Emma Jagoz has started looking to the American South for farming inspiration. With increasing temperatures in the region, it’s hard for the owner of Moon Valley Farm in Woodsboro to plant all of the same crops she used to. Instead, she’s incorporating crops that do well in hotter environments, like cucumbers bred to thrive in Georgia. “We’re sort of looking to growers who have already experienced extreme heat and disease pressure … and sort of borrowing tactics from other growers,” Jagoz said.
