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Wouldn't it be easier to take the farms to where the water is, rather than bring the water here?
by pm90 8y ago
Wouldn't it be easier to take the farms to where the water is, rather than bring the water here?
- BurritoAlPastor 8y agoFarms need a lot more than water, though. They need square footage, soil quality, suitable climate, access to infrastructure for shipping, and a good amount of cheap labor. All of those (except, increasingly, cheap labor) can be found in California.
- stevenwoo 8y agoThe grandfathering of water use rights from 100 years ago and the political clout of rural areas guaranteed by the typical state/federal senate apportioning makes this extremely difficult to turn around from having the farms in the desert in California and Arizona. How do we fix that?