Cranberry farmers fight climate change to protect Thanksgiving staple

Cranberries thrive only in the right environment, but climate change threatens to make conditions more unpredictable and extreme. Photo: AFP

The tart red berries, boiled with a heaping dose of sugar to make classic cranberry sauce, thrive only in the right environment – but climate change threatens to make conditions more unpredictable and extreme.

After a terrible 2021 season, Massachusetts farmer Billy McCaffrey is ecstatic for a bumper crop this year.