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Classes are Open to All with Concerns About This Critical Issue
If you want to learn about the real world, on-the-ground impacts of climate change, ask a farmer. While the destructive impact of super-storms gets more attention, those who grow our food face these impacts every day.
That's why I was pleased to learn — and am sharing — the six-part program just announced by Farmers Rising, the farmer education non-profit located in Caledonia in far north-central Illinois.
The program is titled "New Realities: Farming in the Climate Change Era." As described by Farmers Rising:
Extreme weather, rising temperatures, and new pests and pathogens are increasingly impacting livestock, crops, the soil and more. Climate change is here and its impacts are a new reality we can’t afford to ignore, especially in farming.
The educational series of six classes will be implemented online and in person. The topics covered include:
Introduction of Climate Change - a hands-on approach
Weather, Water, and Wind
Increasing Soil Resiliency
Identifying and Preparing for Emerging Disease and Pest Pressures - Specialty Crops - Speaker Kacie J Athey
Identifying and Preparing for Emerging Disease and Pest Pressures - Livestock - Speaker Teresa Steckler
Supportive Government Resources and Financing for Climate Resilient Practices
The course will culminate in a public showing of the movie Common Ground, where local farmers will speak about how climate change affects their farms.
Interested participants can enroll in individual classes or register for all six at one time. If you register for all six you will receive a free ticket to the Common Ground movie screening.
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The classes will be held on Thursdays, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. central, on these dates: November 7 and 21, December 5, January 9 and 23, and February 6. The Common Ground showing will be held on Friday, February 7 at a time to be announced.
Click the button below to register.
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