Join us 3 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 15, at Lawyer's Mall
Hughes Center, UMD Announce New Report To Boost Farm Climate Resiliency
What: The University of Maryland Harry R. Hughes Center for Agro-Ecology will host a press briefing on the release of the Maryland Climate-Smart Agriculture: Roadmap to Resilience, a report funded in Maryland's 2022 supplemental budget to identify ways that Maryland agriculture and farmers can remain resilient in the face of current and coming changes to climate and weather patterns.
Who: Hughes Center leadership will be joined by Maryland Secretary of Agriculture Kevin Atticks, Secretary of the Environment Serena McIlwain, Deputy Secretary of Natural Resources David Goshorn, and Dean of the University of Maryland's College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Wendy Powers.
When: 3 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026
Where: Lawyer's Mall, 25 Calvert St., Annapolis
Why: The Maryland Climate-Smart Agriculture: Roadmap to Resilience is the result of three years of collaborative engagement led by the Hughes Center for Agro-Ecology, in partnership with staff from the Maryland Departments of Agriculture, Natural Resources, and the Environment, as well as farmers and representatives from the agricultural, academic, nonprofit, and policy communities. As a team, we built this action plan to address the needs of Maryland's farmers as they continue to remain economically viable and environmentally sustainable in the face of climate change. This Roadmap is based on extensive stakeholder outreach to the farming community and is grounded in research with a thorough investigation into the current and projected impacts of climate change on Maryland's farmers. This has resulted in 13 recommendations that will help Maryland continue to develop a response strategy to address the upcoming challenges. The report acknowledges the significant advancements Maryland has made in the agricultural and environmental sectors, and builds upon Maryland's current successes to facilitate a response specifically to challenges affecting the State's top economic sector, agriculture.
Background: The Hughes Center for Agro-Ecology is a nonprofit organization affiliated with the UMD College of Agriculture and Natural Resources. The Roadmap to Resilience was commissioned in the Maryland Governor's supplemental 2022 budget and is a project of the Harry R. Hughes Center for Agro-Ecology. This report assesses the impact of climate change on Maryland's agricultural community. This report is the second in a series; the first phase of the report and its purpose can be read through the "Phase I" link below.
Contact: Josh Bollinger, Communications Coordinator, Harry R. Hughes Center Agro-Ecology, joshboll@umd.edu | 443-239-1392 (cell) | 410-827-6202 (office)
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