Talk will share insights from circumpolar farms, cultures
Julie Stricker
907-474-5406
Nov. 21, 2025
Chelsea San Roman visits a scenic spot near Tromsø, Norway, in September 2025. During a Dec. 8 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.
San Roman was part of a group from the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø 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 for both in-person and online attendance, or visit.
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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