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How Super El Niño could spike food prices by double-digits

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How Super El Niño could spike food prices by double-digits

The brewing “Super El Niño” will wreak havoc on global weather patterns this fall and winter could spike global food prices by 16% — and the effects could linger through 2028, according to a dire report. Staples including rice, sugar, palm oil coffee and cocoa at risk are at risk of increases between 50% and … Read more

Napa Valley vineyard owners fuming over law imposing steep fees for groundwater use

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Napa Valley vineyard owners fuming over law imposing steep fees for groundwater use

California’s Napa Valley is fermenting into a full-blown revolt as furious vineyard owners warn a new fee could leave them paying tens of thousands of dollars a year — the latest financial punch threatening to crush the struggling wine industry. Farmers across the iconic Northern California enclave say they are staring down financial disaster as … Read more