Food in the Last Frontier: Inside Alaska's Food Security Challenges and Opportunities
Food in the Last Frontier: Inside Alaska's Food Security Challenges and Opportunities
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最后前沿的粮食：阿拉斯加粮食安全的挑战和机遇
DOI：
10.1080/00139157.2015.1002685
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发表时间：
2015
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通讯作者：
Ken Meter
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作者：
E. Snyder;Ken Meter
听起来可能不太可能，但2013年夏天阿拉斯加的摇扇和空调短缺让我们得以一窥美国最北部州的粮食安全和粮食主权漏洞。1夏季气温记录导致家庭制冷设备抢购，随后货架空置，人们很难不思考，如果该州再次面临类似的粮食短缺，会产生什么影响。可以肯定的是，在提供非必需品方面，需求预测、供应协调和分销基础设施方面的差距可能不会引起太大关注，但阿拉斯加的食品系统就不能说同样的话了。政治不确定性(例如，由于储备导致阿拉斯加农村地区自给性狩猎弹药短缺)以及该州专注于资源开采的后果，阿拉斯加的粮食安全挑战和机遇最后前沿的粮食：
As unlikely as it might sound, the summer 2013 shortage of oscillating fans and air conditioners in Alaska provides a glimpse of the food security and food sovereignty vulnerabilities in the nation’s northernmost state.1 Summer temperature records led to a run on home cooling equipment and subsequent empty shelves, and it was hard not to ponder the implications should the state ever face similar shortages of food. To be sure, gaps in demand forecasting, coordination of supply, and distribution infrastructure with respect to the provision of nonessential appliances may not be cause for great concern, but the same cannot be said for Alaska food systems. Th row in fallout from political uncertainties (e.g., subsistence hunting ammunition shortages in rural Alaska due to stockpiling) and a state focus on resource extraction, Inside Alaska’s Food Security Challenges and Opportunities FOOD IN THE LAST FRONTIER: