The Food-Energy-Water (FEW) Hub explores how climate, agriculture, and infrastructure interact to shape the sustainability of water resources.
This interdisciplinary hub brings together researchers, students, and community leaders to study farm runoff, irrigation, flooding, and resource recovery, alongside the microbial and geochemical processes that influence groundwater. Their work connects surface and subsurface water systems to larger questions about how land use, climate change, and energy production affect water.
The FEW Hub supports efforts to develop more integrated and efficient systems that meet both human and ecological needs, particularly in agricultural areas and regions facing water insecurity.
Hub lead: Matt Schrenk, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences






Explore Food-Energy-Water Stories
- Spartans Making A Difference: From farmland to faucet
- MSU researcher examines relationship between water infrastructure, economic development in rural U.S. communities
- MSU researchers build connection between forests and drinking water, outreach and conservation strategies follow
- MSU researcher receives grant to develop efficient irrigation technology using solar power
- Hydrologic modeling from MSU scientists lends insight into how water can be conserved, managed
- MSU Works with Farmers to Fight Climate Change by Improving Water Quality and Drainage
- Increasing crop yield and reducing water consumption with precision irrigation
- MSU research reveals how climate change threatens Asia’s water tower