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More and more farmers are adapting to climate change: dry summers and milder winters are opening up completely new cultivation options. They are experimenting with vegetables and fruits that are normally native to subtropical or even tropical climates in southern Europe, Asia and South America. Henrike Vorlop is standing in her melon field in the Wolfenbüttel region and has big plans. With a view of the Brocken, the agricultural student harvests melons that sometimes weigh four kilos. To get customers interested in the pumpkin plant, the young woman serves melon salad with feta cheese or melon smoothies in her parents' farm shop. Fig grower Roland Kempf from Ahlten near Hanover is now in his fifth year trying out the sun-kissed figs. He is the first in northern Germany to grow figs commercially. The Lower Saxon explains why fig trees need water, but he doesn't water his specimens. Vegetable farmer Ralf Dorka has been experimenting with vegetables from southern Europe on his farm in Rosenweide on the Elbe his whole life. He considers growing organic ginger to be particularly challenging because it involves a lot of strenuous manual work to ensure that the tuber is not damaged. The master gardener explains why his ginger looks completely different to that from South America and Asia. _______________________________________ The farm stories on ndr.de https://www.ndr.de/fernsehen/sendunge... The Nordreportage https://www.ndr.de/dienordreportage _________________________________________________ Our guidelines for comments: https://www.ndr.de/service/technische...