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This is a Fox News talking point. The real problem agriculture has in California is that we have moved from heavy labor crops to things like Almonds that are h
by outside1234 3y ago
This is a Fox News talking point.
The real problem agriculture has in California is that we have moved from heavy labor crops to things like Almonds that are heavily automated. Sadly, Almonds take a ton of water, so really the answer is to grow less Almonds.
But they don't want to hear that. They are also against funding these insanely expensive reservoirs of course too.
- brvsft 3y agoThis is yet more bullshit California politics, part of why I left. It’s the same thing as Californians eternally blaming the long-dead Ronald Reagan for the problem of visible homelessness in their state. Bring up that CA finally has plenty of water this year and they bitch about how actually it’s “too much” after a decade of bitching about “not enough.” It’s like they never heard the Goldilocks fairy tale or simply cannot relate what comes out of their mouth to the most basic critical thinking. Really, it’s not enough of an unpredictable and uncontrollable weather pattern for ten years and when that finally lets up it’s TOO MUCH. And it’s the farmers’ (they vote R) fault too!!1 Okay, California.
- coryrc 3y agoThere's nothing wrong with growing almonds! Almond are valuable. It's alfalfa that's the problem. You can't grow almonds in the Midwest, but alfalfa grows fine. Just stopping alfalfa buys at least fifty years of predicted snow and rainfall reduction, for a crop that's just shipping to Saudi Arabia.
- givemeethekeys 3y agoYet another reason why we should've collect rain water better. Almonds are delicious and make farmers good money, and the production can be automated.