Quote:It takes a gallon of water to grow a single almond.  

 

Reservoirs in California are running dry while people continue to fill their swimming pools and water their lawns, and farmers continue to grow almonds and other water-sucking crops.    They grow alfalfa which is then shipped to China.   So the farmers in California are basically exporting water to China at a time when water is running out for the rest of the citizens.   Who owns the water in the rivers and lakes in California?   It's a valid question.  

 

Sorry, small government fans, but it's a bad situation that cries out for some regulation.   That's why we have elections, and  that's why we ask our elected representatives to set some rules. 

so I guess almond farmers ( I don't think that's the proper term) should just all stop growing almonds and go on welfare? I would be interested to see what percentage of alfalfa is sold to china...I wouldn't think that it would a be a great amount as China isn't known for horse farms and cow herds...We ship a lot of milk to China so I wouldn't think there would be a huge call for alfalfa....There are millions of cows and horses here in our country so there has ao be a huge supply of alfalfa to be sold to our own people

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