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Farmers in California are pivoting to frost-sensitive and heat-tolerant crops as temperatures rise with climate change — introducing some new and unfamiliar fruits and other foods to the state, including mangoes, cherimoya, dragonfruit, white sapote, coffee and more.

Robert Verloop is the Executive Director and CEO of the California Walnut Board and Commission. He noted that part of the new Strategic Plan for Walnuts will be changing the way they sell walnuts to consumers.

The future of farming in California is changing as the planet warms, prompting some to grow varieties resistant to heat or drought.

In a world of worsening heatwaves, flooding, drought, glacial melting, megafires and other calamities of a changing climate, Gary Gragg is an optimist. As California...

The future of farming in California is changing as the planet warms, altering the rain and heat patterns that guide which crops are grown where. “We’re adjusting for survival,” one grower said.

The future of farming in California is changing as the planet warms, altering the rain and heat patterns that guide which crops are grown where. “We’re adjusting for survival,” one grower said. Story from @CalMatters.

The future of farming in California is changing as the planet warms, altering the rain and heat patterns that guide which crops are grown where. “We’re adjusting for survival,” one grower said.

The future of farming in California is changing as the planet warms, altering the rain and heat patterns that guide which crops are grown where. “We’re adjusting for survival,” one grower said.

Robert Verloop is the Executive Director and CEO of the California Walnut Board and Commission. He describes the need for a new Strategic Plan for the industry.

Robert Verloop is the Executive Director and CEO of the California Walnut Board and Commission. He comments on the need to reposition walnuts in grocery stores so consumers can find them and buy them more often.