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.