Climate Changed
Greek Peach Farmers’ Desperation Growing Over Extreme Weather
- Crop damage from rain, heat has surged in the past decade
- Donald Trump’s latest trade tariffs are adding to the pain
Photographer: Sakis Mitrolidis/AFP via Getty Images
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In the hills of northern Greece, peach farmer Makis Antoniadis is sweating in unseasonably warm November weather as he toils with his most recent harvest. It might be one of his last.
Already grappling with the effects of climate change, Antoniadis and fellow growers are collateral damage in Donald Trump’s trade wars, a potentially devastating combination.