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* Snowtill: tilling the snow to decrease albedo, so that sun can more effectively melt the snow, so we can start planting! [http://www.iceagefarmer.com/2018/04/27/snowtill-coldest-since-1895-planting-on-hold-farmers-miserable/] | * Snowtill: tilling the snow to decrease albedo, so that sun can more effectively melt the snow, so we can start planting! [http://www.iceagefarmer.com/2018/04/27/snowtill-coldest-since-1895-planting-on-hold-farmers-miserable/] | ||
* [http://www.pressrepublican.com/news/local_news/apple-tree-netting-protects-north-country-crops/article_8bf157e8-daaf-586b-9d21-c0ba00b29d8a.html Hail nets around each tree in orchard] | * [http://www.pressrepublican.com/news/local_news/apple-tree-netting-protects-north-country-crops/article_8bf157e8-daaf-586b-9d21-c0ba00b29d8a.html Hail nets around each tree in orchard] | ||
| + | * [http://www.freshplaza.com/article/197618/Spain-Cool-shower-to-produce-more-and-larger-avocados 'Cold water showers' to keep avocados producing] | ||
Revision as of 15:01, 5 July 2018
Some of the measures farmers are taking to stave off the effects of the GSM include:
- Lighting MANY fires in orchards to keep the ambient temperatures up [1][2]
- hiring helicopters to hover above fields, pushing down the warm air [3]
- Buying thousands of plastic bottles to protect EACH seed [4]
- Snowtill: tilling the snow to decrease albedo, so that sun can more effectively melt the snow, so we can start planting! [5]
- Hail nets around each tree in orchard
- 'Cold water showers' to keep avocados producing
