Better solutions to protect the food supply now will prevent tough choices in the future. 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Groundwater overpumping is especially acute in breadbasket regions in the Southwest, places such as Californiaâs Central Valley, and experts have begun to debate what to do if the water runs out. Should we move water-intensive agriculture out of California to states with more abundant water resources, such as Mississippi, and build new food hubs there? Or should we move the water from the East to the Southwest? In the latest installment of Opinionâs new series [What to Eat on a Burning Planet](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRok0QkP0ToaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wNy8yOS9vcGluaW9uL3doYXQtdG8tZWF0LW9uLWEtYnVybmluZy1wbGFuZXQuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0zOSZlbWM9ZWRpdF90eV8yMDI0MDgwNSZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMzA3ODgmbmw9b3Bpbmlvbi10b2RheSZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTc0MjAyJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgpmqyS_sGaoVmfXUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAM~), Jay Famiglietti, one of the worldâs leading researchers on water security, [argues in a guest essay](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRok0QkP0TraHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wOC8wNS9vcGluaW9uL2NhbGlmb3JuaWEtZ3JlYXQtbGFrZXMtZm9vZC1zdXBwbHkuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0zOSZlbWM9ZWRpdF90eV8yMDI0MDgwNSZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMzA3ODgmbmw9b3Bpbmlvbi10b2RheSZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTc0MjAyJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgpmqyS_sGaoVmfXUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAM~) that the cheaper and likelier possibility is to move water from places such as the Great Lakes to the regions that produce the most food â unless we act now. Famiglietti most definitely doesnât want us to have to make that decision, but heâs concerned we might because, as he writes, âThe United States has no plan for the disruptions that will befall our food systems as critical water supplies dwindle.â Yet it is entirely possible to avoid this situation. We will need a national water policy, and we will have to âtransform the way that groundwater is measured, monitored and managed,â he writes. That might be tough work, but as he details in the essay, it would be more than worthwhile. [Read the guest essay](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRok0QkP0TraHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wOC8wNS9vcGluaW9uL2NhbGlmb3JuaWEtZ3JlYXQtbGFrZXMtZm9vZC1zdXBwbHkuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0zOSZlbWM9ZWRpdF90eV8yMDI0MDgwNSZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMzA3ODgmbmw9b3Bpbmlvbi10b2RheSZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTc0MjAyJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgpmqyS_sGaoVmfXUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAM~): ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRok0QkP0TraHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wOC8wNS9vcGluaW9uL2NhbGlmb3JuaWEtZ3JlYXQtbGFrZXMtZm9vZC1zdXBwbHkuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0zOSZlbWM9ZWRpdF90eV8yMDI0MDgwNSZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMzA3ODgmbmw9b3Bpbmlvbi10b2RheSZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTc0MjAyJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgpmqyS_sGaoVmfXUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAM~
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Alma Haser Guest Essay Will We Have to Pump the Great Lakes to California to Feed the Nation? The United States has no plan for the disruptions that will befall our food systems as critical water supplies dwindle. By Jay Famiglietti [Ad]
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