Reading Time: 2 minutes Colorado State University — Extreme, prolonged drought conditions in grasslands and shrublands would greatly limit the long-term health of crucial ecosystems that cover nearly half the planet, says new research published in the journal Science. “Climate change is bringing more severe and longer-lasting droughts to many locations around the world. Some ecosystems have shown resilience […] Read more
Prolonged drought causes unprecedented productivity loss: Study
People-first winery plays the long game
This Nova Scotian winery proves that focusing on the right things at the right time leads to success
Reading Time: 6 minutes The Annapolis Valley in Nova Scotia, an hour north of Halifax, seems an unlikely place to find a thriving winery making world-class wines from locally grown grapes. But Benjamin Bridge, which began as a passion project for the founders 25 years ago, has grown into a successful and innovative winery. Keltie MacNeill is the director […] Read more
What are atmospheric rivers and why do they cause flooding?
Reading Time: 2 minutes Atmospheric rivers are storms akin to rivers in the sky that dump massive amounts of rain and can cause flooding, trigger mudslides and result in loss of life and enormous property damage.
Climate change worries Canadian farmers: poll
Data shows east-west split over climate, cost and government concerns
Reading Time: 3 minutes A poll released Dec. 11 suggests that Canadian farmers worry more about the impacts of climate change than they do about input costs and market prices for canola, corn, wheat and cattle.
Belgian climate scientists grow the pears of the future
Reading Time: 2 minutes Belgian researchers are growing pears in a controlled environment that simulates how climate change will affect the region in 2040. Their aim is to see what global warming has in store for Europe's fruit growers.
Solar dry, soldier fly, AI: Africans fight hunger with innovation
Reading Time: 4 minutes Alongside container farms in South Africa cultivating soldier flies for animal feed, solar-powered fish and crop dryers in Tanzania and machine-learning pest detectors in Kenya, Africans are coming up with innovative solutions to overcome the effects of climate change on food production.
Farmworkers in the US cultivate their own heat safety standards
Fair Food Program seeks to circumvent slow regulatory process
Reading Time: 4 minutes While regulations to protect agricultural workers from the heat have been held up by political wrangling, Gonzalo and her colleagues have spearheaded an alternate strategy. They seek to sidestep the slow and increasingly politicized government machinery and instead appeal directly to consumers and large brands.
Are you ready for climate change?
[Change Management: Climate] Today’s changing climate may bring new and heightened risks and opportunities
Reading Time: 5 minutes Farmers know better than anyone that changes in temperature or precipitation have a ripple effect on our interdependent global agricultural systems. The impacts of climate change could result in more disruptions to food supply chains around the world and increased market volatility here in Canada. For most of Canada, complex climate models predict wetter springs, […] Read more
EU recommends ambitious 2040 climate target, goes light on farming
In face of farmer protests, EU weakens some recommendations related to agriculture
Reading Time: 3 minutes The European Commission recommended on Tuesday that the EU slash net greenhouse gas emissions by 90 per cent by 2040, an ambitious target that will test political appetite for the region's fight against climate change ahead of EU elections.
Senate votes to shorten sunset clause on beleaguered Bill C-234
NFU calls for bill to be passed, feds to incentivize clean heating technology for farm buildings
Reading Time: 2 minutes Senators voted by a 44-40 margin yesterday to shorten the sunset clause on carbon price exemption bill C-234. Senator Yuen Pau Woo introduced the amendment on Dec. 7, saying it would align it with the deadline on the Liberal government’s heating oil carbon price exemption.
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