A warming climate is changing growing conditions, shifting planting zones northward

A warming climate is changing growing conditions, shifting planting zones northward

Reading Time: 6 minutes A few years ago, Holly Jones started studying the micro-climate and the topography on her family farm in Crawfordsville, Iowa, about 40 miles south of Iowa City. Jones said learning more about the landscape of her fifth generation flower farm helped her recognize some of the ways weather and climate change could affect her operation.    “There are some areas of our land that are a little higher than others,” Jones said. “…