Ribena owner invests in helping blackcurrants withstand extreme weather

The owner of Ribena is investing two hundred thousand pounds to help blackcurrant bushes withstand increasing stress from extreme weather. The UK harvest, now underway across East Anglia, Gloucestershire, and Scotland, is forecast to run about ten percent below its typical ten thousand tonnes—a shortfall linked to a wet winter, spring frosts, hail, and heatwaves. According to The Guardian, the investment signals how agricultural producers are beginning to respond to the extreme weather events linked to the climate crisis.

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