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Only a wry small percent of Alaska's food is grown in Alaska. The highest percentages of homegrown products include potatoes, some other vegetables, dairy products and meat. The rest of the food consumed by Alaskans is brought in from other states and countries.

Alaskans produce a wide variety of vegetables, berries, apples, potatoes, melons, dry beans, and grain. Alaskan farmers also produce nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod products, including Alaska peonies.

Alaska contains half the nation's coal reserves, and its largest silver and zinc mines. Glittering gold in Alaska's streams and mountains still lure miners to work private claims. About 15 million acres of soil in Alaska are suitable for farming, with 1 million acres currently in production.

In addition to growing crops such as hay, potatoes and carrots, Alaska has niche farming operations, including peonies and reindeer. Animal agriculture is also common, and Boatright notes there are several cattle ranches and poultry farms.

Greenhouse and nursery crops are one of the the fastest-growing agricultural segment in the Last Frontier State, with other important commodities including hay, dairy, potatoes, and cattle and calves. Alaska farmers also produce reindeer, wool, antlers, velvet, bison and yak, among other commodities.

Because they cannot reproduce, wild or naturally occurring, oysters are very uncommon in Alaska. All farmed Alaskan oysters are imported as spat (juvenile oysters) from Pacific Coast hatcheries.

Some oyster species are native to the United States, while others have been introduced to support shellfish farming. The Eastern oyster is the only native oyster on the East Coast of North America. It is found from the Gulf of St. Lawrence around to the Gulf of Mexico, including the Chesapeake Bay.

The northernmost oyster region in the world produces Pacific oysters with delicate shells (it's all suspension culture) and rich, sweet meats. A special treat, and a pricy one, which is no surprise considering the great challenges to both farming and distribution in an unforgiving environment.

They don't grow in Alaska naturally The waters off the Alaskan coast are just warm enough (and full of more than enough plankton) for the oysters to thrive once in the water, but it's too cold for them to reproduce. For decades, the oyster “seeds” were flown in from the West Coast and transplanted.