America’s Food System Could Be More Vulnerable to Climate Change Than We Thought

Mother Jones: For billions of people around the world, the most immediate threat posed by climate change is at the dinner table, as staple crops face a steadily worsening onslaught of drought, heat waves, and other extreme weather events. The United States certainly isn't immune to these challenges; for proof, just look at California, where an unprecedented drought has cost the state's agriculture industry billions. Still, the conventional thinking among many scientists is that developing countries, particularly......

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