WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE, Ohio (AP) — Stubborn drought in Ohio and the shifting weather patterns influenced by climate change appear to be affecting North America’s largest native fruit: the pawpaw.
Avocado-sized with a taste sometimes described as a cross between a mango and banana, the pawpaw is beloved by many but rarely seen in grocery stores in the U.S. due to its short shelf life. The fruit grows in various places in the eastern half of North America, from Ontario to Florida. But in parts of Ohio, which hosts an annual festival dedicated to the fruit, and Kentucky, some growers this year are reporting earlier-than-normal harvests and bitter-tasting fruit, a possible effect of the extreme weather from the spring freezes to drought that has hit the region.
Take Valerie Libbey’s orchard in Washington Court House, about an hour’s drive from Columbus. Libbey grows 100 pawpaw trees and said she was surprised to see the fruit dropping from trees in the first week of August instead of mid-September.
“I had walked into the orchard to do my regular irrigation and the smell of the fruit just hit me,” said Libbey, who added that this year’s harvest period was much shorter than in previous years and the fruits themselves were smaller and more bitter.
No one will look back and say there weren’t signs when our planet dies. They’ll finally realize we just ignored them.
Millions of people know and are trying to fight. The real truth is a small number of rich people are actively destroying things faster for profit and power. They are working to stop anyone getting in the the way of that. A good number of them are accelerationist psychopaths who should be removed from any position of power.
Personal responsibility is good and nice, sure. One private jet flight nulls years of work a single person does to right climate change. The target for why things are so bad is very clear and very obvious. Eat the rich
