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Green energy: photovoltaic array powers growth of Alaskan produce business

During a good year, Alaska’s outdoor growing season is three months for most lettuces and herbs, so providing greens for a community year-round is a feat in itself. Doing so sustainably is another challenge entirely!

In 2018, innovator Henry Krull and his family decided to provide healthy, fresh, locally-grown greens to the Kenai community and foster local interest in sustainability.

Stretched Thin: Volunteer First Responders get USDA Lift

The remote town of Dorothy, New Jersey, is made up of about 1,300 residents. It’s small, surrounded by miles of pineland, and traversed only by two-lane roads. It’s the kind of place where having a friendly neighbor could go a long way if you found yourself in a pinch.

Lifetime local and Dorothy Volunteer Fire Company Fire Chief Jesse Hand is happy to be that neighbor. It’s all he’s known in his now 40 years of public service.

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