Agriculture is one of the corner stones to vibrant advancement of Human Life. Nurtured
production of food resources provides a greater sustain ability of food supplies than foraging.
Through knowledge gained over hundreds of year of nurturing agricultural resources, mankind
has honed the art of growing food virtually into a predictable science.  In most advanced
societies throughout the world, severe failures in agricultural production result only by extreme
weather, disease and/or pestilence conditions that cause severe and wide spread damage.

Predictions of climate change resulting from global warming caused by excessive carbon
dioxide emissions indicate an increased frequency of extreme weather conditions throughout
the world is possible. Frequency and severity of droughts and floods are predicted to increase
as global average temperatures rise. These events could be devastating to the world's
agricultural production and wide spread famine may develop as a result. Improved flood control
systems and sustain ability of draught effected water resources may become a necessity to
maintain world food supplies.

National Water fund is working to develop a water transfer system integrating flood control and
water resource sustain ability throughout the nation. Such a national water system could provide
areas of drought with sustainable water resources obtained from areas experiencing high water
levels or flooding conditions. Droughts and floods are opposite extremes of natural inflow
supply to water resources used for human populations and agricultural production. National
Water Fund has designated the envisioned system by the name Nationally interconnected Water
System and details of the system are in the You & Water section of this site.

The United States is one of the world's leading agricultural producers, however significant use
of our agricultural resources to produce renewable fuel has potential to create food shortages
and increased food prices. Ethanol production and Biodiesel production are primary examples
of increasing renewable fuel production directly causing increased food prices. The Ethanol
industry directly competes with the food industry for corn supplies. The Biodiesel industry would
compete directly with the food industry for virgin vegetable oil supplies when demand for
Biodiesel production exceeds post consumer used vegetable oil supplies.

To offset the use of food resources for fuel production, agricultural production must increase to
ensure availability of food resources for human consumption. Increasing renewable fuel
production without a corresponding increase in total agricultural production can lead to
shortages of food supplies resulting in increased famine. Irresponsible advancement of
renewable fuel production can directly to increases of social and economic injustices world
wide.

Significantly increasing agricultural production to produce renewable fuels can significantly
increase the amount of water used for irrigation purposes. Possibly creating greater negative
environmental effects than the positive effects achieved in using renewable fuels. Sustainable
water resources and sustainable farming practices will be key elements to large scale
renewable fuel production that has long term sustain ability.
Crops and Agriculture Section