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Why Food Companies Should Be More Afraid Of Water Scarcity
2015-05-12 00:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: America's biggest food production companies face a growing threat of water scarcity, according to a new report from Ceres, an environmental sustainability group. Producing food, after all, requires more water than almost any other business on Earth. And the outlook isn't pretty: One-third of food is grown in areas of high or extremely high water stress, while pollution and climate change are further limiting supplies of clean water around the world. And yet two-thirds of the 37 U.S. food companies...
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