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Eric Desmarais

Washington's Yakima Valley produces a quarter of the world's hops, but warming temperutres in the region have growers and brewers concerned about the future of the vital crop.

The climate for making beer is changing, so brewers and hops growers are, too

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You can’t make beer without hops, but climate change is threatening the future of the crop in a place that grows a quarter of all the world’s supply — Washington state. That’s got growers and brewers there and around the world scrambling to make changes to improve the resilience and sustainability of their industry.