Circumpolar Connections: A Dialogue on Arctic Food Systems

Across the circumpolar North, communities face similar challenges in building resilient and sustainable food systems due to harsh climates, remote geographies and rapidly changing environmental conditions. 

The Institute of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Extension at the University of Alaska Fairbanks hosts a monthly seminar series designed to engage researchers, students and community members in dialogue about food systems and agricultural challenges across the circumpolar North. Each session will feature a 30-minute presentation followed by open discussion, encouraging audience participation and interdisciplinary connection.

While the series centers on agriculture and wild-harvested food in Alaska and other northern regions, its broader goal is to inspire curiosity, strengthen partnerships, and support resilient, sustainable food systems.

Register to attend on Zoom at . 

Upcoming Seminar: Creating OneTree Alaska with Jan Dawe

Tuesday, March 3, noon - 1 p.m.

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Speaker: Jan Dawe, assistant professor of natural resource education and community engagement

OneTree Alaska is an interdisciplinary program that engages teachers, students, researchers and the community in boreal forest education and research, citizen science and forest product development. Using the throughline of spring birch phenology — green-up, sap flow, and pollen explosion — Dawe will share how this program developed organically into a makerspace, classroom, art gallery, and research lab. She seeks input from current and potential collaborators.

Learn more about OneTree Alaska here. 

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Future Seminars

For more information, contact Laura Weingartner at 907-474-6009 or lgweingartner@alaska.edu.