Climate Change and Northeast Agriculture: Developing an Education Outreach Agenda

Ithaca, NY: Nov 17, 2004

On November 17, 2004, more than 80 people, from New York and across the region, attended a first-of-its-kind meeting for agents and educators working directly with farmers and growers. The afternoon seminar was part of the annual meeting of New York Cooperative Extension Service (CES) agricultural extension agents and educators, held in conjunction with Cornell University; it looked at the impacts of global warming on agriculture, as well as adaptive and mitigative strategies.

This meeting was the culmination of a process begun in 2000, when CA-CP convened a group of scientists and researchers to talk about indicators of climate change in the region. From that meeting have come a number of initiatives, including a symposium in October of 2003, Climate Impacts on Horticulture, at the annual meeting of the American Society of Horticultural Science (ASHS) in Providence.

Written proceedings [PDF, 842KB]

Presentations (In order of program):

Greenhouse gases and climate change: what we know now [PDF, 4.7MB]
Art Degaetano, Assoc. Professor, Dept. of Earth & Atm. Sciences, Cornell
University

Evidence of climate change in the Northeast [PDF, 2.6MB]
Cameron Wake, Assoc. Professor, Climate Change Research Center, Univ. of
New Hampshire

Weed ecology and global climate: preparing for the future [PDF, 1.7MB]
Lewis Ziska, Plant Physiologist, USDA-ARS, Beltseville, Maryland

Impact assessment for Northeast agriculture, and farmer adaptation [PDF, 2.6MB]
David Wolfe, Professor, Dept. of Horticulture, Cornell University

Energy use and greenhouse gas emissions: A NY dairy case study [PDF, 210KB]
Jenifer Wightman, Research Associate, Crop and Soil Science Dept., Cornell
University

Biomass fuels and other opportunities for farmers in the energy marketplace [PDF, 2.9MB]
Timothy Volk, Senior Research Scientist, SUNY-Environmental Science and
Forestry

Climate change and agriculture: challenges and opportunities for Extension [PDF, 6.8MB]
Vern Grubinger, Director, Center for Sustainable Agriculture, Univ. of Vermont

Group Discussion: Where do we go from here?

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