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Free tour of Matanuska Experiment Farm planned

Free tour of Matanuska Experiment Farm planned



March 10, 2026

Photo courtesy of Palmer Museum of History and Art, Bunting Collection
The Matanuska Experiment Farm sits amid fields in Palmer between 1935-1945.

Nelson Crone, farm director for the Matanuska Experiment Farm, will lead a free historical walking tour of the Matanuska Experiment Farm and Extension Center in Palmer.

The noon tour on Friday, March 20, will be outdoors. Participants are asked to dress for the weather and be prepared for uneven or icy terrain.

The farm was established in 1917. It is one of seven Alaska agricultural experiment stations founded between 1898 and 1917 to research farming in a northern climate. Crone will delve into the farm's history and the agricultural research conducted there.

Matanuska Experiment Farm and Extension Center is located at 1509 S. Georgeson Drive, Palmer.

For more information, 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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