17/08/2026
It’s the hottest British summer on record, which calls for an easy ice tea. We’re using loose leaf tea with pineapple pieces and sweetened with matcha honey to help cool down ☀️
But beyond the trending recipes, and jokes about Britain being a hot country now, something is happening. Farmers are experiencing unprecedented weather, yielding different crops.
Farmers say recent high temperatures have created a “hairdryer” effect, evaporating moisture in the air, causing heat stress to animals, affecting root vegetable growth and risking fruit and potato shortages”
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📚Sources used when researching this video
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cwn8n7845ldjt
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/14/how-england-summer-heatwave-affecting-farm-animals-crops
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/big-thaw
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/farmers-heatwave-food-shortages-drought-b3032515.html
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gwv9590xeo
https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/climate-change-and-health
https://www.england.nhs.uk/greenernhs/national-ambition/national-commitments/
https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/articles/cn8n9pg54m1o