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Dutch Farmers Turn to Wine and Rice as Climate Warms

Original: # Netherlands But the warming climate is allowing Dutch farmers to produce wine and now even experiment with rice, previ

Farmers in the Netherlands are increasingly able to grow wine grapes thanks to a warming climate, and researchers are now experimenting with rice cultivation, something previously considered impossible in the country's wet, temperate conditions. Scientists behind the rice trials hope the crop could help address water management challenges in the low-lying country.

Why now: Climate change is visibly reshaping Dutch agriculture, a striking example of warming altering what crops can be grown in northern Europe.

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• # Netherlands But the warming climate is allowing Dutch farmers to produce wine and now even experiment with rice, previously unthinkable in such a wet, temperate country. And researchers behind the scheme hope rice cultivation could help address one of the country's most… · Snoro · 2

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