Earthquakes, COVID Chaos and Empty Shelves Prove Alaska Can't Keep Betting on Outside Food

Earthquakes, COVID Chaos and Empty Shelves Prove Alaska Can't Keep Betting on Outside Food

By Barbara Haney, Ph.D. Alaska families learned the hard way— twice in recent memory— just how fast grocery shelves can go bare. When the 2018 magnitude 7.1 Southcentral earthquake struck, ports, roads and supply lines shattered. Stores emptied almost overnight. Then COVID-19 hit and national supply chains seized up, sending prices soaring and forcing Alaskans […] The post Opinion: Earthquakes, COVID Chaos and Empty Shelves Prove Alaska Can’t Ke…