Currants, once banned, are having a revival
Julie Stricker
907-474-5406
Aug. 1, 2025
Currants, such as these black currants growing in Alaska, were once banned in the United States but are now becoming increasingly popular.
Currants were banned in the United States for 55 years, but are now an emerging berry crop around the country, including Alaska.
Join Lily Hislop, the currant and elderberry breeder for the Savanna Institute, in a free webinar as she explains why currants were banned, how that ban was lifted and the berries’ future. The Zoom webinar is hosted by the °Ä²Êͼ¿â Agricultural and Experiment Station.
The webinar is from noon-1 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 12. Register using or visit .
For more information, contact Katie DiCristina at kmdicristina@alaska.edu.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Accommodation requests related to a disability should be made five business days in advance to Alda Norris at amnorris2@alaska.edu or 907-474-7120. Language access services, such as interpretation or translation of vital information, will be provided free of charge to individuals with limited English proficiency upon request to amnorris2@alaska.edu.
This work is supported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture.
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