"cshenk" > wrote in message
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> Paul M. Cook wrote in rec.food.cooking:
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>> "Ophelia" > wrote in message
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>> > I have noticed several people here mention California. We have had
>> > a lot of stuff on tv about the lack of water there. We were shown
>> > the huge reservoirs with very little water in them. They were
>> > showing how people with lush grass and full swimming pools were
>> > being demonised.
>> >
>> > Is anyone here affected? It sounds very frightening!
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>> Everyone in CA is affected. And since CA grows half the country's
>> food, half the country is affected as well. My town is ordering a
>> 35% cutback on water use with fines for offenders. NASA says this is
>> the last year we will have water in the reservoirs. So next year we
>> should be in full anarchy mode I expect. Fox News blames it on
>> illegal immigrants.
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> Paul, major correction. California grows maybe 5% of our food. It's
> only a major cropper of some items and those can be grown elsewhere.

Food Facts

California has been the number one food and agricultural producer in the
United States for more than 50 consecutive years.

More than half the nation's fruit, nuts, and vegetables come from here.

California is the nation's number one dairy state.

California's leading commodity is milk and cream. Grapes are second.

California's leading export crop is almonds.

Nationally, products exclusively grown (99% or more) in California include
almonds, artichokes, dates, figs, kiwifruit, olives, persimmons, pistachios,
prunes, raisins, clovers, and walnuts.

From 70 to 80% of all ripe olives are grown in California.

California is the nation's leading producer of strawberries, averaging 1.4
billion pounds of strawberries or 83% of the country's total fresh and
frozen strawberry production. Approximately 12% of the crop is exported to
Canada, Mexico, United Kingdom, Hong Kong and Japan primarily. The value of
the California strawberry crop is approximately $700 million with related
employment of more than 48,000 people.

California produces 25% of the nation's onions and 43% of the nation's green
onions.