Author and sustainable agriculture professor Laura Lengnick talks climate change and food systems

Posted on — Kat McReynolds
Photo of Lengnick from event page

Warren Wilson College sustainable agriculture professor Laura Lengnick will address issues of farming in a changing climate and building resilient and sustainable food systems at her free talk and panel discussion on Monday, Jan. 26, at 7 p.m.

The event, held in anticipation of Lengnick’s upcoming release of Resilient Agriculture: Cultivating Food Systems for a Changing Climate, will largely explore the impacts of climate change on US-based food systems. Lengnick’s resume also includes lead authorship of US Department of Agriculture report entitled, “Climate Change and U.S. Agriculture: Effects and Adaptation.”

Following Lengnick’s talk is a panel discussion on local food systems, moderated by Charlie Jackson, director of Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project. Panelists include Dr. Lengnick; Jim Fox, Director for the National Environmental Modeling and Analysis Center (NEMAC); Sally Eason, CEO of Sunburst Trout Farms; Dr. Allison Perrett, Researcher with ASAP’s Local Food Research Center.

The event takes place at UNC Asheville’s Sherrill Center in the Mission Health Mountain View Room. Click here for more information.

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