Projections for climate change in the Northeast forecast increasingly severe precipitation and drought patterns which pose heightened risk to agricultural production. Already, the increased incidence of drought and heavy precipitation events are leading causes of crop loss for vegetable and berry producers.
In the NH Food Alliance November webinar, Alissa White, from the University of Vermont, presented her research from the New England Adaptation Survey which draws upon the expertise of vegetable and fruit farmers across the northeast to explore how farms are adapting to increasingly extreme weather patterns and what resources they need to support farm resilience to climate change.
