Posted on 05/22/2014 4:42:08 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Climate change threatens to undermine not only how much food can be grown but also the quality of that food as altered weather patterns lead to a less desirable harvest, according to a new study.
Crops grown by many of the nation's farmers have a lower nutritional content than they once did, according to the report by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs.
Research indicates that higher carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere have reduced the protein content in wheat.
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Can they name one? It would be a stupid move since there has been no warming in the last 17+ years.
Oh, just barf. The things supposed “scientists” will do for grant money. Eisenhower warned us about the confluence of Big Government and Big Science.
BINGO ..!!!!!!!
Luckily this does not affect Hostess Twinkies, since they’re not nutritional to begin with.
Is there ANYTHING climate change can’t do?
Because plants and animals can’t change their range to accommodate a couple of degrees temperature change. / sarc
What’s funny is how most people who believe in global warming also believe in Evolution. So they don’t think species will adapt?
Glyphosate is great stuff….right?
Let’s see, “Some agricultural industries”, ?
That statement has no meaning.
Shifting north ? Shifting what ? their operations or their perspective ?
The cooler temperatures are finding them.
However, global warming will reduce the number of snowshoe accidents.
Their double-speak isn’t even creative anymore. lol
I like to garden, especially vegetable gardening,
There are many plants which like warmer temperatures. I would love a chance to grow these plants, but I live in New England and it is too cold. In fact, it’s colder here than it’s been in 103 year!!!
And carbon is making my greens so much greener. How is that bad??
Just who are these people? How long have they been around? Who funds them? What are their credentials? Idiots with a fax machine.
The Chicago Council on Global Affairs, founded in 1922 as The Chicago Council on Foreign Relations, is an independent, nonpartisan organization committed to influencing the discourse on global issues through contributions to opinion and policy formation, leadership dialogue, and public learning.
The Chicago Council hosts public programs and private events featuring world leaders and experts with views on global topics. The council runs task forces, conferences, studies, and leadership dialogue.
Activities[edit]
The council provides its members, policymakers, and the general public with a forum for the consideration of international issues and their bearing on American public policy. It organizes more than 150 meetings each year, including lectures, seminars, conferences, and a travel program, and hosts policymakers and foreign experts from around the world.
The council produces publications, including a biennial public opinion survey, and reports generated by task forces convened to study a specific issue. Recent task force topics have included:
“Engaging China and India: An Economic Agenda for Japan and the United States”
“Modernizing America’s Farm and Food Policy: Vision for a New Direction”
“A Shared Future: The Economic Engagement of Greater Chicago and Its Mexican Community”
Global Cities Index: Foreign Policy magazine, global management consulting firm A.T. Kearney and The Chicago Council on Global Affairs published the inaugural Global Cities Index in October 2008. The index is a ranking of the ways in which cities are integrating with the rest of the world. The Global Cities Index ranks cities’ metro areas according to 24 parameters across five dimensions - business activity, human capital, information exchange, cultural experience, and political engagement[7]
Michelle Obama was listed as a director on the Chicago Council website until her husband started gaining more attention during the 2008 Democratic nomination race.
History[edit]
The Chicago Council on Global Affairs was founded as the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations on February 20, 1922. At its inception, the council included 23 members with the purpose of opposing what they viewed as U.S. isolationism during the first World War. Ivo Daalder has served as President of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs since July, 2013.
Source: Wikipedia
Simple suggestion to fix climate globull warming which gets under the skin of liberals.
“Let’s build 100 desalination plants in Africa and run infrastructure to get water throughout the continent. With that water, crops can be planted to provide an abundance of food to the continent and beyond. In addition, all those plants will suck up the CO2, decreasing global warming. “
“Our mitigation plan if we cool too much is to strategically plant less crops”
What gets must liberal friends when I suggest this is that the Africans wouldn’t know how to do any of this.
I hear you. Liberals don’t have any concept of reality. They may be educated, they may be sophisticated, but they’re unable to grasp what life is really about. It’s peculiar.
All we will hear about for the next four years is climate change, with more pressure on “deniers”.
We are not sailing into good times, it will be as if Lysenko worked under Mao instead of Stalin (who only killed 20 million, an amateur compared to Chairman Mao).
Hey, as long as I have an endless supply of Rice Krispie treats, I am good...
This simple statement is the core of this whole article. Now: How many people rely on wheat for their daily protein?
Climate change is poisoning our precious bodily fluids.
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