Project to Address Farmers’ Climate Grief

Oregon State University associate professor and small farm advisor Maud Powell will lead a team on a project called “Climate Stress & Grief: Building Awareness and Resilience Strategies for Ag Professionals & Producers in the West” that received a $100,000 SARE grant. The three-year project will support climate-stress resiliency among agricultural producers and professionals in the West with a 90-minute program that will help people unpack complex feelings ranging from sadness and terror to rage and guilt. Western SARE reports that the program will be used at conferences, offered online, and become the basis of discussion groups on climate stress.