Farm Response to Changing Weather

Positives

• This report also considers how climate change is impacting the entire United States.
• It highlights the increased risk of frost after the growing season begins, which is something that isn't always discussed.
  

Additional Prerequisites

• Students should know how to read a map.
  
• If you left-click links on the webpage you won't be taken to a new tab.
  

Differentiation

• This report could be used to create free-response questions about how climate change is incentivizing farmers to change their farming methods.
• This report could augment a classroom discussion on why disruptions to the agricultural industry may cause widespread cultural, economic, and political disorder.
• This report could supplement a lesson about what climate change is and how humans are causing it.
• This report could enhance a classroom discussion about how countries should balance climate change adaptation strategies with climate change mitigation strategies.