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Christmas tree shopping is harder than ever, thanks to climate change and demographics

  • Written by James Robert Farmer, Associate Professor, Indiana University
Christmas tree shopping is harder than ever, thanks to climate change and demographicsChristmas trees at Twin H Tree Farms in Bloomington, Indiana.Indiana University/James Brosher, CC BY-ND

If you’re shopping for a live Christmas tree this year, you may have to search harder than in the past. Over the last five years Christmas tree shortages have been reported in many parts of the U.S.

One factor is that growers sold off land...

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