Dear Reader,

Last October, I was sitting poolside in the waning sun with two renowned journalists, talking about agriculture and climate change. Parched land. Salty soil. Unpredictable water supply. Lisa Morehouse produces "California Foodways," a podcast and radio series airing on KQED's The California Report telling stories from every county in the state about people and food. She said dwindling salmon in the Klamath River had been devastating to the Yurok tribe in Del Norte county, whose culture is entwined with salmon, and who depend on the fish for income and food. Mark Schapiro, investigative journalist and author of "Seeds of Resistance: The Fight to Save Our Food Supply," said the world chocolate supply is in danger. Mars candy is worried.

 

This week's stories are what became of that conversation. In a partnership between KQED and Bay Nature, Mark travelled into the Central Valley to trace the vulnerabilities of our food supply through farmers, trees, soil and scientists. "Reckoning in the Central Valley" tells stories from urban centers to far-flung parts of the valley, where innovators, seekers, disruptors and visionaries are working to figure out how to grow food in a warming world.

 

Tell us your thoughts about these stories, and what you want us to cover in future climate change stories.