Farming and Climate Change

In November 2016 farmers along with environmental and agricultural scientists met in Riverhead at a conference on The Impact of Climate on Farms & Landscapes.

The conference was organized by the Cornell Cooperative Extension in partnership with several national and local groups including the American Farmland Trust, the Peconic Land Trust, and the Long Island Farm Bureau.

The conference included sessions on preparing for extreme weather, weather forecasting and modeling, and speaking out on climate change.

At the conference Francesca Rheannon spoke with Becky Wiseman of the Cornell Cooperative Extension and Mike Hoffmann of the Cornell Institute for Climate SmartSolutions.    

Listen here

More info:

The Riverhead Times-Review: Climate change creating new challenges for North Fork farmers

Sustainability at Cornell University

Cornell Institute for Climate Smart Solutions