Offensive as this is it might be less environmentally destructive than running an orchard in the desert. Not that responsible land stewardship is a possible outcome
Yep, and as much as I love the old orchards they are way more water intensive than the modern style, and unfortunately you can’t rip up irrigation once the trees are in. So, in a way, the first step to getting betting water use is tearing all this shit out.
All that aside, motherfucking capitalism decides to do it at a time when people might be needing food and jobs. Because it sucks at remembering the human angle.
Offensive as this is it might be less environmentally destructive than running an orchard in the desert. Not that responsible land stewardship is a possible outcome
Came here to say this. The central valley agriculture model is not the model we should be saving
Yep, and as much as I love the old orchards they are way more water intensive than the modern style, and unfortunately you can’t rip up irrigation once the trees are in. So, in a way, the first step to getting betting water use is tearing all this shit out.
All that aside, motherfucking capitalism decides to do it at a time when people might be needing food and jobs. Because it sucks at remembering the human angle.
Also, peach trees only live like 8 years anyway, and get horrible diseases if you look at them funny.