Severe Drought Limiting Fish, Crops in Australia
Aussie chef Justin North checks in with some news on how the ongoing drought in the Land Down Under is affecting the food supply there.
Australia is suffering what some are calling its worst drought in 1,000 years, and the impact on our farmers, livestock and produce is catastrophic. Scientists have linked the six-year drought to the changing climate, and the dry spell has been especially hard on the Murray cod’s home, the Murray-Darling river basin in southeastern Australia, which provides 40 percent of the country’s food. Our water is slowly running out, and the effects are being felt by Australian chefs.
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