The figure has been around for decades – appearing again and again in executive orders, media reports, state-commissioned analyses and speeches. But food systems experts can’t trace the number back to a verifiable, data backed source – or crunch it themselves.
“I think it is a very