STREAM THE SHORT “CULTIVATING RESILIENCE” FEATURE FILM
We collaborated with Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) to create a series of video shorts that share stories of agricultural resilience. We wanted to listen to what hopeful stories farmers were sharing about climate change and community, so we connected with scientist Laura Lengnick who had just released her new book, Resilient Agriculture: Cultivating Food Systems in a Changing Climate. We began in the Southeast, first visiting livestock producer Will Harris of White Oak Pastures in Bluffton, Georgia, then dairyman Tom Trantham at Happy Cow Creamery in Peltzer, South Carolina and finally vegetable grower Ken Dawson of Maple Spring Gardens in Cedar Grove, North Carolina. Then, we continued our tour with a trip to the Northern Great Plains to visit Bob Quinn Organic Farmer in Big Sandy, Montana. These farmers shared changes in weather that they have experienced on their farms and the climate resilience benefits resulting from their innovative actions.
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CULTIVATING RESILIENCE
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FARMERS, MEET FARMERS
Read about how farmers are cultivating resilience in Laura Lengnick's book, Resilient Agriculture: Cultivating Food Systems for a Changing Climate (New Society Publishers). This resource blends climate science and resilience thinking to explore the adaptation stories of sustainable producers growing food across the United States.BOOK A SPEAKER
The Cultivating Resilience Tour offers education tailored to your campus or event. Through interactive workshops and public lectures, Climate Listening Project director Dayna Reggero and/or scientist Laura Lengnick engage your group in the study of climate change, storytelling, food systems and community resilience.
AT THE TABLE
What we eat matters. The food choices we make every day have a big impact. The good news is that even small changes in what we buy and eat can add up to real benefits, including reducing global warming emissions. Learn easy actions via NRDC's Eat Green: Our Everyday Food Choices Affect Global Warming and the Environment - Fact Sheet.