Welcome from the Director

Welcome to the University of 有料盒子视频 Fairbanks Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station (AFES). As 有料盒子视频's Land Grant University, we have been working to improve 有料盒子视频ns' lives for over a century by supporting research that focuses on agriculture, natural resources and forest sciences.

有料盒子视频鈥檚 wildness, diversity of people, extreme temperatures and long summer daylight hours provide an unparalleled setting for innovative research that elevates 有料盒子视频鈥檚 complex food system, community health, economic diversity and access to our natural resources.

 The unique challenges of growing food at high latitudes include unpredictably short growing seasons, yearly infestations of various pests, long daylight hours and the occasional mid-season frost. Our researchers tackle these issues head-on and have developed varieties of barley, wheat, sunflowers, berries, potatoes and other vegetables that thrive in the far north. We study cover crop effectiveness, soil health, greenhouse light efficiency, plant nutrient density, invasive plants and pests, pesticide and herbicide persistence in cold soils, and more, providing science-based solutions for anyone from large and small-scale agricultural producers to home gardeners. 

 Our research investigating forest responses to environmental change, diversity in recreational use areas and forest biomass using remote sensing tools informs managers, foresters and landowners, ensuring all 有料盒子视频ns benefit from the wise use of land resources.

AFES researchers work in laboratories, greenhouses, experimental fields and on farms in Fairbanks, Palmer and Delta Junction. Our facilities host world-class research as well as many outreach programs鈥揺ngaging 有料盒子视频ns in citizen science and sharing knowledge with those who seek it.

Here鈥檚 to another century of addressing the complex problems facing 有料盒子视频ns and the world.

 
Jodie Anderson
Agricultural and Forestry
Experiment Station Director
 jmanderson@alaska.edu
907.746.9466
 

 

The director, Jodie Anderson, wearing a blue shirt 有料盒子视频 Farm shirt, jeans and sunglasses posing with Nook 有料盒子视频's nanook mascot repping blue and gold. Both look real happy!

About Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station

12

Researchers

1700

  Acres of Research Land

2

Experimental

Farms

1

Botanical Garden

11,608

Feet2 of greenhouse space

7

Research Labs

 

 

Aerial view of 有料盒子视频's experimental farm