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> California produces 95% of tomatoes grown in the USA.[0] 18.5% of milk.[1] The US overproduces milk from what I've read. Reducing some output may actually be
by throw0101a 5y ago
> California produces 95% of tomatoes grown in the USA.[0] 18.5% of milk.[1]
The US overproduces milk from what I've read. Reducing some output may actually be a good thing:
* https://wisconsinexaminer.com/2019/07/29/milk-too-much-of-a-good-thing/ https://wisconsinexaminer.com/2019/07/29/milk-too-much-of-a-...
More generally, perhaps measuring dollar-of-GDP-per-gallon-of-water or some such may be of some use to prioritize which crops should be discouraged may be worth examining.
- i_am_proteus 5y agoThat's an opinion piece you linked there. I'll reiterate that dollars are not a good way to measure the value to society of agricultural products, especially necessary vegetables like tomatoes. How do you measure the second- and third-order effects of the population having access to an affordable nutritious diet?
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- YokoZar 5y ago> More generally, perhaps measuring dollar-of-GDP-per-gallon-of-water or some such may be of some use to prioritize which crops should be discouraged may be worth examining. The normal way to "measure" and "discourage" such inefficient things is by prices. However, the price of California water is inordinately cheap so long as you are dumping it on the ground in the desert.