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Produce For Sale: First Harvests From Pilgrim Hot Springs Available in Nome

By Davis Hovey | July 18, 2017 |

Lee is a laborer with BSDC and Unaaqtuq, and spends most of her time farming the crops being grown at Pilgrim Hot Springs. Photo Credit: Davis Hovey, KNOM (2017)

Bags and bags of harvested fresh vegetables, like rhubarb, chard, romaine lettuce, and more from Pilgrim Hot Springs, made their way by truck to the Green Energy Solutions office in Nome yesterday.

Produce Coming Soon From Pilgrim Hot Springs Farming Project

By Davis Hovey | June 28, 2017

Mountain View at Pilgrim Hot Springs. Photo: Maddie Winchester, KNOM

Pilgrim Produce hopes to have a weekly farmer’s market stand within Nome city limits starting up on Saturdays sometime this summer. According to Robert Bensin with BSDC, more information about the vegetables for sale, the selling times, and the stand location will be forthcoming.