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Agreed. The California desert is a foolish place to be relying for agriculture, period. That it’s been effective historically (by diverting or draining water a
by gshdg 7y ago
Agreed.
The California desert is a foolish place to be relying for agriculture, period. That it’s been effective historically (by diverting or draining water at higher rates than we can replenish it) is a poor reason to continue to invest in it.
Switching to desert-native crops is a good start. (I mean, seriously, it’s absurd for California to be our agricultural center for almonds, when each individual almond takes a gallon of water to produce!)
For the rest, if we want to keep consuming them, perhaps we’d do better to turn our attention to areas that have more reliable water supplies and whose climates are or will be better suited to those crops in coming decades.
- dragonwriter 7y ago> The California desert is a foolish place to be relying for agriculture, period. Water is a lot easier to move than sunlight/temperature & soil.
- jelliclesfarm 7y agoAll the water we have is stolen by diverting and taking from the Rio Grande. This is the four state agreement that includes CA Ag and Yuma industrial farming in Az.
- mateo411 7y agoWhy do you think the Central Valley in CA is a desert? I agree that CA agriculture needs to be more careful with how it uses almonds, but the Valley is not a desert, it's a great place to grow crops.