REPORT: Ocasio-Cortez tries new climate change approach, warns of damage to crops

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) is warning of potential damage to crops and the high food prices that could follow after the New York metropolitan area saw record high temperatures this past weekend.

“It hit ~70° in NY,” Ocasio-Cortez tweeted on Sunday night. “In January. This weather at this time of year can be very risky for local farmers & families they serve.”

The article goes on to state the following:

“If certain crops germinate/flower prematurely & a freeze follows, crops could fail or drop in yield. When food supply drops, prices rise,” she continued, while adding the hashtag “#ClimateCrisis.”

It hit ~70° in NY. In January.

This weather at this time of year can be very risky for local farmers & families they serve.

If certain crops germinate/flower prematurely & a freeze follows, crops could fail or drop in yield.

When food supply drops, prices rise. #ClimateCrisis https://t.co/07cziYOAIj

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) January 13, 2020

As of 1:30pm, new record highs have been set at Central Park (68°), Newark (69°), JFK (68°), Islip (68°), and Bridgeport (69°), breaking records previously set in 2017 and 2018. Islip and Bridgeport broke their records by 10° and 14°, respectively!

— NWS New York NY (@NWSNewYorkNY) January 12, 2020

Ocasio-Cortez warns of damage to crops and higher food prices due to warm temperatures in January https://t.co/cRyQ7u0Ye1 pic.twitter.com/PT4DIixZd2

— The Hill (@thehill) January 13, 2020

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