Rescheduled talk will share insights from circumpolar farms, cultures

Julie Stricker
907-474-5406
Jan. 6, 2026

A woman in a parka and knot cap, stands on a hill overlooking farms, the ocean and mountains.
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 ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ 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 ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Matanuska Experiment Farm and Extension Center, 1509 S. Georgeson Drive, Palmer, or via Zoom.

Register using for both in-person and online attendance, or visit .

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 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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