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Photo by Stephen Nowers/AlaskaDispatch.com

The partially eclipsed blue moon sets behind the Talkeetna Mountains on New Year’s Eve, 2009.

According to Dr. Tony Phillips on the Science@NASA website “[t]he modern astronomical Blue Moon occurs in some month every 2.5 years, on average. A Blue Moon falling precisely on Dec. 31st, however, is much more unusual. The last time it happened was in 1990, and the next time won’t be until 2028.”

Palmer, Portfolio

As the farming season winds down, local producers are racing to get the last of their crops out of the ground before winter arrives. This week Vanderweele Farms is pulling carrots for the local grocery stores, and owner Ben Vanderweele expects the first bags to arrive in Anchorage/Palmer/Wasilla stores by the end of the week.

Agriculture, Palmer

Arctic Organics co-owner Sarah Bean talks about the fed’s takeover of the term “organic.”
[Still gallery from Arctic Organics]

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