Climate Change Hits Home: Not all Farmworkers Feel the Heat Equally
Published September 21, 2024 in the Daily Hampshire Gazette Farm risks rise with heat By Jacob Nelson Imagine this: It’s 10 a.m. and already near[...]
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Climate Change Hits Home: Hampshire College Farm’s Grassroots Research and Resilience
As college and university farms go, Hampshire College Farm is not a big one. What they do have in abundance is student energy, and[...]
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NEPM: Climate Week and UMass Dining
🌎 Stephen Taranto, CISA’s climate program manager, and Kathy Wicks, director of sustainability for UMass Amherst Dining and Auxiliary Services, join Monte and Kaliis to[...]
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Climate Change Hits Home: Adapting Together with Stonebrige Farm and Keshtyar Seed
Published September 7, 2024 in the Daily Hampshire Gazette. Climate Change at Home: Adapting Together Local support and federal funding help farms respond to climate[...]
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On the front lines of Climate Change: to prepare for an unpredictable future, Valley farmers think big
How do you prepare for a future you can’t predict? That is the core question in farmers’ efforts to persevere and keep feeding everyone. At[...]
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On the front lines of climate change: when misfortune strikes, local farmers unite
In many ways, farming is an act of faith. Faith that nature will provide for a harvest, and a farmer’s faith in themselves to figure[...]
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On front lines of climate change: Farmers work to mitigate their climate impacts and become more resilient
Published November 18, 2023 in the Daily Hampshire Gazette and Greenfield Recorder By Jacob Nelson It’s hard to throw water on a burning house while[...]
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NEPM: CISA’s Climate Change and Farming Week
This week in CISA’s Local Hero Spotlight on the Fabulous 413… Stephen Taranto, CISAs climate program coordinator, thanks Jacob and Monte to preview CISAs Climate[...]
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Inspiration, Innovation, and Gearing Up for the 2023 Farm Bill!
CISA’s Climate Program has been up and running for nearly a year and a half now and in that short time span we have been[...]
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Sawyer Farm: Climate Change and Farming Special feature
"Agriculture is going to have to look different,” says Lincoln Fishman of Sawyer Farm in Worthington, given the climate crisis. “And I'm just not[...]
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Agric Organics – Farming and Climate Change Special Feature
"Being a farmer and a pharmacist, I understand the symbiotic relationship of both,” says Hameed Bello, owner of Agric Organics, a new urban farm[...]
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Foxtrot Farm – Farming and Climate Change Special Feature
"What would happen if farmers adapted to climate change without relying so much on plastic and petroleum?” asks Abby Ferla. “One of our answers is,[...]
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