Adaptation in Practice: Tools and Management Strategies Farmers Are Deploying
Practical Adaptation Strategies for NH Farms
New Hampshire farms are adapting quickly to shifting weather patterns, new pest pressures, and evolving production challenges. December’s NH Farm Network call will spotlight practical, on-the-ground strategies farmers are putting in place to build resilience and keep their operations productive.
This online session will feature short presentations and peer sharing on these key adaptation areas:
- Revisiting ponds and drainage
Amy Papineau, Landscape & Greenhouse Horticulture Field Specialist
Approaches to designing, maintaining, and using farm ponds that help buffer water extremes
- Irrigation
Will Hastings, Food & Agriculture Field Specialist
Irrigation technology for informed irrigation decisions
- Innovative Tools & Systems
Jeremy Delisle, Fruit & Vegetable Production Field Specialist
Creative technologies and systems NH farms are trying—small-scale automation, environmental monitoring
- Market Channel Infrastructure
Jesse Wright, Agricultural Business Management Field Specialist
Value Added production that can add shelf life to extend sales windows or creates a market for b-grade or collaborative products
- Insect Management
Amber Vinchesi-Vahl, Extension State Specialist, Entomology and Integrated Pest Management
Strategies for prevention and management of insect pests
- Risk Assessments
Olivia Saunders, Fruit & Vegetable Production Field Specialist
How to know what to invest in
What else are you seeing? This will be an interactive session, so please come prepared to share innovative or reliable practices you’ve seen in your work and discuss with us!
This technical conversation is designed for agriculture service providers who support NH farms. Participants will leave with concrete examples, emerging practices to watch, and insight into what farmers need as they navigate rapid change.
After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
NH Farm Network
The NH Farm Network is a collaboration of agriculture service providers who work to support and provide resources to NH farms and aspiring farmers. Members of the network gather quarterly to share news and learn about each other's organizations and programmatic offerings. The meetings are open to anyone, including growers.
If you need an accommodation to participate in our programming, please contact Olivia Saunders, Olivia.Saunders@unh.edu and 603-447-3834, prior to the event. Given ample time, we will make any reasonable effort to meet your needs, including language access services if requested, which will be provided free of charge.
Olivia Saunders
Fruit & Vegetable Production Field SpecialistJesse Wright
Agricultural Business Management Field Specialist
This material is based upon work supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture, through the Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education program under sub-award number SNE21-008-NH.
