"It's something that happens." Not all fruits and vegetables thrive in Alaska. Watermelons and tomatoes, for instance, which love the heat, have a tougher time. But "there are Alaskans that will ...

Every year, show-stopping vegetables draw large crowds at the Alaska State Fair. From giant cauliflowers and pumpkins to the pristine gourds, they are some of the state’s most famous veggies.

It used to be mostly cabbages, root vegetables and other crops suited to being grown outdoors in Alaska. But warm-weather items have hit the scene — fruit trees, peppers, even corn, thanks in ...

Thanks to its far north location, Alaskan fruits and vegetables frequently grow to gargantuan girths, found nowhere else in the United States. Each year at the Alaska State Fair, growers compete ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...

Alaska isn't usually considered farm country ... But it grows hundreds of varieties of fruits and vegetables, just a few hundred miles from the Arctic Circle. Sponsor Message Burk first visited ...

“That’s a cabbage, man,” he pointed out proudly -- and, if all grows well, one of his entries in the giant-vegetable contest at the Alaska State Fair here. Evans certainly knows how to pick ...

A bill proposes making the giant cabbage Alaska’s official state vegetable, honoring the record 138-pound cabbage grown by ...

Now, at the urging of a leading visitor center volunteer, a state legislator from Palmer is proposing to enshrine Alaska’s giant cabbages in state law as the official state vegetable.