An interesting bit of research here about how industrialized farming is more fragile to climate change, due to its dependence on single crops, maximum use of water resources, etc. Industrialized farming is optimized for, even dependent on, a single set of conditions — change those conditions, and the system has problems adopting.
Not good news for those who assume "rich countries" will be okay because they have lots of money. They (we) also have lots of money already invested in powerful but brittle system, and loss of that will not be fixed or worked around easily or cheaply.
In Age of Extreme Weather, Industrial Farming Threatens Us All
Extreme weather is damaging to crop production and threatens food safety worldwide, according to a new study published in Nature on Wednesday. And the most developed nations like the U.S., which rely heavily on industrial monocultures for food production, are particularly vulnerable.
