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  • Planning, Adaptation Practices, Climate Impacts

    Multifunctional Buffers: Design Guidelines for Buffers, Corridors, and Greenways

    January 8, 2026 • Gary Bentrup and Xinyuan Shi • USDA Forest Service

    Illustrated design guidelines for multifunctional buffers are synthesized and developed from a review of 1,900+ research publications. These guidelines are presented as easy-to-understand rules of thumb for facilitating the planning and designing of multifunctional buffers.

  • Planning, Adaptation Practices, Climate Impacts

    Occupational Health & Safety Administration: Heat Illness Prevention

    December 23, 2025 • Occupational Health and Safety Administration • Occupational Health and Safety Administration

    OSHA’s hub for heat safety resources for farmers and workers, including information about employer responsibilities and recommended training materials as well as heat safety resources from multiple federal agencies.

  • Planning, Adaptation Practices, Climate Impacts

    OSHA-NIOSH Heat Safety Tool App

    December 23, 2025 • Occupational Health and Safety Administration • Occupational Health and Safety Administration

    The Heat Safety Tool helps managers plan outdoor work activities based on how hot it feels throughout the day. With a real-time heat index and hourly forecasts specific to your location, it provides occupational safety and health recommendations.

  • Planning, Adaptation Practices, Climate Impacts

    Preventing Heat Illness in Agricultural Settings: A Review of State Measures to Address Heat in the Workplace

    December 22, 2025 • Emily Spiegel, Emma Scott, and Laurie Beyranevand • University of Vermont

    Though heat exposure occurs across industries, farmworkers are more likely to die from heat-related stress. This resource examines state heat illness prevention rules that attempt to address the conditions that put farmworkers at risk.

  • Planning, Adaptation Practices, Climate Impacts

    ReadyAG Workbook

    December 26, 2025 • Dave Filson • PennState Extension

    The ReadyAG workbook is designed to help farm and ranch owners be better prepared to deal with disasters and catastrophic events that can occur on their farm or ranch.

  • Adaptation Practices, Climate Impacts

    Regenerative Farming at Freedom Food Farm with Chuck Currie

    November 20, 2025 • NOFA/Mass

    This workshop covers regenerative systems used at Freedom Food Farm: no-till crops, livestock integration, rotational grazing, biodiversity, soil preservation, input reduction, and more! From the 2020 NOFA Summer Conference

  • Adaptation Practices, Funding

    Resources for On-Farm Mitigation

    September 4, 2025 • Sara Keleman • American Farmland Trust

    Regional and state-specific resources for climate adaptation and mitigation, from funding resources to production, infrastructure, nutrient management, efficiency, alternative energy, and much more.

  • Climate Impacts, Adaptation Practices

    Resources to Navigate Drought Successfully

    November 21, 2019 • University of Maine Extension

    Drought management and planning for Maine growers.

  • Adaptation Practices, Planning

    SARE Resources and Learning

    September 4, 2025 • SARE

    Research-based, farmer driven information about practicing sustainable agriculture on your farm. Topics to browse include Farm Business Management, Animal Production, Pest Management, Sustainable Communities, Soil Management, and more.

  • Planning, Adaptation Practices

    Self‐study Checklist: Changing Weather Challenges and Adaptation Strategies for Northeastern U.S. Tree Fruit Growers

    September 4, 2025 • Barney Hodges, Glen Koehler, Andy Ricker, Andre Tougas, and Steve Wood • Climate Adaptation Fellowship

    A checklist for Northeast tree fruit growers outlining climate-related risks, opportunities, and actions to reduce future impacts.

  • Adaptation Practices

    Soil Health Indicators and Tests

    December 19, 2025 • Barbara Bellows, Mike Morris, and Colin Mitchell • ATTRA Sustainable Agriculture

    Soil Health Indicators and Tests discusses different methods of soil health assessment and provides an overview of soil biology.

  • Adaptation Practices

    Soil Health: Evolution, Assessment, and Future Opportunities

    December 19, 2025 • Douglas L. Karlen • Soil and Water Conservation Society

    This article covers the history context and development of the concept of soil health within soil science. It is part of a larger collection called "Soil and Water Conservation" which includes in-depth chapters on conservation science.

  • Adaptation Practices

    UMaine's Highmoor Farm

    November 23, 2019 • USDA Northeast Climate Hub

    Highlights research and variety trials at UMaine’s Highmoor Farm, exploring new opportunities and risks from longer growing seasons.

  • Adaptation Practices

    Weather and Climate Considerations: Dairy

    November 23, 2019 • USDA Northeast Climate Hub

    A short fact sheet summarizing how changing climate impacts dairy operations, and what can dairy farmers do to adapt.

  • Adaptation Practices, Climate Impacts

    What are the Impacts of Climate Change on Maple Syrup Production and Can we Manage for Them?

    September 4, 2025 • Joshua Rapp and Selena Ahmed • Northeast Climate Adaptation Science Center

    This hour-long free webinar is about the impacts of climate change on maple syrup production and how maple producers can best adapt.

  • Adaptation Practices

    Willow Run Farmstead case study

    January 6, 2026 • Katherine Holcomb • Willow Hill Farmstead

    This beautiful case study profiles Deanne Boyer and Willow Run Farmstead LLC, located in Berks Co. Pennsylvania. The resource details the climate risks faced by Willow Run, and how Deanne has skillfully addressed them through agroforestry practices.

  • Adaptation Practices

    Woodman Horticultural Research Farm at UNH

    November 23, 2019 • USDA Northeast Climate Hub

    UNH researchers explore climate adaptation strategies such as pest management, new crops, beneficial habitats, and season extension.

  • Climate Impacts, Adaptation Practices

    Yale-Myers Forest Orchard

    November 23, 2019 • USDA Northeast Climate Hub

    Visit a small-scale agroforestry system in the Yale-Myers forest and learn how this diverse orchard is being managed to address pests, weeds, drought, and erosion.