https://modernfarmer.com/2024/05/are-flooded-fields-and-orchards-the-answer-to-californias-groundwater-shortage/ Farm. Food. Life. Sun, 05 May 2024 17:51:11 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://modernfarmer.com/2024/05/are-flooded-fields-and-orchards-the-answer-to-californias-groundwater-shortage/#comment-73683 Sun, 05 May 2024 17:51:11 +0000 https://modernfarmer.com/?p=153204#comment-73683 Makes sense but not a word on soil conditions going anaerobic for extended periods of time and its impact on productivity?

]]> https://modernfarmer.com/2024/05/are-flooded-fields-and-orchards-the-answer-to-californias-groundwater-shortage/#comment-73682 Sun, 05 May 2024 17:27:04 +0000 https://modernfarmer.com/?p=153204#comment-73682 Bet you won’t post my comment, because I grew up in a California that didn’t censor opinions that different from Big Ag.

]]> https://modernfarmer.com/2024/05/are-flooded-fields-and-orchards-the-answer-to-californias-groundwater-shortage/#comment-73681 Sun, 05 May 2024 17:22:45 +0000 https://modernfarmer.com/?p=153204#comment-73681 Has anyone thought why the almond industry started nearly a hundred years ago in the Sacramento Delta area? Where water sustainability wasn’t a real problem? Many of the water intensive cash crops have been grown there for decades.
No, Almonds are not the Devil they are made out to be. Walnuts, pistachios, alfalfa for our Dairy industry and grapes use more water than almonds. They are in the top 5 though.
Why are almonds and nut crops being grown now in areas of the state where they are not sustainable? Money, not feeding the country…
Why the sudden demand for almonds? Surely the Almond Growers Association has nothing to do with promoting an unsustainable crop in the Central Valley, would it?
Seems the world got along fine with the California nut industry as it was in the 60s, 70s and 80s.
80% of these nuts are grown for export. Not to feed ourselves. It’s a very lucrative industry that requires outside investment and a strong lobby in Sacramento.
A much better investment than the stock market. That’s why Hedge Funds are great investors in unsustainable agriculture in California.
Money Talks!

]]> https://modernfarmer.com/2024/05/are-flooded-fields-and-orchards-the-answer-to-californias-groundwater-shortage/#comment-73677 Sun, 05 May 2024 16:29:34 +0000 https://modernfarmer.com/?p=153204#comment-73677 Well recharging ground water will postpone the inevitable for a short time. Eventually humans MUST wake up and address the real problem and therefore solution. We MUST reduce the human population.
In the rather near future the human population will be significantly reduced!! Either through humane measures (fewer kids), or starvation, disease, and the mass killings during worldwide tribal, clan, or gang warfare.

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