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Visit Alaska and meet descendants of a bold Depression-era farming experiment.
Visit the Matanuska valley outside Anchorage, Alaska where summer days last 24 hours—allowing farmers to grow incredibly large vegetables. The Alaska State Fair is the best place to see the state’s agricultural bounty! How hard is it to grow potatoes in Alaska? Alaskan waters produce for than seven hundred million pounds of tasty king crab, whitefish, and salmon!
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America's Heartland is presented by your local public television station.
Funding for America’s Heartland is provided by US Soy, Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education, Rural Development Partners, and a Specialty Crop Grant from the California Department of Food and Agriculture.
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11/8/2006 | 26m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
Visit the Matanuska valley outside Anchorage, Alaska where summer days last 24 hours—allowing farmers to grow incredibly large vegetables. The Alaska State Fair is the best place to see the state’s agricultural bounty! How hard is it to grow potatoes in Alaska? Alaskan waters produce for than seven hundred million pounds of tasty king crab, whitefish, and salmon!
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America's Heartland is presented by your local public television station.
Funding for America’s Heartland is provided by US Soy, Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education, Rural Development Partners, and a Specialty Crop Grant from the California Department of Food and Agriculture.