Looking out the window of his Ford truck, Bob Fitzgerald sees large, undesirable plants growing in the fields. Visitors to his neighborhood in Princess Anne, Maryland mainly see dying forests and empty farmland. Fitzgerald says the land has been in his family since the 17th century. "I'd say in the next 20 years, you're going to lose a very high percentage of that land, that's going to be unfit to farm." The land around the Chesapeake Bay has been sinking for hundreds of years. But climate change is making things worse. As sea levels rise, salt water is entering rivers and other waterways. As a result, the ground is becoming too salty for crops to grow. Maryland's Eastern Shore is home to some of the oldest farms in North America. Fitzgerald's dates back to 1666. He says he has seen big changes during his life.
Title: Rising Seas Force Changes on Historic Farms
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2962/0afe0083-390a-4569-8177-eb1cd727777a_hq.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Rising Seas Force Changes on Historic Farms' data-article-id='3504'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='11292'>Looking out the window of his Ford truck, Bob Fitzgerald sees large, undesirable plants growing in the fields.</span> <span data-start-time='11292' data-end-time='22229'>Visitors to his neighborhood in Princess Anne, Maryland mainly see dying forests and empty farmland.</span> <span data-start-time='22229' data-end-time='30167'>Fitzgerald says the land has been in his family since the 17th century.</span> <span data-start-time='30167' data-end-time='40083'>"I'd say in the next 20 years, you're going to lose a very high percentage of that land, that's going to be unfit to farm."</span> <span data-start-time='40083' data-end-time='47167'>The land around the Chesapeake Bay has been sinking for hundreds of years.</span> <span data-start-time='47167' data-end-time='51354'>But climate change is making things worse.</span> <span data-start-time='51354' data-end-time='59333'>As sea levels rise, salt water is entering rivers and other waterways.</span> <span data-start-time='59333' data-end-time='67021'>As a result, the ground is becoming too salty for crops to grow.</span> <span data-start-time='67021' data-end-time='74896'>Maryland's Eastern Shore is home to some of the oldest farms in North America. </span> <span data-start-time='74896' data-end-time='80146'>Fitzgerald's dates back to 1666.</span> <span data-start-time='80146' data-end-time='85396'>He says he has seen big changes during his life.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2962/CE3CDC67-8313-40F9-8EF4-91A7C9AA44C1_w650_r0_s.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=11923 data-hint-location='67021' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2962/what_is_a_shore.wav'>What is a shore?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='the land along the edge of an area of water'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2962/the_land_along_the_edge_of_an_area_of_water.wav'><span>the land along the edge of an area of water</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2962/the_act_of_planting_trees_in_a_certain_area.wav'><span>the act of planting trees in a certain area</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2962/the_ability_to_solve_complex_equations.wav'><span>the ability to solve complex equations</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2962/the_belief_in_a_god_or_higher_power.wav'><span>the belief in a god or higher 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