Extreme weather impacts food prices, farmers’ lives

If you’ve been to the grocery store looking for olive oil lately, you’ll know how expensive it has gotten. Olives are highly susceptible to extreme weather — and excess heat can severely impact olive production in countries like Italy, Spain and Greece. But it’s not just olives. In fact, so much of the produce we depend on is highly vulnerable to severe weather, and as Kyle Benning reports, the farmers who bring us our food aren’t immune either.

• Does an olive oil shortage reflect bigger risks to Canada’s food supply chain?