Food and water scarcity have been a global problem for as long as we can remember. Today, new factors—like the COVID-19 pandemic, upheaval in the supply chain, and an uptick in natural disasters caused by climate change, just to name a few—are bringing to light new concerns for food shortages across the globe and here in the United States.
Water scarcity has long been caused by droughts, lack of rainfall, pollution, overpopulation, or when we simply abuse and consume way too much of it. Food insecurity has also long been a problem—even here in the United States. …
