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How America’s Diet Is Feeding the Groundwater Crisis | As dinner tables and snack menus feature far more chicken and cheese, farms are expanding where water is scarce. (www.nytimes.com)

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These transformations are tied to the changing American diet. Since the early 1980s, America’s per-person cheese consumption has doubled, largely in the form of mozzarella-covered pizza pies. And last year, for the first time, the average American ate 100 pounds of chicken, twice the amount 40 years ago.

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[–] commie 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

did you try that?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yes. Its easy.

[–] commie 1 points 2 years ago

it didn't stop the problems in this article.