News on Potato Varieties and Seed from Alaska

The Tlingit potato is enjoying a revival in southeast Alaska, where generations of Indigenous people have tended it for at least 200 years (courtesy: Ari Snider/KCAW)
January 19, 2021
Time for the Tlingit Potato
Genetically distinct from its European counterparts, this coastal Alaska potato predates modern taste for russets and Yukon Golds.
University of Alaska pursuing first plant patent for potato variety
October 07, 2011
University of Alaska pursuing first plant patent for potato variety
Golden birch trees marked the edge of Greg Kalal's fields, but the dentist-turned-farmer was more interested in hues beneath the soil on his land south of Mount McKinley. Among the thousands of colorful potatoes — from yellow German Butterballs to Mag...
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