Webinar to review methods, advantages of biointensive farming

A woman, Brandi Jo Nyberg, holds a bouquet of freshly picked orange carrots
Photo courtesy of Brandi Jo Nyberg
Brandi Jo Nyberg holds some of the carrots she grows on her small farm in Mat-Su.

A Mat-Su Valley farmer will discuss the methods, systems and tools used for biointensive, diversified vegetable production in a lunchtime presentation at noon on Thursday, April 16. 

Brandi Jo Nyberg is the owner of Sauntering Roots Farm, a diversified vegetable operation that grows more than 30 varieties with less than an acre in production.

Biointensive farming involves maximizing small acreage to produce large amounts of food, with care for the soil at its core. Methods discussed will include bed sizing and spacing, essential tools, interplanting, and soil/plant health.

The workshop will be held in person at the UAF Matanuska Experiment Farm and Extension Center, 1509 S. Georgeson Drive, Palmer, as well as via Zoom.  

Register for both using the or visit .

For more information, contact the Matanuska Experiment Farm 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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