Fifty-four farmers drove their tractors from the Alaska State fairgrounds Monday morning to the Palmer Pavilion for the 10th annual Drive Your Tractor to Work Day.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Fifty-four farmers drove their tractors from the Alaska State fairgrounds Monday morning to the Palmer Pavilion for the 10th annual Drive Your Tractor to Work Day.
“Most people don’t realize there’s this much agriculture here,” Arthur Keyes, organizer and originator of the event, said. “But when you look at this line up of tractors ... that’s a lot. ”“I’m very humbled,” Keyes said.
“We started, honestly, the very first event was one tractor. It was my tractor.
“I drove it into Palmer and parked it in front of my office. And I had no idea that this is where we were going to end up. ”“This is probably the most resilient group of people in the state right here,” Keyes said. The event ended at the Palmer Pavillion where the tractors parked and free, locally-grown potatoes were up for grabs.
“That is an optimistic number,” Keyes said. “Events like this raise awareness, and we’re going to push that number up. ” Hay and beef farmer John DePriest said Alaska’s reliance on outside food sources creates vulnerability.
“Everything comes from outside. So the shipping, all of that stuff. When you think about people, the food is very vulnerable,” DePriest said. Alaska Grown and the Division of Agriculture have partnered with different stores to put on a“We call it the $5 challenge.
Every time you go to the grocery store, try and spend $5 on locally sourced products,” said Sabrena Combs with Alaska Farmland Trust.
“And that just really, really will help give back to your community. ” “I hope young people can see that this is a great industry to be a part of,” Keyes said. “There is a future feeding Alaskans. ”
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