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10 Sep, 7 tweets, 7 min read
'Hurricane Ida ... took its toll on American agriculture, in ways both obvious and subtle'

Severe winds & flooding damaging crops, seawater infiltration, damage to ports...

#ClimateCrisis #agriculture #HurricaneIda
modernfarmer.com/2021/09/hurric…
'Everything is Gone’ New Jersey’s Largest Dairy Devastated by Hurricane Ida

-National Weather Service confirmed 5 tornadoes touched down in New Jersey & eastern Pennsylvania during the fierce thunderstorms triggered by the leftovers of Hurricane Ida

agweb.com/weather/everyt…
☝️in case you were wondering about the connection between hurricanes & tornadoes (I was) - see:

nytimes.com/2020/08/04/cli…
"A close eye will be on the impact of Hurricane Ida as more reports of broken grain elevators, widespread power outages, and shuttered export terminals could cause the supply chain to back up during the harvest season"

#HurricaneIda #food #ClimateCrisis
finance.yahoo.com/news/cibo-anno…
Lower Mississippi grain exports still impacted due to Hurricane Ida caused power outages two weeks after landfall.

& now... disruptions from Hurricane Nicholas.

#supplychains #hurricaneida2021 #HurricaneNicholas #FoodSystems
wkzo.com/2021/09/13/u-s…
bakingbusiness.com/articles/54686…
'Hurricane Ida struck the heart of the U.S. fertilizer industry, and now Storm Nicholas threatens even more damage in the Gulf of Mexico, potentially driving up the cost to produce food.'

#HurricaneNicholas #AgTwitter #ClimateEmergency #foodie
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Overview of agricultural commodities previously threatened by Ida (e.g. 28% of US eggs, 48% of sugarcane)

-Demonstrating more broadly the vulnerability of east coast ag to #ClimateChange intensified hurricanes.

#foodsecurity #USPolitics #food
fb.org/market-intel/h…

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Jim Baird Profile picture
3 Sep
Food security and climate change: a critical warning for humanity-

Thread synthesizing peer-reviewed research, current news, market intelligence analysis & more.

#CodeRed #ActNow #ClimateCrisis #foodblogger #foodsecurity #news
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In sum:

1) Significant climate change impacts on food systems are already happening, & the risk of multi-breadbasket failures is increasing,

2) We will need to adapt, but

3) There are limits to adaptation - we urgently, urgently need to cut GHG emissions & draw down CO2.
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This thread consists of 3 parts:

Part 1 - The Present
Part 2 - Warnings
Part 3 - Choosing our Future

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25 Aug
'It's not just harvests in the U.S. that are suffering — worldwide grain inventories are "dwindling"'

#ClimateCrisis #foodblogger #foodtwitter
yahoo.com/news/extreme-h…
And it's not just the crops:

“We are seeing a lot of despair right now, a lot of fear, a lot of anxiety" 

“We've got a lot of multi-generational farmers that are worried, ‘Am I going to be the one this year that can't make this farm last and sustain?’"

mprnews.org/story/2021/08/…
One current example:

'Kazakhstan expects its 2021 grain crop to contract by 24% to 15.3mn tonnes amid the major drought across much of Eurasia that has hit main grain producing regions'

#ClimateCrisis #foodblogger #FoodTwitter
intellinews.com/kazakhstan-set…
Read 6 tweets
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12 Mar
I am (likely unwisely) wandering into the fray of the current ‘doomism’ debate.

Let me start by saying I offer no clear solutions, just nuance for consideration; admit culpability to being doomist at times; and blame no one except for the fossil fuel companies...
...that have pushed us into this corner where we are anxious, frustrated and exhausted from the challenges of what at times seems like an intractable problem.

My hope is that we can all work and engage respectfully and work towards effective #ClimateAction, recognizing:
-on the one hand that climate scientists have no doubt dealt with tremendous bullying, harassment and misinformation, all the while being ignored and downplayed by government after government (I really can’t imagine the stress and angst this would engender)
Read 11 tweets
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16 Jan
Great summary from @GroIntel on how #ClimateChange impacted food production around the world this year (highlights in the next several tweets)

Paralleling observations in my thread 👇
'Climate-related disasters struck one after another, impacting crop production around the world.'

gro-intelligence.com/insights/artic…
'After years in a row of global climate “anomalies" & lower than expected crop production, it seems prudent to reinforce preparations, in 2021 & beyond, to manage for these new climate and production norms and the anomalies that will develop from here on'

gro-intelligence.com/insights/artic…
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9 Jan
Between, #Trump, #COVID19 and other disasters, it has been all to easy to miss the series of climate catastrophes that accumulated around the world in 2020.

It is a shocking list 👇 that most missed in the noise

Please keep #ClimateAction in the forefront - for food, for life
"One clear reason for the phenomenon's intensification is the climate crisis'

"The climate crisis is already hurting Israeli agriculture. The various climatic effects are becoming more powerful & unpredictable"

#Israel #FoodForThought #FarmingTwitter
bit.ly/3nsCKt5
Ukraine- 'lost 570,000 ha of winter crops due to prolonged droughts & unusually intense spring frosts. Further droughts during the spring & summer seasons resulted in additional losses including 200,000 ha of corn & lower crop yields across the country'
bit.ly/39lZm9O
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9 Jan
Last year, I summarized how climate change related extreme weather impacted agriculture & food production:

What follows is an update for 2020.

#ClimateChange #foodsecurity #agriculture
This is How Climate Change Impacted Food Security Around the Globe in 2020

*thread*

#ClimateChange #foodsecurity #agriculture #food
In sum:

2020 was the year of drought.

And flooding.

And cyclones.

And locusts.

#ClimateChange #foodsecurity #agriculture #food
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