Funding cuts devastate agricultural researchers and farmers working to fight climate change

Experts think it will be a blow in other countries where climate change is already decimating yields, driving hunger and conflict.

Erin McGuire spent years cultivating fruits and vegetables like onions, peppers and tomatoes as a scientist and later director of a lab at the University of California-Davis. She collaborated with hundreds of people to breed drought-resistant varieties, develop new ways to cool fresh produce and find ways to make more money for small farmers at home and overseas.