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Wrenshall farmer says invention could solve water shortage
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Source: Duluth News Tribune

WRENSHALL — As climate change spurs one of the biggest global food crises since the dawn of industrial agriculture, Jason Amundsen believes he may have found a solution to the puzzle that has riddled humans since the Neolithic era. Where is the water? After four years of theorizing, designing, and occasional failure, the farmer out of Wrenshall and his team of two University of Minnesota Duluth graduates are ready to unveil a device that acts as a sort of outdoor dehumidifier that pulls water from the air that then can be used to irrigate crops or drink. “The potential with this is breaking that chain of infrastructure, which has existed for thousands of years between humans and water,” Amundsen said.
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