Climate Change Is Intensifying Food Shocks

by Danielle Beurteaux

Photo courtesy of Elizabeth Whelan, former WHES board member

From rain-soaked fields in the Corn Belt to drowned livestock, food shocks—abrupt disruptions to food production—are becoming more common as a result of extreme weather.

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