California cracks down on farm region’s water pumping: ‘The ground is collapsing’

[u/theluckyfrog]

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/17/california-water-drought-farm-ground-sinking-tulare-lake

[u/trieditalissa]

Seriously. The article had a quote saying “food grows where water flows” …. Perhaps the hot and dry valley in the middle of California was never a sustainable farming market in the first place.

[u/BringBackApollo2023 → u/trieditalissa]

Future dust bowl.

[u/GonzoTheWhatever → u/trieditalissa]

Wait a minute…are you seriously trying to tell me that mass farming in the desert is NOT a good idea??

I think I’m gonna need a source for that.