Food Shortage In America

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Food shortage is a serious problem in America. There are various reasons why people cannot grow or buy enough food to feed their families, leading to starvation or malnutrition. Many reasons for food shortage is caused by environmental and economic factors. Environmental factors, such as climate change, pollution, and natural disaster play a significant role in food shortage. Many natural disasters such as flooding, hurricanes, earthquakes, drought, and climate change has increased greatly over the years causing an impact on food production. Pollution in the air and water affects the production of corn, rice, wheat, and soy. Farmers depend greatly on the climate for food production. Moderate temperature, carbon dioxide, moisture soil, and

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