Talk will share insights from circumpolar farms, cultures

Chelsea San Roman, a farm and research technician at the Matanuska Experiment Farm in Palmer, will share stories and experiences from the 2025 Circumpolar Agriculture Conference in Tromsø, Norway. 

San Roman was part of a group from the University of Alaska Fairbanks Institute of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Extension who spent a week in September with farmers, producers and researchers from Earth’s circumpolar regions. 

She will discuss the farms, gardens, restaurants, research and culture she encountered during the trip in this lunch-and-learn hour from noon-1 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 8. 

Participants can attend in person in Kerttula Hall at the UAF Matanuska Experiment Farm and Extension Center, 1509 S. Georgeson Drive, Palmer, or via Zoom.

Register using the online form for both in-person and online attendance, or visit https://bit.ly/TripToTromso.

For questions, please contact the front desk at the farm at 907-745-3360.

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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