Health & Fitness

Climate Change Impacting California's Tomato Crop

California's changing climate is becoming hotter and drier, threatening to crush the state's critically important tomato crop.

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September 22, 2022

On the heels of a record-breaking heatwave, an atmospheric river brought rain to the Bay Area.

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But for farmers in the Central Valley, this extreme weather is creating all kinds of problems, and not just moldy fruit.

California's changing climate is becoming hotter and drier, threatening to crush the state's critically important tomato crop.

Find out what's happening in Sacramentofor free with the latest updates from Patch.


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