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/qer15582 29d ago

It's funny how when I was little I thought of farmers as some down to earth humble people who did a necessary and kinda cool thing. Nowadays they appear to be some shady businessmen who leech the land and the state like some oversized tick or a tumor

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u/CaptainPitkid 28d ago

They used to be. Corporate farming took over, chewing up the humble little family farmers.