Tag: Climate change

NEPM: Climate Chief Hoffer visits Big River Chestnuts

September 17, 2024 Posted in: CISA News, Local Heroes in the News, NEPM "Fabulous 413" interviews, Press Room

. Climate Chief Melissa Hoffer from Governor Healy’s cabinet came to tour farms and talk about how farming can play a bigger role in the[...]

Climate Change Hits Home: Hampshire College Farm’s Grassroots Research and Resilience

September 13, 2024 Posted in: CISA News, Climate Change and Farming Blog, Local Heroes in the News, Press Room

As college and university farms go, Hampshire College Farm is not a big one. What they do have in abundance is student energy, and[...]

On the front lines of Climate Change: to prepare for an unpredictable future, Valley farmers think big

December 16, 2023 Posted in: CISA News, Climate Change and Farming Blog, Local Heroes in the News, Press Room

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[...]

On the front lines of climate change: when misfortune strikes, local farmers unite

November 25, 2023 Posted in: Climate Change and Farming Blog, CISA News, Local Heroes in the News, Press Room

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[...]

On front lines of climate change: Farmers work to mitigate their climate impacts and become more resilient

November 18, 2023 Posted in: CISA News, Climate Change and Farming Blog, Press Room

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[...]

NEPM: CISA’s Climate Change and Farming Week

September 14, 2023 Posted in: CISA News, Climate Change and Farming Blog, NEPM "Fabulous 413" interviews, Press Room

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[...]

Facing up to climate-driven farm disasters, today and tomorrow (Commentary)

July 23, 2023 Posted in: CISA Opinion Pieces, July 2023 Flooding Coverage, Press Room

Climate change will make extreme weather events more frequent. Recent flooding and freezes show the devastation these events can cause — and the response that’s[...]

Boston Globe: Tornado touched down in North Brookfield on Sunday, as torrential rains pounded Massachusetts

July 17, 2023 Posted in: July 2023 Flooding Coverage, Press Room

“It seems pretty obvious that weather patterns have changed dramatically, and we don’t yet know what that new pattern is,” Korman[...]

Boston Globe: Warren, McGovern visit farms affected by flooding

July 15, 2023 Posted in: July 2023 Flooding Coverage, Press Room

“The weather in the last 10 to 15 years seems like it’s getting worse and worse,” said Mike Antonellis, who farms[...]

Recorder: Conway farm launches GoFundMe following flooding; CISA aid available to other farmers

July 14, 2023 Posted in: July 2023 Flooding Coverage, Press Room

Conway farm launches GoFundMe following flooding; CISA aid available to other farmers By CHRIS LARABEE Staff Writer Published: 7/14/2023 3:22:52 PM CONWAY — With Natural[...]

MassLive: CISA opens low-interest loan fund for flood-hit farmers

July 13, 2023 Posted in: July 2023 Flooding Coverage, Press Room

CISA opens low-interest loan fund for flood-hit farmers Published: Jul. 13, 2023, 5:43 p.m. By Jim Kinney | jkinney@repub.com Farmers devastated by this week’s flooding,[...]

MassLive: As flood waters rise, farmers rush to salvage crops from fertile river bottom fields

July 12, 2023 Posted in: July 2023 Flooding Coverage, Press Room

“For some farms, it doesn’t look good for this year’s crop,” Claire Morenon said.

And it’s all the more frustrating that[...]

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