In Remote Alaska, the Promise and Limits of Vertical Farming
As the vertical farming industry reckons with failed investments and broken business models, one small Alaska farm is finding a niche by solving a very local problem.
By Molly Mccluskey
Civil Eats
August 17, 2026
Excerpt:
The town of Skagway, in southeast Alaska, is home to approximately 1,000 year-round residents and hosts more than 1.3 million summer cruise ship passengers. Isolated in the winter, and reliant on a barge system to bring food up from the Lower 48 to its one market, the town known as the Garden City of Alaska has long struggled to access fresh, healthy produce year-round.
But on the top floor of one of the town’s microbreweries, an indoor aeroponics farm produces 250 pounds of artisanal lettuce each week. That’s enough to meet the brewery restaurant’s entire demand in a region where fresh produce is often costly, inconsistent, and hard to source.
Skagway Brewing Company’s aeroponic system is one of the few of its kind in the U.S., especially in a food-service setting. The closed-loop system uses nutrient-rich mist sprayed directly onto roots and CO2 captured from the brewing process to accelerate growth while minimizing water use, all without soil or pesticides. Skagway Brewing’s owner, Mike Healy, built this system to secure a steady, fresh food source for Skagway while aiming to be “the most sustainable brewpub on the planet.”
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Source: https://cityfarmer.info/in-remote-alaska-the-promise-and-limits-of-vertical-farming/
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