September 18, 2019 — A leading food systems researcher and author has identified seven unlikely cities that are changing the way Americans eat.
Even more unlikely: One of them is in Alaska.
Surprise. The unlikely city in Alaska helping shape the national food scene is Sitka. But Sitkans aren’t riding this wave out of choice, necessarily. Author Mark Winne was in the community last year, and reports that Sitka’s food strategies are the result of several factors — most importantly, the price.
“I’ve seen numbers about the cost of food in Sitka — not just compared to Seattle and Portland — but also compared to places like Anchorage,” said Winne. “It’s very, very expensive here, and people know that.”