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Article: Despite Alaska's challenges, new farmers take root.(USA)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
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- August 21, 2008
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Byline: Yereth Rosen Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor
Point Mackenzie, Alaska -- After years of mounting losses, a venerable Alaska agricultural institution was formally dismantled this spring. At the bankrupt Matanuska Maid Dairy, a business that dates back to the 1930s, everything from delivery trucks to cardboard boxes has been auctioned off.
The closure of the state-owned dairy is evidence of how tough farming is in this region. With a hostile climate and a small, isolated market, Alaska farming is better known for comical giant cabbages grown huge under the midnight sun than for being serious business. The state with the most land has ...