Article: Anchorage, Alaska, Advertising Agency Helps Nonprofit for Free.

By Sarana Schell, Anchorage Daily News, Alaska Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Aug. 10--Veggies, berries, herbs and other produce grown under the midnight sun are getting a major promotional boost this year. The Nerland Agency, an Anchorage advertising and public relations firm, has adopted Alaska Grown, the state effort to promote local produce, for a year. For free.

State agricultural promoter Doug Warner joked that he has mixed feelings about the infusion of marketing savvy, talent and energy worth tens of thousands of dollars.

"If you've never flown first class and you get bumped up," Warner said, you might think, " 'I don't know ...

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