NNAMDIAnd, in some cases, they're actually restoring their lands back to wetlands. In case you're' just joining us this week we are participating in covering Climate Now, a global collaboration of 250 media outlets designed to bring attention to the climate change story. MARAVELLNow, your lawn will not, as I say, look like the country club golf green, but it will keep the soil in place and build your organic matter. There's a big microbrew (laugh) boom on the eastern shore and malt and barley actually does pretty well in salt entreated fields. He is a meteorologist with The Washington Post Capital Weather Gang. Meet the Award Winning team at Capucci Salon. CAPPUCCIYeah, so basically we're getting warmer and we're getting wetter, and one thing we're seeing is a lot more 95 degree days and 90 degree days. It's like Teresa from Long Island Medium if she was forecasting the weather. But, Joe, thank you very much for sharing your story with us. NNAMDIWhat impacts have you seen from climate change in your daily life on the farm? And you'll get some legume, some clovers, like you were mentioning. MARAVELLBut the key to remember here is it's not a monoculture. 0 ratings. CAPPUCCIYeah, it's already happening right now. … Joe, you're on the air. And we think that's just fine. CAROLINEThank you, Kojo, and thanks to your guests. And, in fact, their families go back to the 1630s, when the first Dutch and British settlers came to the region. They give off moisture. So, you know, we're warming up. Matthew Cappucci. NNAMDINick Maravell is an organic farmer and owner of Nick's Organic Farm in Buckeystown, Maryland. NNAMDIWhat's that more word? And so what you can do is you can plant things that look more like a meadow, so you get some wild flower mixes. We're letting what used to be called weeds grow under the trellising, which we now call native cover crops. Tell us about it. We look out over our farms. That's very important to us. Matthew, thank you for joining us. It's the humidity, too. So now we're only getting snow in kind of the big events. kojo@wamu.org, 4401 Connecticut Avenue NW|Washington, D.C. 20008|(202) 885-1200, How Prince George’s County Is Adapting To A Growing Number of Unaccompanied Children, Rev. But we're going to be showing people what these regenerative farming practices are, and how it has resulted in, you know, our ability to try and cope with what's going on. It's a cumbersome paperwork process. I'm Kojo Nnamdi. NNAMDIWhat could this mean? And we grow corn and we grow soy beans and barley. NNAMDIGot to take a short break, but we'll be coming right back after that to talk about how climate change is affecting agriculture in this region. MATTHEW CAPPUCCIHi, thanks so much for having me. And you let the natural grasses, will come back in. The Seattle Times Matthew Cappucci – The Seattle Times. It can provide some beneficial affects around your environment. I said, there's no way this is going to work for reds. Adventurer. This week we're participating in covering Climate Now, a global collaboration of 250 media outlets designed to bring attention to the climate change story. NNAMDIWe've all seen the headlines that coastal areas could be underwater as soon as 2050. How is climate change contributing to our changing weather patterns? Meteorologist at The Washington Post/Capital Weather Gang. DAVIDOh, hey, Kojo. View the profiles of people named Matthew Cappuccino. LAWWell, the main thing is that we are looking at different varieties, but it gets down to very specific practices that we use in what we call canopy management, in trying to use the leaves for more evapotranspiration, as Matthew had mentioned. That's allowing insects now who couldn't migrate this far north to continue migrating further north. © 2015 by Matthew Cappucci. Thursday, Dec 17 2020Schools in the county are changing curriculums to ensure immigrant students are welcomed and supported. Get your D.C. area weather update in under a minute on weekday mornings. Now we're starting to leave them as little shields against the hail. We hear from farmers that they're cutting back on the types of things that they grow, because the weather keeps throwing something new at them, and they don't want to take a chance. Anyone who'd care to comment on that at all? Atmospheric scientist. Review. 3 articles. NNAMDIThank you for joining the conversation. And a lot of those regions tend to be farmland. NNAMDIWell, Farmer's Almanac says that we are going to be having a humongous winter. And if everybody was doing that we would be decreasing the amount of carbon in the atmosphere. And that can take a toll on farmers. NNAMDIAnd so we have to come up with some solutions that are going to keep farmers in business and not completely damage the environment, at the same time. So you might have for instance a period of 10-15 days where it's kind of drier than average, and then you all of a sudden revert back to a wetter than normal pattern. There are 4 professionals named "Matt Cappucci", who use LinkedIn to exchange information, ideas, and opportunities. It's not getting as cool at night, so it's really just around the clock. Matthew Cappucci's Reputation Profile. Physics Explainer: Rainbows, fogbows and … See the Sugarloaf Mountain. They want to try to stick with things that they think they can get through with, even with what this climate crisis is throwing at us. Support Science Journalism Science News for Students is a nonprofit. And there are benefits to that, and there may also be some negative consequences, as well. View Matthew Cappucci’s profile on LinkedIn, the world's largest professional community. NNAMDIHere is Shoshana in Waldorf, Maryland. And so we might actually see more species invasion if we just abandon the land completely because of the fact that with agriculture we have a lot of weed species and we have a lot of invasive species. They're now putting up hail netting, which is just phenomenally expensive. So we average about 36 90-degree days in D.C. every year. NNAMDIJust learned a new word today. And we have extensive pastures and hay fields. We were forced to plant our corn six weeks late and our last maturing -- our latest maturing corn, we lost 90 percent of it because we couldn't get in to harvest it. Salt water is intruding on farmland, and even hail is destroying wine grapes. Well, last year we had double. I was just wondering what your guests might have to say about, you know, how do you do this? NNAMDIWelcome back. And so, obviously, there's a lot of history, and it's very hard to change the practices that you've been doing for centuries and centuries. MARAVELLWell, yes. I have farmers who are losing land, acres and acres every single year. It's happening now and it's only going to get worse. They take in moisture. What does that timeline look like? We start today with a look at how climate change is affecting the food we eat. And that brings saltwater upland into areas that didn't previously have it. NNAMDIJoining us in studio is Dr. Kate Tully, an assistant professor of agroecology in Department of Science and Landscape Architecture at the University of Maryland. We had 10 inches of rain in 10 days in October. In the Google Home app, select Menu > More Settings > News > Add news sources. Image courtesy Jenine Dobratz. And when a plant gives off moisture if more is going out than coming in plants can start to dry up, cause issues with soil, with soil moisture and with the plants themselves. Yeah, it's not just affecting crops. If you're part of a crop share, have you noticed a difference in the types of food you receive? CAPPUCCIYou know, for example, we've had, just since 2003, 36 of D.C.'s top 100 wettest days. Councilmember Charles Allen talks about the Second Look Act and other bills approved by the council. And Montgomery County Councilmember Will Jawando discusses the jurisdiction's latest COVID-19 restrictions. Grass is just completely unnatural to me. And then you wrap them in plastic, so it ensiles, sort of like putting the cork on one of your bottles in vineyard. The grapes had freshness. 1 talking about this. Sometimes Thomas goes by various nicknames including Thomas T Cappucci, Thomas P Cappucci, Thomas Paul Cappucci, Thomas P Cappuccia and Tom Cappucci. Extreme weather is ruining crops. You get more of the hay picked up. Would you say salty soil could be a major problem much sooner? See the latest updates, context, and perspectives about this story. NNAMDIWelcome back. And, now, here is Joe in Montgomery County, Maryland. DAVIDI thought, you know, just planting clover would be something I could do, but the businesses around here, though, they don't really want to do that kind of thing. It used to be just, yeah, well, we got this rainfall, we got the -- no, it's changed the entire season. New York City for instance, back since 1990, we've seven of the top 10 biggest snowfalls. So I know so many horse people and other farmers scrambling to get hay. But this is going to take a collective commitment including from our local jurisdictions, Montgomery, Frederick, etcetera. The one benefit is that we've extended our growing season and grow through December and January. We're down to about 15 and still shrinking. Basically the higher CO2 forget breakfast of champions. There are changes to the storm tracks, which are favoring bigger storms allowing the immediate eastern seaboard in the winter time. MARAVELLBut horse people, for example, don't use baleage, and so it's more difficult for them to find hay. CAPPUCCISo, it's something that's noticeable. Get it as soon as Thu, Jul 23. CAPPUCCIYeah, so since about 1970, our growing season extended about two weeks in time. And when you have a tree, for instance, that's already stressed by climate change, it's just going to be more susceptible to fungus or other kinds of diseases. MARAVELLSo, there's just an awful lot that's going on. So, there are some programs, there's the environmental quality improvement program and some conservation reserve easement programs that allow farmers to take what we call marginal land out of agriculture and put it into some sort of restoration practice. NNAMDIYou are living with this reality as a wine maker in Virginia. He is an organic farmer and owner of Nick's Organic Farm in Buckeyestown (sic), Maryland. The impacts of climate change are everywhere – even in the foods we eat. It’s almost the time of year when the term “polar vortex” will become inescapable. Whitepages people search is the most trusted directory. Donate. Sorghum is another crop that does pretty well and so farmers are starting to think about different practices that they might need to do on their land. A question for you, Jim Law, there's a kind of unpleasant irony occurring here, because wine from Virginia has really got a lot of attention and recognition over the past decade or so. And if you've got say young animals instead of snow, they'll get drenched and then freeze. MatthewCappucci. Coming up tomorrow, our participation in the Covering Climate Now media project continues. MARAVELLAnd if I might just add, we're having a farm tour next month -- the 19th and 20th of October, Saturday and Sunday -- out at our farm. NNAMDIAnd, Kate Tully, you lived in Tanzania, and you're having an interesting experience here. The rain continued throughout the growing season. • People come to our farm and buy our products. It can cause issues with flooding plants. We're talking about the affect climate change is having on agriculture. Until then, thank you for listening. LAWBut we're trying to get certain low-growing weeds that will take more moisture out of the soil. NNAMDIThank you very much. Patches of salt are visible in farmland even from above. Friday, Dec 18 2020D.C. And so what we like to say in the organic and regenerative community is healthy soil, healthy plants, healthy people, and it really works. Find Matthew Cappucci The Washington Post Latest News, Videos & Pictures on Matthew Cappucci The Washington Post and see latest updates, news, information from NDTV.COM. And new research shows that climate is even changing the very soil use to grow crops in this area. Wednesday, Dec 16 2020Group singing means something very different in 2020. And the theme's going to be regenerative agriculture. We're seeing more of those big events but more spread out over time. We plant multiple varieties of corn with different maturity dates, and that's a hedge against weather, because if you don't get the rain at the right time, if you don't get the heat at the right time, corn is very sensitive to degree days, and during its fertilization period very sensitive to when the rains come. We very rarely make dry hay anymore. And we're certified organic. MARAVELLYes, Kojo. We are in a climate crisis. NNAMDITell us about your farm in Buckeyesville. I can give it from the farmer's perspective. That can cause issues with roots rooting. LAWWell, optimal is perhaps not the word I would use, but last year we made no reds and we made all those red grapes into Rose, and the reason was because of rainfall. Some of them have had the same land for centuries. Matthew, thank you for joining us. And I've been doing this now for 40 years, and just walking through the vineyard tasting the grapes, the red gramps. You can also cut your lawn a little bit less frequently now. NNAMDISome farmers are going to adapt, and so some of the adaptation strategies are planting different kinds of crops -- so, for instance, barley. Many people are familiar with that. All Stories by Matthew Cappucci. So my editor earlier on referred to it as feast or famine and that's really what we're seeing. WASHINGTON MUTUAL, INC.. ci a!., Defendants. He is a meteorologist with The Washington Post Capital Weather Gang. And this is an important conversation for us to have. Matthew was saying how, you know, extended the growing season and increased the humidity. Thursday, Dec 17 2020We discuss the violence from a Proud Boys protest in D.C. at a historic Black church, and the Black church’s role in Civil Rights. I'm Kojo Nnamdi. He is the owner of Linden Vineyards and a wine grower at Hardscrabble Vineyard in Linden, Virginia. It's almost a side benefit that at the same time you're building your organic matter in your soil and your attacking climate change. Likewise in the other side of the coin, you have a wetter period than normal. Matthew Cappucci, it's not only heatwaves and warmer temperatures that affect agriculture. And so it's really just exacerbating ongoing things and making them that much more significant. Jarrod Miller/University of Delaware. That all starts tomorrow, at noon. NNAMDII was about to say it's a 165 acres, certified organic farm, correct? He's also a founding member of the Maryland Organic Food and Farming Association. That will help sometimes. And I'm feeling at this point in my life like I'm really starting to get it right, and then the climate shifts. Go ahead, please. When you go to the golf course, it's all one type of grass. 1-800-433-8850 I've been doing this for 40 years, and when you're starting from scratch, it just sometimes feels like an impossible deal. Nowadays we only get about three or four accumulating events, about an inch or more. We've lost a lot of farmland to developers. Summary: Thomas Cappucci is 62 years old and was born on 01/22/1958. So, that's good for farmers, but at the same time, that really reflects the increase in temperature we're seeing that makes it uncomfortable for people to go outside. Extreme weather events are happening more often, forcing farmers to adapt their practices. It's tougher to get snowfall. You're in the marsh, and there's no breeze blowing. That's 200 percent the normal rainfall. We're going to be taking a short break. So, you should mix it up. And it actually preserves the nutrients a little bit better, and you don't lose as much when you pick up the hay. For instance, species invasion was something that you mentioned earlier on. What are some of the things you've seen in your day-to-day reporting that proves it's already having an impact? NNAMDIAnd, Matthew Cappucci, in the 45 seconds we have left, a lot of people see climate change as an abstract idea that won't really affect them in their lifetimes. You said it could take a toll on farmers. Read Capital Weather Gang. I'm sure, Jim, you've seen changes in the fungal diseases in your crop because of the increased humidity. Matthew Cappuccio, age 88, Levittown, NY 11756 View Full Report. NNAMDIDr. The weather has really been screwing a lot of people over when it comes to their livestock. NNAMDIAnd I'm afraid that's all the time we have. And what we see is as sea levels are rising, which they are across the globe, we see these fingers of salt sort of weaving their way in through our canals and our ditch systems. 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