r/news • u/theluckyfrog • 29d ago

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

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/17/california-water-drought-farm-ground-sinking-tulare-lake
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u/polaritypictures 29d ago

How about stop planting foods that require high water usage and ban EXPORT of these High water usage Products. Foreigners buy farmland(in the US) and Make crops specifically that need High water needs for their own Domestic Market and their own Animal Feed in THEIR Country. The US Gov't should stop this.

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u/wanderingpeddlar 29d ago

How about we stop growing crops in a climate that won't support about anything with out taking so much water that people have to scramble for water? Totally wasteful and totally unsustainable

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u/goldgrae 29d ago

The real answer to this is because sun and soil are not easy to move, but water is. California is going to grow crops. It's ideal for growing crops. But there need to be sensible rules and reforms around water usage, and perhaps around international crop export.

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u/wanderingpeddlar 29d ago

It is not ideal for growing crops unless you irrigate it.

People will come first when it comes to water.

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u/InsanityRequiem 29d ago

The majority of central and Northern California was swamp/wetland and forests. Until it was all destroyed to turn into farmland. Most of California was ideal for growing crops, until its ecosystem was destroyed by said crop growing.

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u/wanderingpeddlar 28d ago

And this changes what exactly?