Browse by Topic: Climate Impacts

Learn about how folks at Upinngil Farm in Massachusetts are working to manage climate risks, specifically with crop diversifiication and high tunnel production.

This informative document explains the ways in which farmers can adapt to climate change, the potential current and future impacts of climate change on their farm, and how adapting will help them.

The emphasis of this webinar will be placed on dairy, beef, small ruminants, and horses and the impacts that extreme heat, cold snaps, weather shifts, droughts, and excessive rain will have on the animal’s health and diet.

This page collects research around reduced tillage topics for vegetables, including living mulch under organic acorn squash and Brussel sprouts, tarps to terminate cover crops, sorghum sudan grass residue as mulch for tomatoes, and more....

A fact sheet on how climate change is impacting agriculture in the Northeast, primarily through increased incidence of drought, warmer winters and colder springs, and extreme rainfall.

Cover crops are a useful tool in managing the soil erosion and nutrient runoff problems caused by increasingly frequent heavy rains across the Northeastern U.S.

Rainfall intensity is increasing in the Northeastern U.S. Stabilizing gullies is one strategy for adapting to this changing climate. This case study evaluates the costs and benefits of restoring gullies at Last Resort Farm.

Farmer-Led Innovations for Reduced Tillage (FLI) cultivates co-learning and innovation among organic vegetable farmers in New England. This site features the trials of a small cohort of innovative farmers trialing reduced tillage practices.

Andy Jones of Intervale Community Farm shares strategies for floodplain farming, including water management, soil protection, cover crops, extended wet periods, irrigation, and climate adaptation.

This two-page research summary addresses the trade-offs rural communities face when increased flooding damages public and private land, and makes farming more risky. The authors also provide a link for teaching resources on this topic.

This webinar explores reduced tillage practices, equipment, and techniques that improve soil health and save labor at all farm scales. Speakers: Julie Fine, American Farmland Trust; Natalie Lounsbury, University of New Hampshire.

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.

Slides from a New York focused presentation on managing flood risk for farmers, including the mechanics and effects of flood damage as well as funding and mitigation resources.

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.

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

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

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.

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.