Michigan NPR Digital Services RSS Generator 0.94 NPR Digital Services RSS Generator 0.94 Michigan Tue, 25 May 2021 11:16:13 +0000 https://www.harvestpublicmedia.org Laurel Wamsley The apples won't be harvested until October. But when fourth-generation fruit grower Phil Schwallier walks through his orchard in Sparta, Mich., he already knows which ones he won't be able to sell. "This one's got a little sunburn on it," he says in early July. "A red yellowish color developing here on the part that's facing the sun. That's just from Friday, Saturday, Sunday, when it was so hot." The warming climate is an increasing problem for agriculture. As weather disasters like heat waves and floods become more frequent and severe , crops are at risk of damage. But even in a good year, slowly rising temperatures make growing the food we eat more difficult. For instance, too much heat can mess with an apple's color. If nights don't cool down enough for their pigment to fix in place, an apple that is supposed to turn red won't — ending up a murky pinkish-brown instead. Then there is frost risk: If the temperature drops after the apples have started growing, they can develop a https://www.harvestpublicmedia.org/post/few-more-bad-apples-climate-changes-fruit-growing-does-too 564 as https://www.harvestpublicmedia.org Thu, 02 Aug 2018 20:19:22 +0000 A Few More Bad Apples: As The Climate Changes, Fruit Growing Does, Too