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.


The water *is* there. Reservoirs in Northern California are doing just fine.
It is a *completely* political act.

Are you aware of the horrendous impact of desertification on the surrounding
environment?


Bob