Daniel Berehulak, In Mexico, Mennonite Farmers Struggle with Water Shortage
Nearly a century after the Anabaptist Mennonites migrated from Canada to Chihuahua State, hundreds are trading the land they call home in search of cheaper land, where water is more plentiful. Underground reservoirs in Chihuahua have been drained by thirsty crops, like corn, that are the mainstay of the Mennonites' success. Meanwhile, competition for groundwater has strained their relations with other farmers.