Source: Dee Shore, NCSU COLLEGE OF AG & LIFE SCIENCES, 8/24/21


Weather can wreak havoc on a farm. In a blink, droughts, floods, cold and heat can destroy crops. That’s why agriculture stands to lose more as the climate changes than other economic sectors do. But when it comes to climate change, is agriculture a good guy, a bad guy, or both?

In this episode of Farms, Food and You, a state climate expert, a North Carolina State University economist, and two university soil scientists weigh in on climate change’s impact on agriculture.

They also talk about farming’s impact on climate change and agriculture’s role in helping address the problem.

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