Resources

 · Farming and climate change:

www.northeast climateimpacts.org and www.climateandfarming.org

 · Energy and agriculture:

Massachusetts Department of Agriculture's Energy Efficiency, Conservation, and Renewables Program:

http://www.mass.gov/agr/programs/energy/index.htm

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Future of the Valley's agriculture

By Peter Westover Gazette Contributing Writer

Suppose your family has owned a maple sugar business for five generations or run an apple orchard or struggled to keep a dairy going. Then imagine learning that, within less than a generation, the climate of western Massachusetts will become something like South Carolina's today. Is that good or bad news for you?