A new grocery store opened Wednesday in Delta Junction, more than two years after the old store’s roof collapsed under a heavy snow load. Hundreds of area residents turned out to finally be able to shop locally for groceries.

The 52nd annual Delta Farm Forum will be held Saturday at Delta Junction High School. Organizers of the agricultural exposition say there’ll be something for everyone this year, including farmers and ranchers and dairy workers from around the state -- and smaller-scale producers who grow veggies in their backyard garden.

The federal Department of Agriculture is offering grants to help people who live and work in Alaska’s rural areas reduce their energy costs. The program is available to rural small businesses, cooperatives and agricultural producers.

Despite years of efforts, Alaska farmers only grow a fraction of the food needed to feed the state’s population. The head of University of Alaska Fairbanks’ agriculture program says the state could learn a lot from how other circumpolar nations address food security.

Environmental activists toured several contaminated sites around Fairbanks last week, with the hope of drawing attention from federal officials.

A long-worked Climate Action and Adaptation Plan was unanimously rejected by the Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly early this morning. In a meeting that went past 1:00 a.m., the Assembly voted after a long public hearing and a citizen rally.

A proposal to start designing a new building for recycling in Fairbanks failed to get the funding.

Activists blocked a road leading into the Nenana Totchaket Agricultural Project for two days earlier this week. Members of Alaska-based Native Movement set up the blockade after work began on a road leading into the ag project, located just west of Nenana. The activists want state officials to reconsider their plans for both the road and ag project.

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