Farm tour feeds candidate’s need for knowledge
July 25th, 2008
Ethan Berkowitz got an earful from Valley farmers Monday. The former state legislator is one of many candidates in a crowded race for Alaska’s sole seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. In the Democratic primary, Berkowitz faces Diane Benson. On the other side, incumbent Don Young is hoping to fend off challenges from state Rep. Gabrielle LeDoux of Kodiak and Lt. Governor Sean Parnell.
Berkowitz was in the Valley touring area farms. Among other things, he wanted to know what he could do, if Alaskans send him to Washington, D.C., to help agriculture in the state. Janet Dinwiddie with Pyrah’s Pioneer Peak Farm, a farm in Butte where families pay to pick their own produce, said anything Berkowitz could do to make farming more economically viable would be welcome.
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