Climate change is making our farms and our farm planning more unpredictable. It is becoming increasingly important to address climate change in our farm management and decision-making. This winter, join the Land Stewardship Project and UMN Extension for a two-day training series intended for specialty crop growers.
Through this series, participants will:
- Learn more about the potential impacts of increasing climate variability and change on your agricultural operation.
- Evaluate climate risk management options that best support your farm and family goals by reducing risks and capturing new opportunities associated with changing climate conditions.
- Make a plan to implement selected climate resilience strategies and evaluate their effectiveness over time.
This cohort series will give you tools to incorporate climate change considerations into annual operations as well as over the longer-term with an adaptive whole farm management strategy that draws on your experience and expertise as a farmer.
The cohort will meet in person on Friday, February 20th and Saturday, February 21st in the Twin Cities. Each day we will meet from 9:30am-3:30pm. Lunch will be included.
We are targeting specialty crop growers (vegetables, cut flowers, fruits, etc.) with 2+ years of farming experience for this training. The workshop will be free, but we do expect people to commit to being there for the full two days if they attend.
There are a limited number of spaces available (at the time of posting, we have 5 spots remaining). Sign-up early by filling out this online form: https://secure.ngpvan.
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