The Chilkat Valley Historical Society received a $27,000 U.S. Department of Food and Agriculture grant to fund development of a fruit tree industry in Haines over the next two years.
“With a warming climate, improved tree fruit varieties and rootstocks and Alaska-region growing methods, there exists significant unmet potential for orchards and tree fruits to make a greater contribution to the Chilkat Valley economy and to community food security,” the grant application reads.
Haines has…
