
TRANQUILLITY, CA – APRIL 19: A no trespassing sign stands over cracked ground in an unplanted field on April 19, 2009 near Tranquility, California. Central Valley farmers and farm workers are suffering through the third year of the worsening California drought with extreme water shortages and job losses.
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California’s drought isn’t just turning green lawns brown or #droughtshaming into a trending topic. It’s taking a multi-billion dollar toll on the state’s agricultural industry as well.
The University of California, Davis is out with a new report, and some of the numbers are steep. The study found that in 2015 alone, the drought will cost the state’s farmers industry $2.7 billion dollars and more than 18,000 jobs, with 564,000 […]
Why doesn’t California investigate and implement desalinization of ocean water? They’ve got the ocean–like many of the west coast states–they don’t need to be taking water from the Colorado River from non-oceanfront states.