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

Tell that to my sister to works for the state water management district and
who designed the SWAMP system while at Moss Landing. The water tables are
being depleted at a rapid rate and the Sacramento River delta is being
destroyed because of the water demands in the south. It is a nightmare.
Not to mention we have had some state-wide drought issues for more than 10
years now.

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

I am. Are you aware of wehat causes it?

Paul