CURRENT MOON

Friday, July 28, 2006

No, Really. Go On Laughing, Monkey Boy.


BBC reports that: High temperatures mean vegetables are maturing faster than farmers can pick and package them, an agricultural body has warned. The extreme heat has struck down crops across Europe, with economies in the east suffering in particular. In Poland and Hungary some crops are expected to be 40% below normal yields, the Association of European Fruit and Vegetable Processing Industries warned. It said the very hot weather was creating a short picking season that might deplete frozen vegetable supplies. Further, In the UK the Processed Vegetable Growers' Association (PVGA) forecasts price rises and shortages as the extreme weather bites into harvests. The PVGA predicted that yields of peas, broad beans, cauliflower and spinach could drop by 20%.

Besides, no reason to get your panties in a twist over global climate change. Who cares that Fears that the very hot weather will disrupt vegetable supplies stems from the way each line of produce is managed on the farm. Crops are planted so that each field is ready to be harvested at different times, allowing vegetable pickers to keep up a steady supply throughout the season. Very hot weather has wrecked this schedule and left farmers scrambling to bring in crops before they spoil, according to the PVGA.

Oh, look! A sale on Hummers!

5 comments:

SolSionnach said...

that is one *seriously* disturbing animated .jpeg ya got there, Hecate.

I can't say I'm enjoying it, but your environmental coverage is scaring me sh*tless.

Anonymous said...

Hecate --

Getting all worked up about these things -- just like a woman -- don't worry your purdy li'l head -- "Global Warming' (like Evolution) is "just a theory"!

Woody (Tokin Librul/Rogue Scholar/ Helluvafella!) said...

gonna hafta bury that child in a fuukin piano crate...

and the sooner the better...

hola padre...that's right...us fellas'll take care of it...

Anne Johnson said...

Again, good news for the Sacred Thunderbirds.

Anne Johnson said...

I should have added that the Sacred Thunderbirds would like to meet that nice young man. Preferably crawling naked across the desert.