Women and Non-binary in Vegetable and Small Fruit Program

Women and non-binary farmers have been underrepresented in historic agricultural outreach programs.

This Climate Adaptation and Mitigation Fellowship cohort creates a community of female-identifying and non-binary producers and advisors who will learn about climate change adaptation and mitigation together.

This program is for female-identifying and non-binary producers and advisors located in the Northeast region of the United States (Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Delaware, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Maryland, and the District of Columbia) or the Midwest region (Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Indiana and Illinois). The program targets growers who produce vegetables and small fruit.

Program Goals

• Provide geographically specific climate change information relevant to vegetable and small fruit production

• Empower female and non-binary farmers and agricultural advisors to become climate leaders in their communities through peer-to-peer learning

• Create opportunities for farmers to create farm-specific climate adaptation and mitigation plans with support

• Strengthen agricultural advisor knowledge and abilities in climate adaptation and mitigation planning

• Support development of outreach and education products that reach farmers and agricultural advisors beyond the program

What do Fellows in this program do?

• Work in farmer/service provider pairs throughout fellowship 

• Receive online climate change training and resources from subject matter experts

• Build a community of other diversified agriculture and agroforestry practitioners and advisors who are concerned about and ready to address climate change. 

• Learn how to create a farm-specific climate adaptation and mitigation plans 

• Gain experience and confidence talking about climate change