Our producer Sarah Derouin sits down to talk with her dad about how farming has changed in the midwest over the last few decades.

Listen to part 3 of What’s a Few Degrees?, featuring Michigan farmer Ted Derouin.

What’s a Few Degrees?

Part 1: Kathy Baughman McLeod / Naming Heatwaves

part 2: Pippa Moore / Heat Blobs

Part 3: Ted Derouin / Farmer’s Perspective

Part 4: Jeff Dukes / Warming Midwest

Part 5: Arturo Casadevall / Candida Auris

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Molly Bentley Executive Producer and Co-Host, Big Picture Science  

Seth Shostak Producer and Co-Host, Big Picture Science
Senior Astronomer, SETI Institute

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