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This article explains how right now more than 62% of the United states is in a drought and how it will hurt our agricultural economy. Raised food prices, dried out wells, and wild fires will be a direct result of the drought. The drought however is pushing Scientist and meteorologist to find more sustainable ways to farm and ways to prevent droughts like this in the future.

This article is about how lately consumer trends have been more about buying from smaller farms to invest in community agriculture, but in recent findings this trend is not really helping the environment as much as consumers think.

This article discusses how climate change could affect the major food crops of the world. It also talks about how food drives up the rate of green house gases. From production to transportation and refrigeration-emits up to a third of human-generated greenhouse gases. The purpose of the article is to get people to search for a more sustainable food industry.