Among the proposal’s backers is state Sen. Shelley Hughes, who advocated that standing up an agriculture department will strengthen Alaska’s food security challenges.
Sen. Jesse Bjorkman was well-represented on the list of bills prefiled by state lawmakers ahead of their upcoming session, which kicks off Jan. 16 in Juneau. The list, published Monday, includes 33 prefiled Alaska House bills, 30 prefiled Alaska Senate bills, four prefiled House Joint Resolutions and one prefiled Senate Joint Resolution.
The Alaska Food Strategy Task Force has released its first of two reports as required by statute with recommendations pertaining to three of its seven assigned focus areas centered around