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.
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.