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Climate change reshaped Earth with extreme weather this year

Fires raged. Rivers flooded. Ice melted. Droughts baked. Storms brewed. Temperatures soared. And people died. Climate change in 2021 reshaped life on planet Earth through extreme weather. World leaders are gathering in Scotland to try to accelerate the fight to curb climate change.

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11/06/2021 SOURCE: apnews.com

Maine passes nation’s 1st ‘right to food’ amendment

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine voters passed the nation’s first “right to food” constitutional amendment on Tuesday. A statewide referendum asked voters if they favored an amendment to the Maine Constitution “to declare that all individuals have a natural, inherent and unalienable right to grow, raise, harvest, produce and consume the food of their own choosing for their own nourishment, sustenance, bodily health and well-being.” It was an experiment not tried before by any state.

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Jordan Valley farmers say their profits plummet in face of rising production costs

AMMAN — Farmers have been significantly hit with production cost increases, according to a stakeholder.“Most farmers in the Jordan Valley are turning towards low-cost agribusiness such as growing potatoes, onions, garlic and carrots,” Nawash Al Yazjeen, a farmer from the Jordan Valley, told The Jordan Times over the phone on Thursday. He added that labour, transport and the operational costs of farming are very high, noting that few farmers nowadays are making any profit and most farmers are in debt.

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