CISA Climate Week @ GFN: Regenerative Practices for Stewarding a Floodplain

At the Grow Food Northampton Community Farm, learn regenerative practices for stewarding a floodplain in a changing climate.
About this Event

Join us at the Grow Food Northampton Community farm, a 121 acre farm situated on the floodplains of the mill river near Florence Center. Changing climate is bringing floods at unexpected times, more recently in 2023 when we got flooded 4 times within a span of a year.

Hear from two farms - Ras Farm and Flowerwork Farm - about regenerative practices they are adopting to be ready for the next flood including living pathways, no-till, permanent beds, micro irrigation and mulching. These strategies protect and build soil which is crucial for climate resilience. Also hear from Grow Food Northampton, how a community farm is a social infrastructure which provides an avenue for community to support land justice work, an important aspect of climate resilience.