>“We have now seen three of the five worst harvests on record this decade after extreme weather, telling a story of escalating climate impacts that farmers are unable to cope with.”
>“This is what farming with climate change looks like, as extreme weather wrecks harvests, hits farm incomes and reduces our food security.”
High-Tom-Titty on
Won’t be easy or cheap, but we’re going to have to adapt. Whether that means changing crops, drainage channels/systems for extreme rain, more water storage to mitigate drought. It’s not going to always be successful, but we can’t just keep trying the same things, and crossing our fingers.
LordLucian on
Unusually dry season to blame? I wonder what the cause of that could be..
thedeerhunter270 on
I have often wondered if building houses on greenfield sites is a good idea.
GhostRiders on
Good Luck getting British Farmers to change..
I have never met such a stubborn group people in all my life.
I swear to god given the chance half of them would still be using Cattle to pull ploughs
mnijds on
locally distributed hydroponics is surely going to be required
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>“We have now seen three of the five worst harvests on record this decade after extreme weather, telling a story of escalating climate impacts that farmers are unable to cope with.”
>“This is what farming with climate change looks like, as extreme weather wrecks harvests, hits farm incomes and reduces our food security.”
Won’t be easy or cheap, but we’re going to have to adapt. Whether that means changing crops, drainage channels/systems for extreme rain, more water storage to mitigate drought. It’s not going to always be successful, but we can’t just keep trying the same things, and crossing our fingers.
Unusually dry season to blame? I wonder what the cause of that could be..
I have often wondered if building houses on greenfield sites is a good idea.
Good Luck getting British Farmers to change..
I have never met such a stubborn group people in all my life.
I swear to god given the chance half of them would still be using Cattle to pull ploughs
locally distributed hydroponics is surely going to be required