Inflation

Last week, the White House announced U.S. gas prices had been on the decline for over a month, marking some of the fastest price declines in a decade, but while gas prices across the nation have been steadily decreasing since they peaked in mid-June, Alaska drivers haven’t been so lucky.

Farming in Alaska can be an art as well as a science, being on the edge of land that can be cultivated. But in the last two years, the cost of doing it has increased, stretching farmers.The price for fertilizer has drastically increased in the last year—in some cases, it’s doubled. The price for gasoline and diesel has also climbed across Alaska, which farmers rely on to run equipment and transport crops and livestock.