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Natalie Sirna, KOBI TV5 September 11th 2024
JACKSON COUNTY, Ore. – Climate change is one of the many factors that drive food insecurity, with shifting conditions and extreme weather events disrupting agricultural productivity.
“As everybody knows, we have been having these unreasonably warm periods of time,” said Alan Journet, the co-founder of Southern Oregon Climate Action Now, a non-profit that seeks to address the consequences of climate change. When it comes to agriculture, Journet says climate change brings hotter growing seasons and drier conditions that affect water availability.
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