This story originally appeared on Vox and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.
Globally, humanity is producing more food than ever, but that harvest is concentrated in just a handful of breadbaskets.
More than one-third of the world’s wheat and barley exports come from Ukraine and Russia, for example. Some of these highly productive farmlands, including major crop-growing regions in the United States, are on track to see the sharpest drops in harvests due to climate change.
That’s bad news not just for farmers, but also for everyone who eats—especially as it becomes harder and more expensive to feed