CONCORD, N.H. — Birch syrup? Beech? Walnut? Sycamore? Maple trees — and the sap that flows through them — reign supreme for syrup-making in New England. But with a record-warm winter, some maple syrup producers have seen a decline in their production this year. The season got underway earlier than usual in the southern part…
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Companies face new rules over climate change : NPR
Farmer Rob Stone (R) and Gregory Gingera, a canola breeder at Corteva Agriscience, walk through Stone’s field in Davidson, Saskatchewan, Canada in May. Canadian farmers are looking for ways to deal with recurrent drought, including planting earlier and using seeds that are more resistant to heat. GEOFF ROBINS/AFP via Getty Images hide caption Farmer Rob…
Major farming nation forcing closure of 3,000 farms to combat ‘climate change’
(Image by RENE RAUSCHENBERGER from Pixabay) In an effort to comply with strict European Union standards based largely on the premise that mankind is causing catastrophic climate change, the Netherlands plans to force the sale and closure of 3,000 farms. Significantly, the European nation is the second-largest exporter of agriculture in the world after the…
Australian Farmer of the Year Michael Taylor shows how farming diversity can lead to sustainability – ABC News
Coming back to the family merino operation in 2004, Michael Taylor never imagined diversity he brought to the rolling hills of the farm would see him crowned the 2022 Farmer of the Year. That is exactly what has happened, though, with My Taylor recognised for the way he has kept traditional roots alive while diversifying the operation…
WATCH: Dutch Farmers Spray Manure, Block Roads to Protest ‘Climate Change’ Measures – Gript
Thousands of Dutch farmers are continuing to protest what they say is an attempt by their government to destroy their livelihoods. 🚨🚨⚠️⚠️The Dutch protesters are pouring manure on government offices, flooding streets, and becoming all together ungovernable. This uprising is in response to the WEF controlled government shutting down farms to “save the planet.” You…
Guardian columnist George Monbiot says farming should be ABOLISHED to stop climate change | Daily Mail Online
Environmental campaigner George Monbiot has claimed farming should be abolished because meat can be replaced with food made out of lab-grown bacteria. Writing in his latest book, the Guardian columnist said the world must do away with meat and dairy production because it is a ‘phenomenally profligate’ way to produce food. The writer, who describes farming…
Climate change already pushing up food prices, causing shortages and will get worse, report says – ABC News
Climate change is already increasing the price Australians pay for food and the problem will only get worse, a new report has warned. Key points: The environment group Farmers for Climate Action, which commissioned the report, has warned global warming will lead to higher food prices and shortages for consumers. “Australia’s food supply chain is…
Al Gore on Climate Change: Stop Using ‘Sky as an Open Sewer’
More than 40 years after Al Gore started sounding the alarm that global warming threatened the planet and human existence, the former vice president is still preaching the perils of climate change. Gore’s 2006 film An Inconvenient Truth made him a wealthy man and he won an Oscar and a Nobel Peace Prize, even though…
Arab world: Conflict and climate change drive Syria’s water crisis – Qantara.de
The September sun is setting over the old olive grove as Ahmad Mahmoud Alahri walks pensively from tree to tree. The 52-year-old breaks off a piece of dry, dead wood and drops it on the dusty grey earth. “My brother and I once planted 8,000 trees here. There were not just olives, but also lemon trees…
Native Americans farming practices hold potential amid climate change – Washington Post
TUCSON — Indigenous peoples have known for millennia to plant under the shade of the mesquite and paloverde trees that mark the Sonoran Desert here, shielding their crops from the intense sun and reducing the amount of water needed. The modern-day version of this can be seen in the Santa Catalina Mountains north of Tucson,…
