Presentation to discuss ongoing vegetable variety research
Julie Stricker
907-388-5075
Feb. 20, 2026
Glenna Gannon, who oversees the Alaska Variety Trials, holds a bunch of freshly harvested Zeppo beets at the Fairbanks Experiment Farm on the UAF Troth Yeddha’ Campus in fall 2025.
A presentation in Delta Junction will provide an overview of the vegetable-testing program at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
Katie DiCristina, the lead research technician for the Alaska Variety Trials program, will facilitate the in-depth discussion. The variety trials take place at the UAF Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station, with sites in Fairbanks and Palmer.
DiCristina will discuss hardiness, yield and the taste of numerous varieties of several common garden vegetables. She will also discuss planting times and methods used during the research to achieve the best yield results. Seeds for each variety tested are commercially available and easily obtained.
Participants will receive a small sample of seeds used in the variety trials.
The presentation is Friday, March 6, from 6-9 p.m. at the Delta Career Advancement Center, 1696 N. Clearwater Ave., Delta Junction. The workshop is free, and registration is required. Contact Chris Lyon at info@deltacareeradvancementcenter.com or call 907-895-4605.
For more information regarding class content, contact Eve Karczmarczyk at eekarczmarczyk@alaska.edu or 907-895-4215.
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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