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Does it matter? The farms are there to support the extra people.
by jlarocco 4y ago
Does it matter? The farms are there to support the extra people.
- stonemetal12 4y agoCalifornia exports most of that food. People living near by or far away doesn't matter when considering the quantity of food grown.
- AnimalMuppet 4y agoWell... if you care about emissions, shipping food far away emits a lot, until we get to electric trucks and trains powered by renewables. We're currently a ways away from that.
- he_is_legend 4y agohttps://eu.desertsun.com/story/news/environment/2017/09/28/booming-demand-hay-asia-middle-east-driving-agribusiness-california-desert/702400001/ https://eu.desertsun.com/story/news/environment/2017/09/28/b... Many of those farms are exporting their produce to foreign countries. This includes growing alfalfa in California, and exporting it to Saudi Arabia (where the monarchy has set a policy of growing less alfalfa, wheat and corn to reduce pumping of groundwater from the depleted aquifers of the Arabian Peninsula). So essentially they are exporting water from one desert to another via the medium of alfaalfa.