Wednesday, March 6, 2013

The link between climate change and the food on your plate

Indy Week: A North Carolina banana is small but sweet. About half the size of its Costa Rican counterpart, it grows from a single tree in Chatham County. There it winters inside a building at the Plant in Pittsboro. After the April frost, it sunbathes in the North Carolina heat and humidity until late fall. "My husband wants to be able to say bananas can be grown in North Carolina," laughs Tami Schwerin, executive director of The Abundance Foundation, which is located at the Plant. The group educates people...

URL: http://www.indyweek.com/indyweek/the-link-between-climate-change-and-the-food-on-your-plate/Content?oid=3369271
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