Ogallala Aquifer

Have you heard of the Ogallala Aquifer? Yeah.. until today, neither had I. It seems a good portion of the water used to irrigate crops in the breadbasket of America is contained in this ancient underground area. The Ogallala Aquifer contains what's called "fossil water." This water is pure and used to be plentiful, but according to experts could be depleted within decades.

It's been suggested that if that happens agriculture in the area will come to a grinding halt because lack of usable water. It has also been suggested that if the Ogallala Aquifer dries up that the entire area will become one big dust bowl, incapable of sustaining very many people, animals, or vegetation. This has already happened in one town in Texas. The Ogallala Aquifer under the town dried up, and agriculture in the town failed.

What's does that have to do with natural health? Sources I've read say that if the Ogallala Aquifer is depleted food production in the US will drop dramatically, causing true food shortages in the US. Mike Adams of Natural News recommends everyone in the country learn to grow, store and manage their own food supply. Others suggest that dependence on genetically modified foods (GMO) will increase dramatically. Of course, many scientists and health professionals are not convinced that GMO foods are completely safe for long term human consumption.

I've only done a small amount of research on this so far, but as I learn more, I'll share my findings here.

Here are some sources for your own research:

http://www.naturalnews.com/031658_aquifer_depletion_Ogallala.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogallala_Aquifer

http://www.waterencyclopedia.com/Oc-Po/Ogallala-Aquifer.html

http://www.iitap.iastate.edu/gccourse/issues/society/ogallala/ogallala.html

http://www.hpwd.com/the_ogallala.asp