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Rescheduled talk will share insights from circumpolar farms, cultures

Rescheduled talk will share insights from circumpolar farms, cultures



Jan. 6, 2026

Photo by Jakir Hasan
Chelsea San Roman visits a scenic spot near Tromsø, Norway, in September 2025. During a Jan. 14 lunchtime presentation, she will discuss her interactions there with circumpolar farmers and producers

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, in a talk originally scheduled for Dec. 8. The new date is Wednesday, Jan. 14, from noon-1 p.m.

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.

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 formfor both in-person and online attendance, or visit https://bit.ly/TripToTromso.

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

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Accommodation requests related to a disability should be made five business days in advance to Alda Norris at [email protected]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 [email protected].

This work is supported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture.

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