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Farmers yield new ideas from drought

Posted by: Aqua Blog Maven on April 21, 2009 at 8:59 am

From American Public Media’s Marketplace:

Kai Ryssdal: Chances are pretty good that when you swing by the fruit and vegetable section of your local supermarket the produce you’re picking over came from California. The Central Valley here — running 400 miles up the middle of the state — produces a quarter of this country’s food. Thanks mostly to 80 years of cheap and reliable water.

But California is in the middle of its worst drought in decades. And after three straight years of low rainfall, there is some worry that the Central Valley could become a dust bowl. So the state’s $30 billion farming industry is changing — whether it wants to or not. From the Marketplace Sustainability Desk, Jennifer Collins reports.

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April 21, 2009 · Filed Under Agriculture, Drought, Weather & Snowpack

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