Arctic farming: Town turns to hydroponics for fresh greens

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — In a coastal hub town above Alaska’s Arctic Circle, even summer temperatures are too cold for northern-growing forests to take root. Yet a creative kind of farming is sprouting up in the largely Inupiat community of Kotzebue (KAWT’-zuh-byoo). A subsidiary of a local Native corporation is using hydroponics technology to grow […]