8 foods you're about to lose due to climate change

The Guardian ^ | October 29, 2014 | by Twilight Greenaway

[Oldeconomybuyer]

As worsening drought and extreme weather devastate crops, you may begin seeing global warming when you open your fridge.

According to David Lobell,deputy director of the Center on Food Security and the Environment at Stanford University, “The general story is that agriculture is sensitive. It’s not the end of the world; but it will be a big enough deal to be worth our concern.”

Lobell has already noticed the effect of climate change on some crops. For example, he says, yield data from corn and wheat production suggests that these two staples are already being negatively affected by the changing climate. Similarly, fruit and nuts are also showing the impact of climate change. Fruit trees require “chilling hours”, or time in cold, wintry environments, for optimum production.

Here’s a list of the foods to enjoy now – while they’re comparatively plentiful.

Corn (and the animals that eat it)

Coffee

Chocolate

Seafood

Maple syrup

Beans

Cherries

Wine grapes

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Twilight Greenaway is a writer and editor who focuses on food and sustainability. She is managing editor of Civil Eats

[Drew68]

Here’s a list of the foods to enjoy now – while they’re comparatively plentiful.

Worst case scenario, these foods will still remain plentiful, they'll just be grown elsewhere.

[Voltage]

Actually higher levels of CO-2 will increase crop yields.

[Fungi]

Nonsense.

[stinkerpot65]

How do you know when an environmentalist is lying?

His lips are moving.

[knarf]

My favorite shelled almond snack has disappeared from my local WallyWorld and replaced with in shell pistachio's .... which are ok .. BUT .. I have to work to eat 'em.

From California .... climate victim ?

[jmacusa]

“Lions and tigers and bears oh my!!’’

[oblomov]

>>>For example, he says, yield data from corn and wheat production suggests that these two staples are already being negatively affected by the changing climate.

Suggests? Is that the best they can do? Let’s see some statistical evidence.

[katnip]

I guess we should stop feeding that precious corn into our gas tanks then!

[Paladin2]

She’s been eating loco weed.

[Steely Tom]

Tell us about some foods we've already lost due to climate change.

[GeronL]

California is not a climate victim, they simply redirected water from farmers to the cities.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

How does ‘Miss’ Greenaway know that I haven’t ALREADY cornered the coffee and chocolate markets?

She don’t know me very well, do she? ;)

[trisham]

“Twilight” Greenaway? Let me guess...

[Newbomb Turk]

we went from $8 corn last year to $3.75 corn this year because of the over abundance of corn produced.

B.S. story.

[kjam22]

I’m just saying.... I got enough coffee stored to last one heavy coffee drinker a VERY, VERY, long time.

[MNDude]

showing a picture of these articles always puts them into even better perspective.

[SkyDancer]

When they go out for a steak dinner they say is bad for you.

[mountainlion]

I did not realize that Maple syrup was a crop.

[B4Ranch]

Corn and wheat are two grains that make cows and people fatter. Perhaps there won’t be as many problems with obesity in the future.