Past Newsletters

Winter 2025 – Read about how snow supports healthy soils,  how road salt impacts agriculture, and our 2025 highlights from our Healthy Soils and Native Plant Programs.

Spring/Summer 2025Learn about our soil sampling program, the fancy new hand tools added to our equipment program, working in extreme heat, recipes for two refreshing beverages to help you endure the heat, and a save the date for an event at Carr’s ciderhouse in September!

Winter 2024/25 – Read about additions to our staff, the Native Plant winter workshop series, and cultivating climate resilience through crop diversity!

Fall 2024 – Read about the farm tour with Climate Chief Melissa Hoffer, why you should leave your leaves in the fall, end of year reviews for the Healthy Soils and Native Plant Programs, agroforestry as a climate change adaptation and mitigation strategy, and Dirt & Democracy!

Spring 2024 – Inside this edition, you will find an article on the impacts of climate change on maple syrup, and learn about our Healthy Soils Program, Native Plant Program, the Climate Adaptation and Mitigation Fellowship, and an upcoming farm tour. Enjoy!

Hampden Hampshire Conservation District hosts an agroforesty event at Preservation Orchard in Hadley Massachusetts with Meadowfed Lamb and Carr's Ciderhouse