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Coffee
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

Everyone feels like they are being scammed': can Central America's small coffee growers survive as global prices fall?

Climate change is making coffee farming unviable for Latin American producers through unpredictable weather, rising temperatures, and increased production costs.
Coffee
fromTasting Table
2 weeks ago

Why You Might Be Forced To Settle For Cacao-Free Chocolate In 2026 (Sorry, Chocolate Lovers) - Tasting Table

West African cocoa production faces severe climate challenges, forcing chocolate manufacturers to reduce cacao content and use substitute ingredients to maintain supply and profitability.
Agriculture
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Historic harvests and sky-high prices so why can't Colombia's coffee-growers hire pickers?

Colombia's coffee industry faces an existential crisis despite record prices, as climate change causes erratic seasons, labor shortages, and rural abandonment that threaten the viability of farming.
Environment
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Australian wildlife in harm's way' with volunteers left to pick up the pieces' amid climate crisis, fires and floods

Labor is urged to establish national wildlife protection standards for disaster response, with advocates warning biodiversity risks could become irreversible without coordinated government-funded rescue and rehabilitation services.
Chicago Bears
fromHigh Country News
2 weeks ago

Can Alaska save caribou by killing bears? - High Country News

Alaska's Mulchatna caribou herd has collapsed from 200,000 animals in the 1990s to 12,000 in 2022, devastating Indigenous subsistence hunting and prompting controversial wildlife management interventions including hunting bans and aerial predator culling.
Agriculture
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

I live in constant fear': surge in giant sinkholes threatens Turkey's farmers

Turkey's Konya region faces a catastrophic sinkhole crisis caused by severe drought and groundwater depletion, threatening agricultural viability and forcing residents to live in constant fear.
Snowboarding
fromThe Walrus
3 weeks ago

All That Glitters Is Not Snow: How Ski Resorts Are Replicating Reality | The Walrus

Ski resorts rely heavily on artificial snowmaking using massive amounts of water and energy, raising sustainability concerns as climate change shortens winters and increases production demands.
Environment
fromMail Online
3 weeks ago

Shrinking sea ice forces penguins into groups with catastrophic impact

Emperor penguins face extinction risk as shrinking sea ice forces them into crowded moulting colonies vulnerable to early ice breakup during their flightless, non-feeding period.
fromNature
6 months ago

Sweet like chocolate: researching in the shade of a cacao tree

The seven-year-old cacao tree ( Theobroma cacao) that I'm inspecting in this photo is part of the Model Cocoa Orchard established by the University of the West Indies' Cocoa Research Centre (CRC), where I work as a food-technology reearcher. My colleagues and I use this 1,500-tree orchard in Valsayn, a town in the north of the island of Trinidad, to better understand cocoa production.
Food & drink
Silicon Valley food
fromEater
10 months ago

Following a Devastating Hurricane, Neng Jr.'s and Asheville Restaurants Rebuild

Even successful restaurants like Neng Jr.'s struggle with economic challenges from natural disasters, highlighting vulnerabilities in the restaurant industry amidst climate change.
SF politics
fromwww.npr.org
11 months ago

Trump's Forest Service cuts have people in tinder dry New Mexico on edge

Concerns over federal budget cuts and staff reductions threaten wildfire preparedness efforts in the American West.
fromNon Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly
11 months ago

Taxation, Black Americans, and the Environment: What Altadena Teaches Us - Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly

"Research conducted immediately after the fires found that Black homeowners in Altadena were nearly 1.5 times more likely to have suffered major damage or complete destruction of their homes, compared to their non-Black neighbors."
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