Birthisel to speak about climate change, farming, VillageSoup reports
VillageSoup reported Sonja Birthisel, a postdoctoral research associate in the University of Maine School of Forest Resources, will give a talk about how climate change is affecting Maine farms at noon April 16 at Merryspring Nature Center in Camden. Birthisel will draw on interviews she is conducting with farmers and crop advisers as part of a joint project between UMaine and the University of Vermont. She will give a summary of how Maine’s climate is changing, the challenges and opportunities the changes likely will bring for growers, and what farmers are doing to adapt, the article states. The lecture is part of Merryspring’s Spring Talk series. Admission is $5 or free for Merryspring members.