The Climate Forums are brought to you by NOFA-VT and MOFGA. This event is one in a three-part series discussing flooding, excess precipitation, and farm resilience.
Farmers throughout New England have been severely impacted by extreme precipitation and flooding. As a result, farms are innovating, exploring creative and meaningful ways to adapt their businesses and production systems to climate change. Join us for a discussion with Tamarack Hollow Farm, Maple Wind Farm, and Evening Song Farm to learn how both vegetable and livestock producers throughout New England are impacted by flooding and at the same time adapting their farms to build resilience. Their presentations will be followed by a facilitated farmer-to-farmer discussion. Come to listen, share your experiences, ask questions, troubleshoot, and be inspired to make your own farm more resilient.Â
About the presenters:
Amanda Andrews owns Tamarack Hollow Farm in Plainfield, Vermont where she grows seven acres of certified organic vegetables for local and regional wholesale markets on her farm in central Vermont with her partner and their two children.
Bruce Hennessey co-owns Maple Wind Farm in Huntington, Vermont a pasture-based diversified livestock and organic vegetable operation, the farm produces 100% grass fed beef, pasture-raised pork, pasture-raised broiler chickens, eggs and turkeys. The farm also operates a small USDA inspected poultry processing enterprise that slaughters poultry for area farms as well as their own.
Ryan Fitzbeauchamp co-owns Evening Song Farm in Shrewsbury, VT. Evening Song produces certified organic vegetables to feed their community. After experiencing a devastating flood, Evening Song has been increasing farm resilience by improving soil health and fertility with adaptation and mitigation strategies.Â
At the registration link you can choose to attend whichever sessions you wish.
