Community Forum: Connecting Food, Farms, Soil and Climate
- Thursday, November 1, 2018, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
If you produce food or just eat it, you can help!! Come hear how you can join this movement. Refreshments will be provided.
Connecting Food, Farms, Soil & Climate:
Strengthening Community While Ensuring a Livable Planet
This community forum is free and open to the public. Sponsored by Cornell Cooperative Extension of Ulster County, and the Columbia County and Mid-Hudson Chapters of Citizens’ Climate Lobby. For a printable flyer click here.
Learn how local food producers and farms prioritizing healthier soil, along with New York State and community-based soil and farm initiatives, are working together to promote healthy and climate-resilient farms, families and communities, while also creating a livable planet for years to come.
Speakers/Panelists include:
- Jan Elise Storm, Agriculture Liason, Citizens' Climate Lobby
- Cedric Mason, Research Support Specialist, New York Soil Health
- Scott Fickbohm, Associate Environmental Analyst, NYS Soil and Water Conservation Committee
- Jesse Tolz, Marketing and Logistics Manager, Field Goods
- Susan Hereth, Education Director, Kingston YMCA Farm Project
*Note-Speaker changed from Brian Steinmuller with NYS Climate Resilient Farming to Scott Fickbohm with NYS Soil and Water Conservation
Walk-ins are welcome, but please RSVP by October 30 to help us plan for materials.
For more information or to register by phone contact Carrie at 845-340-3990 x311 or email cad266@cornell.edu.
This event is part of our 2018-2019 Climate Change Series. For details and upcoming programs, click here.
CCE Ulster County provides equal program and employment opportunities. Contact the program office at 845-340-3990 if you have any special needs.
Fee
Free and open to the public
Location
CCE Ulster
232 Plaza Road (Hannaford Plaza)
Kingston, New York 12401
Last updated October 25, 2018
