Landscape Message: June 2, 2023 Center for Agriculture, Food, and the Environment

UMass Extension's Landscape Message is an educational newsletter intended to inform and guide Massachusetts Green Industry professionals in the management of our collective landscape. Detailed reports from scouts and Extension specialists on growing conditions, pest activity, and cultural practices for the management of woody ornamentals, trees, and turf are regular features. The following issue has been updated to provide timely management information and the latest regional news and environmental data. Thanks for your continuing interest!

What's next for Nanaimo's Five Acres Farm?

Nature Conservancy of Canada touts plan to protect 5,000 square km of Prairie grasslands

Diversifying crop rotation increases food production, reduces net

Human society under urgent threat from loss of Earth's natural

Crops are being engineered to thrive in our changing climate

Drought event

My Fear is Losing Everything”: The Climate Crisis and First

Changing Lives – Climate

China's eco farmers innovate to cope with extreme weather

AFSA

Integrating terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems to constrain estimates of land-atmosphere carbon exchange

Frontiers Circular economy and agritourism: a sustainable behavioral model for tourists and farmers in the post-COVID era

Six nature-based solutions for gardeners to help fight climate change

Growing in Sawdust: Alternative Planting Medium in Vertical Farming

World Heritage Centre - World Heritage and Sustainable Development