http://dominion.mediacoop.ca/old/taxonomy/term/7685/0 en http://dominion.mediacoop.ca/story/wild-wild-weather/14146 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subhead"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> &quot;Unprecedented&quot; weather hits Ontario fruit farmers hard </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://dominion.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/dsc_0076.jpg" alt="" title="Ontario fruit grower Torrie Warner said that extreme weather this year wiped out 80 to 90 per cent of his apricots, cherries, and plums. PHOTO: David Koch" width="450" height="299" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p>OTTAWA—Chris Hall's family has been growing apples in Brockville, Ontario, since 1947. Hall learned as a boy that the orchards usually produce myriad pink and white blossoms in late May. This year, unseasonably warm temperatures brought out the blossoms in April. After the warm spell, temperatures suddenly dropped below freezing, and Hall lost 20 per cent of his apples. </p> <p><a href="http://dominion.mediacoop.ca/story/wild-wild-weather/14146" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://dominion.mediacoop.ca/story/wild-wild-weather/14146#comments David Koch Environment Food Issue 86 ottawa Wed, 14 Nov 2012 18:40:01 +0000 Ashley Fortier 14146 at http://dominion.mediacoop.ca