Food security

Six foods threatened by climate change

Climate change isn’t just threatening our planet; it’s also threatening some of our favourite food and drink.

Co-creator of YouTube channel ASAP Science, Greg Brown, told CTV’s Your Morning that as weather become less predictable farming becomes more difficult.

The rise in global temperatures also means more pests and funguses that threaten the plants and the overall result is lower quality food at a higher price.

So which tasty foods, and drink, might not be around for much longer?

Coffee yields are down in places such as Costa Rice, Ethiopia and India. That’s because of an increase in temperature, dryness and drastic rainfall, according to Brown, a popular online science educator. The unpredictability means it’s hard for coffee farmers to know how their coffee beans are going to grow.

While other parts of the world could become coffee producers, it might be hard to determine where those areas are before it is too late, Brown added...