Alaskans attempt to eat local...365 days a year?

-Utne magazine has had some fantastic articles in the last few weeks. A seed library sounds like a fantastic idea, one easily (cheaply too!) implemented in conjunction with a local partner, like a food bank or gardening club. On a more somber note, they note how the farm crisis, which is not front page news in the US or Canada, has not actually passed.

-There's crazy and then there's this...a few Alaskans have pledged to eat local food all year long. Now, to someone who hasn't spent a ton of time in Alaska, this sounds hard. It sounds even harder than I imagined when I read 98% of Alaskan food is imported. If these folks can pull it off, then there's no reason anyone in North America cannot.