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While initiatives like these are important, it is also critical to rethink agricultural practice. California grows a number of thirsty crops under conditions wh
by walleeee 3y ago
While initiatives like these are important, it is also critical to rethink agricultural practice. California grows a number of thirsty crops under conditions which make little ecological sense. Reform must address the legal framework, incentives for farmers, and consumer habits and expectations upstream, as it were.
- billbrown 3y agoPricing would also make a huge difference.[1] In general, though, California is a _mess_.[2] I mean, it didn't even have state groundwater management legislation until 2014—they're seriously playing catch-up now. [1] https://www.brookings.edu/research/shopping-for-water-how-the-market-can-mitigate-water-shortages-in-the-american-west/ https://www.brookings.edu/research/shopping-for-water-how-th... [2] https://archive.is/JGUe2 https://archive.is/JGUe2