Posted on 07/08/2023 5:37:00 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
... As Earth this week set and then repeatedly broke unofficial records for average global heat, it served as a reminder of a danger that climate change is making steadily worse for farmworkers and others who labor outside.
Farm workers are 35 times more likely to die of heat exposure than workers in other industries, according to the National Institutes of Health, but there is no federal heat standard that ensures their health and safety.
Climate change makes extreme heat more likely and more intense. Farm work is particularly dangerous because workers raise their internal body temperature by moving, lifting and walking at the same time they’re exposed to high heat and humidity, said Dr. Jonathan Patz, chair of health and the environment at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Even as the heat makes life more challenging for agricultural workers, unsustainable farming practices are also contributing to the emissions that fuel climate extremes. Patz, of the University of Wisconsin, noted the need to reduce the demand for meat in Western diets. He and Franks both called for changes in farming that could use less water and fertilizer and store more of the carbon that contributes to climate change.
“I think looking at ways to do agriculture in more sustainable, regenerative ways that actually are better for the climate and for the workers, I think it’s possible,” Franks said.
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Real headline:
AP discovers summer is hot; Melina turns up air conditioning
Farming insects is so much safer. It just makes sense....
It’s hot in the summer working on Happy Acres Farm. Who knew?
Crop yields would be so much better if the temperatures never went above 50 and constant rains made the fields knee-deep mud.
But, thanks to “regenerative” BS, all is good.
Many vegetables are cool weather crops - lettuce, spinach, broccoli, cauliflower, etc.
Tree fruit tends to be harvested in fall. Apples and pears come to mind.
Even *IF* there is some contribution to the climate by humanity, please explain why a warmer planet is a bad thing.
When it was last considerably warmer than today, the Sahara was smaller and rivers flowed there, while the arctic and antarctic were both verdant with life.
Cold kills far more people than heat does.
Why hasn’t it been a big story that a big city like L.A. has had record cool temperatures in 2023?
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4165835/posts
The cooler/colder weather in California, Oregone and Washington has been ignored by those who make money lying about Gorebal Warming.
It’s Sumner and we won’t break 80° at all this week in San Juan Bautista, California.
Should be over 80° bur, today we won’t even break 70°
Terrible..../S
They talk about a “warming earth” only in the summertime. Never in winter.
I GREW UP ON A DAIRY FARM LESS THAN & MILES FROM THE UW-MADISON CAMPUS.
IT was HOT & Humid-—BUT all farm chores had to be done.
NO GATORADE, either. Just water.
TODAY’S SNOWFLAKES do NOT even have a clue how to actually WORK—WARM OR COLD.
Yes, today’s kids are “all about woke”, not “work”!!!
Farms are big. People are small. There are more jobs to do on a farm than any other workplace bar none. The farmer and members of the family are often in situations working with no one else anywhere near them.
Farmers in upstate New York could grow mangos, bananas and cotton, if “climate change” were real. An extended growing season and warmer temperatures would be a good thing. As for “rising sea levels,” build dykes. It’ll give the welfare recipients something to do.
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