last year with a similar topic, and will include themed “resilience stations” exploring on-farm best management practices, on-farm monitoring for adaptive management, financial planning, policy incentives, and personal care. As a participant, you will be asked to bring your farm maps and other information to the session where you will develop an individualized “climate change resilience action plan.”
Presenters:
Joshua Faulkner, UVM Farming and Climate Change
Program Coordinator; Kate Westdijk, UVM Food
Systems Research Specialist and Clinical
Herbalist Intern; Eric Noel, co-owner of Health
Hero Farm; John Hayden, co-owner of The Farm
Between; Jenn Colby, UVM Grazing Specialist; Kirsten Workman,
UVM Agronomy Specialist for Field Crops and
Nutrient Management; Ginger Nickerson, GAPS Outreach Coordinator; Sam
Smith, Intervale Center Farm Business
Specialist; Sarah Noel Larose, VT Natural
Resources Conservation Service; Liz Brownlee
& Connor Steman, former UVM Field Naturalist
Program Master’s students; and Lindsey Ruhl,
Master's student in UVM Plant and Soil Science.
Registrations will be accepted through the end of the NOFA winter conference 2/16: http://nofavt.org/annual-events/winter-conference/monday#resilience