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Italy harvests its first home-grown coffee in Palermo
Original: Palermo, first coffee grown and harvested in Italy: warmer climate is changing farming
The first coffee grown and harvested in Italy has been produced in Palermo, Sicily, as rising temperatures make Mediterranean cultivation of the tropical crop possible. The project highlights how a warmer climate is reshaping farming, allowing growers in southern Italy to experiment with crops once limited to equatorial regions.
Why now: Climate change enabling a tropical crop like coffee to be grown in Italy for the first time is striking news about farming's future.
Evidence
- Palermo, first coffee grown and harvested in Italy: warmer climate is changing farming · Euronews.com
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