New academy on climate resilience to connect specialty crop professionals
Grapes grow in a modern Washington vineyard. A new training effort through WSU's Center for Sustaining Agriculture and Natural Resources will connect specialty-crop growing regions nationwide to aid in resiliency for growers of grapes and other specialty crops.
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A map of the lower 48 U.S. states, showing eight USDA Climate Hub regions and potential cross-regional connections for climate change and specialty crops. The arrows show target-analog pairings between specialty crop-growing counties; from recent research by WSU scientists.
| August 29, 2023 5:51 PM
PULLMAN — A team led by scientists at Washington State University’s Center for Sustaining Agriculture & Natural Resources (CSANR) is establishing the Specialty Crop Climate Change Extension Academy to improve Extension and USDA professionals’ capacity to support climate preparedness.
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