Browse by Topic: Climate Impacts

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.

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.

Provides pasture management technical assistance and financial assistance to Vermont farmers to improve water quality and on-farm livestock exclusion from surface waters statewide.

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.

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.

Webinar on Reduced Tillage Systems for Organic Vegetables including cover crop management and equipement strategies.

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

Drought management and planning for Maine growers.

Provides technical and financial assistance to support the long-term installation of perennial vegetation. Funds the establishment of filter strips, pasture/hay plantings, grassed waterways, and other erosion or grade control infrastructure.

This resource shows a GIS map of changes in the minimum annual rate of water carried by rivers and streams across the country based on the long-term rate of change from 1940-2016.

State-specific summaries and key messages on the effects of climate change.

The Climate Explorer provides interactive maps and graphs of past and projected climate conditions to support resilience planning and reduce climate risks.

A collection of web tools for visualizing past and projected climate and hydrology in the US.

Current drought conditions and summaries for anywhere in the U.S.

Resources and network of urban wood industry pros and stakeholders from across the United States and beyond. Aims to unite unique urban wood industry groups and efforts under the common mission of growing professional and consumer confidence in the urban wood industry.

University of Rhode Island is conducting research and outreach on high tunnel production and summer cover crops to help farmers tackle both the risks and opportunities posed by climate change.

The Disaster Resource Center provides information on how to prepare for, recover from, and build resilience during disasters and emergencies. Includes critical resources covering drought, pest and disease, weather events, and fire.

An in-depth view from 2021 at the effects climate change will have on Vermont, the state of Vermont's food system, and key actions Vermont farmers can take to adapt.

This talk reviews research on changing precipitation, snowfall, and drought patterns in the Northeast and their climate implications in the Northeast.

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

A list of resources for dealing with the effects of extreme heat on workers, livestock, and crops.

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.