Offbeet Farmers
Sam Knapp
Sam is a co-owner and the primary farmer at Offbeet Farm. Sam worked for other vegetable farmers in Sweden, Alaska, and Wisconsin before starting his own farm in the UP of Michigan in 2017, Root Cellar Farm, which focused on storage crops and offered a winter-only CSA. He ran Root Cellar Farm for three years before returning to Alaska to start Offbeet Farm in 2020. Sam didn't grow up on a farm but gardened with his family in northern Wisconsin. Sam got his B.S. degrees in physics and chemistry in 2014 before catching the farm bug in a serious way. Along the way, Sam worked as a Fulbright scholar on a sheep research farm, worked in AmeriCorps with indigenous communities to organize farmers markets, and picked up a master's degree in plant ecology. Sam is passionate about both farming and winter storage, and he writes for various farm-focused publications on both topics.
Danielle Knapp
Danielle Knapp is a co-owner of Offbeet Farm. Danielle has been working part-time on the vegetable-growing part of the farm since 2024 and started the seafood (ad)venture in the same year. Danielle has been keeping and breeding chickens since childhood and currently manages three separate flocks on the farm: two heritage breeds and a mixed flock she's been breeding for cold-hardiness and winter egg laying. Danielle sells eggs to friends and neighbors, and she sells hatching eggs and chicks each spring. She is the main reason the couple learned to love Alaska and eventually Fairbanks, as the field work for her graduate work occurred at the nearby Bonanza Creek LTER.
Marlo (a.k.a. Sexy Baby)
Marlo (a.k.a. Sexy Baby) is one of two cats on the farm but the only one that takes an active part. He began his position as the Head of Pest Management at Offbeet Farm in 2023.