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  • Adaptation Practices

    Agroforestry at Angus Glen

    November 23, 2019 • USDA Northeast Climate Hub

    Visit Angus Glen Farms, a 300 acre operation located in Watkins Glen, New York using agroforestry practices. The farm has 80 cow-calf pairs of Angus cattle grown for seed-stock and grass-fed beef production.

  • Planning, Adaptation Practices

    Best Management Practices for Log-Based Shiitake Cultivation in the Northeastern United States

    January 9, 2026 • Bridgett Jamison and Bridgett Hilshey • Cornell Small Farms Program

    This guide introduces the principles of shiitake cultivation. It combines
    insights gathered from professional growers, on-farm trial, and university-
    based research all within the northeastern United States.

  • Adaptation Practices

    Building Soils for Better Crops

    December 19, 2025 • Fred Magdoff and Harold Van Es • SARE

    Building Soils for Better Crops presents a comprehensive view on soil management for farmers including chapters covering organic matter, nutrients, cover crops, conservation, and cropping systems.

  • Adaptation Practices

    Cover Crop Species Selector Tool

    December 19, 2025 • Victoria Ackroyd, Vyshnavi Adusumelli, Milad Agamohammadnia, Rohit Bandooni, Ameya Chavan, Boscosylvester John Chittilapilly, Heather Darby, Brian Davis, Rick Hitchcock, Steven Mirsky, Anna Morrow, Juliet Norton, Mikah Pinegar, Trevor Puckett, Ankita Raturi, Chris Reberg-Horton, Adam Smith, and Jingtong Xu • Northeast Cover Crops Council, Midwest Cover Crops Council, Southern Cover Crops Council, and Western Cover Crops Council

    The Cover Crop Selector tool provides a user friendly way for growers to get cover crop recommendations depending on their location, goals, and cover crop window.

  • Adaptation Practices, Planning

    Diversification of Your Operation, Why

    September 4, 2025 • Jeffrey Hyde • PennState Extension

    A concise article on the benefits of spreading your risk over more than one enterprise.

  • Planning, Adaptation Practices, Climate Impacts

    Kickstart Agroforestry

    January 8, 2026 • Regenerative Design Group

    This series of articles covers key topics for launching a new agroforestry project with a guided step-by-step process to evaluate your goals, assess the opportunities on your site, and get your trees off to the best possible start.

  • Adaptation Practices

    List of Alternative Crops and Enterprises for Small Farm Diversification

    September 4, 2025 • USDA National Agricultural Library

    A list of field crops, vegetables, fruits and nuts, horticultural/nursery crops, agroforestry/forestry products, livestock, and other accessible innovations for farmers exploring diversification.

  • Adaptation Practices

    Mowing a living aisle between rows of brassicas.

    Living Aisles in Diverse Vegetable Systems

    January 13, 2026 • Steffen Mirsky and Paulina Jenney • University of Wisconsin-Madison

    In this article, we highlight four case studies from farms of varying sizes and production goals to showcase the opportunities and challenges of adopting living aisle systems.

  • 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.

  • 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

  • Planning, Adaptation Practices

    The Forest Farmers Handbook

    December 26, 2025 • Rural Action, United Plant Savers, and Appalachian Sustainable Development

    Diversifying into forest products is a good strategy to spread out climate related risk for any farm, but it's not without it's own challenges and strategies that need to be understood. This guide is a great starting point for any farm business considering farming the woods.