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P.S. this part about needing irrigation is not unique to the Central Valley. Irrigation agriculture, rather than depending on natural water for growing, was an

• MichaelCollins 4y ago
  If it were such a great climate for growing things, they wouldn't be talking about getting fresh water from thousands of miles away. It used to be a great climate for growing things, a century ago. But that was during an abnormally wet period in Californian history. California is usually much dryer than it was a century ago, and is drying out once again. In California, people think one or two centuries of experience with the land is a long time. In most of the world, that's a joke. Try farming the land for a thousand years before you form such expectations.
  • rrss 4y ago
    By your criteria, the Central Valley was never a great climate for growing things. A century ago there was not enough water in the San Joaquin valley, and people were talking about getting fresh water from hundreds of miles away. I assume your opinion is probably that the water projects in California were all mistakes, but it’s not accurate to say that at some point the Central Valley was naturally ideal for growing things without artificial irrigation from far away. but “does not require artificial irrigation” was not what I meant by “ideal climate.”