With nearly 60 percent of California in an exceptional state of drought since 2011, and farmers in the state’s Central Valley forced to pump groundwater from deep below to irrigate their crops, researchers are suggesting that removing the groundwater could ...
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California Drought Triggers America’s Next Food Crisis
Every day, millions of Americans drive to the grocery store to purchase fruits and vegetables, rarely thinking where the produce came from or what they would do if it’s no longer available. That nightmare scenario, though, could happen far sooner ...
Read More »Drought And Disease Surge Food Prices To New Record
The United States is facing a serious shortage of beef and pork that has led to major increases in food process that likely will get only worse. Beef prices have hit an all-time high in part because the California mega-drought ...
Read More »Sky High Food Prices Ahead Due To California Mega Drought
California is in the midst of what experts are calling a “mega-drought” which could lead to sky high grocery prices and even food shortages this year, experts say. The farms that supply much of the nation’s produce are literally running ...
Read More »Solar Power Preventing Blackouts During California Drought
One of California’s main sources of electricity is literally drying up – and solar power is saving the day. Water levels in some of the state’s reservoirs are so low because of the drought that hydroelectric power plants are shutting ...
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