Observations

2022-2024 Articles

The Race to Map the World’s Forests and Protect $110 Billion of Trade 0624 - for supply chains of food products to the European Union. EU wants deforestation-free or minimum food imports. Coffee, palm oil, cattle and soy highlighted. Many mall family farms find certification to be too expensive to do, and look elsewhere than EU to sell their products..

China’s $4 Billion Lychee Harvest Devastated by Extreme Weather 0524

US Midwest Spring Planting Is Delayed by Increasing Spring Rains 0524

Olive Oil Prices Climb as Production Falls to Lowest Levels in a Decade 0524

24+ Million Face Hunger, Water Shortages as Extreme Droughts, Floods Sweep Southern Africa 0424

Higher Temperatures Bring Higher Food and Other Prices 0324 - By 2060, the climate-triggered part of inflation should grow. Global food prices are predicted

to increase 2.2 to 4.3% annually, the study said. That translates to a 1.1 to 2.2% increase in overall inflation.

Climate Change, Extreme Weather & Conflict Exacerbate Global Food Crisis 0224

The World Is Quietly Losing the Land It Needs to Feed Itself 0224

Urban Farming Has a Surprisingly High Climate Toll 0124

As Extreme Weather Increasingly Threatens Crops, Taxpayers Pay the Price 1123

Disasters Cause $3.8 Trillion in Crop Losses over 30 Years – FAO 1023

Disease, Climate Change Cut Down Brazil's Orange Yields 1023

Blueberry Collapse in Peru - Analyzing Market Impact and Consequences 1023

Olive Oil Prices Reach Record Highs, as Spain’s Harvest Is Halved 1023

Food Prices Rise with Export Limits. Blame Climate Change, Ukraine War, Niño

Searing Heat Reshapes US Food Production 0923

Driest August in over a Century Risks Worsening India’s Grain Curbs 0823

Climate Change Is Helping Pests and Diseases Destroy Our Food 0823

Heavy Rains Devastate Crops in China’s Northeastern Grain Basket 0823

Olive Oil Industry in Crisis, as Europe’s Heat Wave Threatens Another Harvest 0723

Indian Culinary Must-Have, the Tomato, Is off the Menu, as Prices Jump 400% - 0723

What’s a Georgia Summer without Peaches? Not So Sweet 0723

Climate, Environmental Change Puts 90% of World's Marine Food at Risk 0623

The Climate Crisis Is Raising Your Grocery Bills 0423

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Plant Pandemics Threatening Global Food Supplies 0423

California’s Salmon Fishers Face Canceled Season 0423

Alaska’s Climate-Driven Fisheries Collapse Devastates Indigenous Communities 0323

With Climate Change, Crops Migrate North 1122

Egypt’s Barren Fields Are Dire Bellwether for Climate Summit 1122

Extreme Heat Is Stressing Cows, Jeopardizing Global Dairy Supply 1122

Africa’s Unreported Extreme Weather in 2022 and Climate Change 1022

West Africa Floods Destroy Crops, Worsening Hunger Fears 1022

Water Crisis Squeezes California Tomato Farmers, as Growing Costs Keep Rising 1022

‘The worst we’ve seen’ - Ranchers Threatened by Historic Heat and Drought 1022

Hotter Summers Are Baking the Water Out of Soil, at Unprecedented Rates 1022

Extreme Hunger on the Rise in the World’s Worst Climate Hot Spots 0922

US Farmers Face Plague of Pests as Global Heating Raises Soil Temperatures 0922

Horn of Africa Drought Places 22 Million People at Risk of Starvation 0822

Drought and Rising Prices Are Fueling Insecurity in Kenya 0822

Summer Nights Are Heating Up, Harming Crops and Livestock 0822

Heatflation - How Sizzling Temperatures Drive Up Food Prices 0722

Conflict, Climate Super-Charge Forces Behind African Famine, Food Insecurity 0622

49 Million People Face Famine as Ukraine War, Climate Disasters Intensify 0622

Climate Change Puts Agrivoltaic Projects in Northern Africa in the Spotlight 0522

A Heat Wave’s Lamented Victim - The Mango, India’s King of Fruits 0522

Crop Land ‘Deteriorating’ in Canada as Excess Rain Hinders Planting 0522

Climate Change Threatens China with Yet Another Deadly Flood Season 0522 - Flooding harms crops too.

Salt Scourge - The Dual Threat of Warming and Rising Salinity 0522

Wheat Can’t Catch a Break Right Now 0522 - war in Ukraine breadbasket, record heat in India, etc.

Heat to Scorch India’s Wheat Supplies, Adding Food-Shortage Worries to World 0522

Response to Rising Hunger Threatens Climate Goals 0422 - Further use of fossil fuels and an expansion of unsustainable agricultural practices could exacerbate the climate crisis and deepen poverty and food insecurity.

As Alaska Warms, Talkeetna Birch Tree Tappers Wrestle with Erratic Season 0422

China Faces Worst Crop Conditions Ever, due to Climate Change 0322

US Crop Insurance Payouts Rise Steeply, as Climate Change Worsens Droughts, Floods 0122

The Corn Belt’s Topsoil Loss Is Increasing Carbon Emissions, Lowering Yields 0122