The Impact of Climate Change on Food Production

The Impact of Climate Change on Food Production

The talk features Warren Wilson College sustainable agriculture professor Laura Lengnick, author of the forthcoming book Resilient Agriculture: Cultivating Food Systems for a Changing Climate and lead author of the recent USDA report “Climate Change and U.S. Agriculture: Effects and Adaptation.” Lengnick will give a talk on climate change impacts on the U.S. food system.

Lengnick’s talk will be immediately followed by a panel discussion featuring local food system and climate change leaders who will share their work to understand and prepare for climate change and to build resilient food systems.

Wednesday, November 4, 2015 7 PM at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Asheville, 1 Edwin Place, (corner of Charlotte & Edwin)

Socializing: 5:30 – 6:00PM

Presentation: 6:00 – 7:00 PM

Location: The Green Sage (Downtown) 5 Broadway St. Asheville