In Remote Alaska, the Promise and Limits of Vertical Farming

Photo: Skagway Brewing Company, 204 4th Avenue, Skagway, AK 99840. 1-907-983-2739. Photo credit:  Skagway Visitor Department, Skagway, Alaska. Article by Molly McCluskey. Civil Eats – August 17, 2026.

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. […]

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