First Scorched, Then Soaked: Weather Whiplash Confounds Farmers

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/09/us/kansas-wheat-harvest-drought.html?unlocked_article_code=fR3pH3qp_StajnWQyiZiYeLbBLvziezLSpp2YbTLX_2xvj3rG4hOKM2oma_D82TgU_z8VJFbaKuy75jR5ipEuMIC8ONGdHydZsjEfaPP4ikgCVrEAnoRO2czDLMSuEJm0rnuaESmrwboxt2gZuUlwnJsk8VBhw3_1DJiKYm5kaySNC2sXO9hecoIWrnW1aMbx3uZG1Gln_XUtclb89E56Beu_EwkqKgS1upF9ibDn3MFkmc4y0QQhakOGdIgOcBoKUcT7G1eIfHLIdFGUtxbpyJx4smJ4SprU4waPaLJEYIh34z3RFB-izV-tButYgaXimOvJFx1wQtYXb4yMy2OwNU

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empiricism@sustainability.masto.host · 5 pts · 3y (2 replies)

@silence7

"Confounds Farmers"?

Hadn't they heard of climate change?

cerement@slrpnk.net · 5 pts · 3y (1 reply)
  • heard of, yes
  • acknowledge, no
  • comprehend, no
empiricism@sustainability.masto.host · 2 pts · 3y

@cerement

Of course "farmers" covers a broad demographic (a spectrum). But yes, overall:

heard of, yes
acknowledge, no
comprehend, no

Is a fair assessment.

Though, l'd add "heard of yes, but, excuses" (some justifiable, many, simply excuses to not change their mono-industrial farming as usual methods)

Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y

When we are fighting eachother for resources, remember which side was anti-environment. Let them suffer the most.