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Clean Air-Cool Planet is the Northeast's leading nonprofit organization dedicated to finding and promoting solutions to global warming.
GLOBAL WARMING and GROWERS Photo courtesy of Ecophotography The link between growing and climate is direct and immutable.
So what will global warming mean for agriculturalists
and horticulturalists in the Northeast? Since 2000, when Clean Air - Cool Planet convened a group of scientists and researchers to talk about indicators of climate change in the region, Clean Air Cool Planet has been working on this issue. Currently, CA-CP is collaborating with Cornell University and the Tellus Institute to engage and educate the growing community, bring together premier researchers in the field to increase the body of relevant knowledge and find creative solutions to help this stakeholder group adapt to climate changes that are already happening and minimize the likelihood of economically devastating additional climate changes to come. Climate Change and Northeast Agriculture: Developing an Education Outreach Agenda As part of the annual meeting of New York Cooperative Extension Service (CES) agricultural extension agents and educators held in conjunction with Cornell University, CA-CP co-organized this seminar on the impacts of global warming on agriculture and a look at adaptive and mitigative strategies. More than 80 people, from New York and across the region, attended the meeting November 2004 meeting in Ithaca, which was the first of its kind for agents and educators working directly with farmers and growers. Read more about the meeting. Get complete proceedings. See research presentations on video at Cornell's site. Climate Change and Agriculture Tool for Educators Working with the Tellus Institute and the Cooperative Extension Service at the University of Vermont, CA-CP has helped create and pilot a PowerPoint outlining the science of global warming and the effects on regional climate most important to farmers. The program is designed to be used by Extension Agents and Educators to introduce the issue of climate impacts to farmers. See the Presentation. Contact Bill Burtis
for more on additional educational materials. Impacts of Climate Change on Horticulture Symposium 
This held in October 2003 at the annual meeting of the American Society of Horticultural Science (ASHS) in Providence, was organized by CA-CP with Professor David Wolfe of the Horticulture Department at Cornell. Research was presented there on topics such as how global warming effects weeds, pests, growing seasons and more. |
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