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"#Prices for #OliveOil are surging further in to record-breaking territory after an extended period of unusually dry weather in southern #Europe damaged crops."

#Spain #ClimateInflation
https://www.ft.com/content/5f0b2e0b-8100-42d0-9a87-fef4a57addeb

"#Florida's #orange trees have suffered from #hurricane winds and a mounting epidemic of #disease this year.

This year’s dismal harvest probably will make already #expensive orange juice even more so. A gallon has climbed above $10."

#ClimateInflation
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/06/17/florida-oranges-shortage/

"The significant increase in #tomato prices in #India, surpassing 400 per cent, can be linked to crop failure induced by extremely high temperatures and heavy #rainfall.

#ClimateChange-related #ExtremeWeather events are a significant contributing factor to the present scarcity of #tomatoes."

#ClimateInflation
https://www.wionews.com/trending/has-it-shaken-your-kitchen-too-making-sense-of-indias-climate-driven-tomato-crisis-615243

"Cereal production in southern #Europe is expected to fall by up to 60% on last year in the wake of the #Charon #heatwave currently gripping the continent."

#food #ClimateInflation
https://www.thegrocer.co.uk/sourcing/cereal-crops-decimated-by-europes-heatwave/681361.article

Beyond 2023:

"Successive #heatwaves threaten nature’s ability to provide us with #food, say researchers, as they warn of an “unseen, silent dying” in our #oceans amid record temperatures scorching the Earth."

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/21/rampant-heatwaves-threaten-food-security-of-entire-planet-scientists-warn

" #India last week suspended exports of non-basmati varieties of #rice after heavy #monsoon rainfall damaged newly planted crops due to be harvested in winter. With rice retail prices up 3 per cent in the past month and 11.5 per cent over the past year, the government hopes to quell food #inflation by reserving more grain for the domestic market."

#ClimateInflation
https://www.business-standard.com/economy/news/despite-best-efforts-india-s-food-security-being-choked-by-climate-change-123072500089_1.html

As an aside:
Why feed your car fleet before feeding your people?

"#India looks on track to hit a 20 per cent ethanol blending rate by 2025 as it seeks to trim its oil import bill. That’s putting pressure on farm production, however. #Sugarcane is a thirsty crop which, unlike most Indian food grains, needs a whole year or more to grow to maturity. It predominates in many of the same northern states where rice and wheat would otherwise be grown."

https://www.business-standard.com/economy/news/despite-best-efforts-india-s-food-security-being-choked-by-climate-change-123072500089_1.html

This thread by @skarthik has a lot of revealing detail about food production and policy, the effects of #ClimateChange and the global repercussions. Read the whole thing.

https://mastodon.social/@skarthik@neuromatch.social/110782661674342327

"The greatest challenge posed by #ExtremeWeather right now, agronomists say, is to specialty crops: the #peaches in Georgia and #olives in Spain, for instance, but also #berries in the Pacific Northwest and #cherries in western Michigan, and almonds in California"

#ClimateInflation
https://www.wired.com/story/this-scorching-summer-is-taking-a-toll-on-your-favorite-foods/

"#Oregon’s #cherry harvest, one of the state’s biggest sources of agricultural income, is in dire straits because of #ClimateChange this year, and growers need emergency relief."

#GOP rep:
“Unfortunately, our cherry producers have been facing severe hardships due to unprecedented and adverse weather conditions in Oregon such as ice storms, excessive #heat, and #wildfire smoke impacts caused by a warming #climate.”

https://www.wweek.com/news/2023/08/04/oregon-cherry-harvest-thrashed-by-climate-change-needs-emergency-aid-gop-rep-says/

"Following atmospheric events such as #floods, #hail and high temperatures, #pear yields in #Italy are down 63% year-on-year, tand the otal supply in Europe is down 13%. According to Euronews, pears have also been affected in France, where the harvest has fallen by 23%.

The harvest of grapes, watermelons, apricots, tomatoes and aubergines in Italy also suffered losses related to the #climate."

h/t @RSMacKinnon@mstdn.ca
https://liltparma.it/i-frutteti-italiani-si-stanno-riducendo-a-causa-delle-condizioni-meteorologiche-estreme-avvertono-gli-agricoltori/

#ClimateChange comes for your orange juice.

#Florida: hurricanes, unseasonable frost, insect infestation;
#Brazil, #California, #Texas: #ExtremeHeat;
#Spain, #Portugal, #Italy, #France: yellow dragon disease.

"Futures prices for frozen concentrated #OrangeJuice have roughly doubled in the last year to more than $3 a pound and could rise further, prompting warnings that prices are set to surge further on the shelves."

#ClimateInflation
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/11/ravaged-orange-crop-in-florida-raises-fears-of-surge-in-us-juice-prices-aoe

"#Rice prices surged to their highest in almost 12 years" for several reasons.
"Among them: extreme climate from #GlobalWarming, along with the onset of #ElNiño for the first time in seven years, Russia’s withdrawal from the Black Sea grain initiative and protectionist food policies in the form of #TradeRestrictions."

#ClimateInflation
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/08/22/asia-food-inflation-fears-rise-as-rice-prices-surge.html

"Across much of the country, the #food system also struggled. In #Texas, farmers reported smaller yields as their #corn and #cotton crops struggled to survive soaring summer temperatures. In #Arizona, beekeepers spotted dead #honeybees outside hives. Even underwater, off the coast of #LongIsland, #kelp farmers recorded another year of shrinking yields."

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/02/farming-food-supply-climate-change-drought-rain

#Cambodia's crab fishermen are struggling with a #WarmingSea.

“I feel despair that I cannot harvest even one #crab after a day, when about five years ago, I would have caught about 10 kg to 20 kg (22 pounds to 44 pounds) of crabs.”

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/cambodia-fishermen-struggle-sea-warms-213426319.html

Estimated $447 million in losses for #Florida #agriculture from #HurricaneIdalia.

"The state Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services said the storm, which made landfall in Taylor County at Category 3 strength before crossing other areas of rural North Florida, had its biggest impact on such things as #cattle and #poultry operations, followed by #FieldCrops."

https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/floridas-agricultural-losses-from-hurricane-idalia-mounting/

#ClimateChange is coming for your #PecanPie

"Two years into an “exceptional” #drought—and after nearly eighty days of scorching triple-digit temperatures—Millican, like many #pecan farmers across Central #Texas, expects many of his trees to die this year. He anticipates losing as much as 10 percent of his orchard, nearly a thousand of the farm’s pecan trees. Many of those that do survive will produce a significantly smaller crop, both in number and physical size. "

https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/central-texas-pecans-heat-drought/

"#ExtremeWeather is increasing the cost of #CropInsurance and making it harder for farmers to secure coverage."

Farmers pass on that cost, increasing the price of food.
#ClimateInflation
https://www.agriculture.com/drowning-in-drought-7974186

Soils are warming fast, contributing to crop failures.

"The Earth is heating up, and not just its atmosphere and oceans. The #soil itself is getting warmer, too, leading to more #ExtremeSoilHeat around the planet – along with unclear but ominous consequences for surface dwellers like us.

They found the number of days with heat extremes is increasing twice as quickly in the soil as it is in the air."

https://www.sciencealert.com/weve-been-overlooking-a-major-part-of-climate-change-and-its-sending-warning-signs

"#Drought and #ExtremeHeat waves have halved Spanish #OliveOil production. The price at origin has increased by 112 per cent since last year, but farmers like Jesús Anchuelo of the Small Farmers Union say they're losing money. "

#ClimateInflation
https://www.euronews.com/2023/10/03/spain-hit-hard-by-rising-price-of-olive-oil-as-climate-change-takes-its-toll-on-production

"#Tanzania’s onion limits this year are part of the “contagion” of #food restrictions from countries spooked by supply shortages and increased demand for their produce, said Joseph Glauber, senior research fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute.

Globally, 41 food #ExportRestrictions from 19 countries are in effect, ranging from outright bans to taxes, according to the institute."

https://apnews.com/article/food-prices-export-bans-climate-change-aa7135b3a7f5ef9df440e94825880346

#Brazil is the largest producer of coffee beans.

"Farmers in the region have long viewed #coffee as a good way to make a living. Today the coffee industry employs more than 14 million people across #LatinAmerica. In recent years, though, #ClimateChange, pests and declining coffee prices have created a perfect storm that threatens the welfare of millions of producers and their families."

https://www.iadb.org/en/improvinglives/most-unexpected-effect-climate-change

"#Climate breakdown is already changing the taste and quality of #beer, scientists have warned.

The quantity and quality of #hops, a key ingredient in most beers, is being affected by global heating, according to a study. As a result, beer may become more expensive and manufacturers will have to adapt their brewing methods."

#ClimateInflation
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/10/climate-crisis-will-make-europes-beer-cost-more-and-taste-worse-say-scientists

"Over the last 30 years, an estimated $3.8 trillion worth of #crops and #livestock production has been lost due to #disaster events, corresponding to an average loss of $123 billion per year or 5 percent of annual global agricultural gross domestic product (GDP), according to a new report released today by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (#FAO)."

In case you're wondering why food is getting so expensive.
#ClimateInflation

https://www.fao.org/newsroom/detail/first-ever-global-estimation-of-the-impact-of-disasters-on-agriculture/en

@michaelwong

Many farmers are resistant to change in the way they do things - like most of us, it should be said.

Changing the way you do things requires an upfront investment, and that's hard if you're already beleaguered, by climate change on one hand, and downward price pressures on the other had. There ARE farmers who are ready but they help negotiating the transition to regenerative growing methods,