Climate change mitigation and adaptation has been a key motivation for Evening Song Farm owners Ryan and Kara Fitzbeauchamp since relocating their farm in 2012. For 12 years they have been increasing farm resilience by improving soil health and fertility with management strategies, such as no-till planting through cover crop residue, undersowing cash crops, and transplanting through clover sod. Ryan will be joined by Spencer Blackwell of Elmer Farm; together, they will lead a tour of Evening Song Farm. Fellow farmers are invited to see these soil-building techniques in action and hear about farming with organic practices at their two different scales. Alissa White from American Farmland Trust will discuss how adaptation planning can identify strategies and prioritize actions that will increase water quality, farm success, and resilience. She will share a Climate Adaptation Worksheet for farmers that is being developed as part of an NRCS Conservation Innovation Grant "Collaborative Planning for Adaptation & Resilience to Climate Change in Vermont". Plus, learn about the Transition to Organic Partnership Program, who is a generous supporter of this workshop, and earn one RAP Agricultural Water Quality education credit.
*We aim to keep our event prices low, but if registration is a barrier, please reach out about scholarships. NOFA-VT offers the option of free registration to anyone who identifies as Black, Indigenous, or a person of color (BIPOC) in an effort to actively work toward dismantling systems of racism that have historically disadvantaged BIPOC and continue to do so today. Learn more.
Additionally, members of NOFA-VT may attend workshops at a discounted rate. Those with farm-level memberships, business-level memberships, or friends of NOFA memberships may enroll up to four participants at the discounted rate. Learn more about membership.
