Why is ACE making local food a priority issue?
ACE recognizes that increasing our local food production promotes Alaskans’ health, increases our food security, strengthens our local economy, encourages community development, and protects our natural resources and ‘viewshed’. ACE’s mission, “to enhance Alaskans’ quality of life by protecting wild places, fostering sustainable communities, and promoting recreational opportunities” supports our advocacy for building a viable local food system because a) preserving farmland means protecting the ‘viewshed’ from other development, b) increasing our consumption of AK grown decreases our communities’ reliance on artificially cheap, fossil-fuel dependent food from far away, c) encouraging Alaskans to grow their own gets us outside.
