"Bob Terwilliger" > wrote in message
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> Paul wrote:
>
>>> Here in Bakersfield, the farmers markets are disappointing. I think
>>> they are taking advantage of a lot of people not knowing what ripe
>>> fruit looks and smells like.. Not only fruit too.. They are selling
>>> grossly underripened fruit...and I keep on telling them that if they
>>> want me to buy it, they will have to have it a bit riper.
>>>
>>> The corn is good though..
>>
>>
>> Lousy farmer's markets in Bakersfield? I know that urban sprawl has hit
>> them hard but are all the farms gone?
>
> Quite a few farms in the area have been affected by the political decision
> to cut off agricultural water, a decision which seems to have been made
> out of spite. (Google [California dust bowl congress Obama].)

Twasn't political. The water is just not there and the farmers were getting
it way too cheap and using it very wastefully. Also, way too much
development and way too many swimming pools didn't help. It was **** poor
planning. California gets less water from the Colorado River now, too so
that puts more pressure on the internal supplies. Spite it was not, there
is simply not enough water in the state to go around.

Paul