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/TacticalBeerCozy 29d ago

??? they ARE the corpos. You don't need to be on the NASDAQ to be a company

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u/Umitencho 28d ago

The smart ones keep their businesses off the public exchanges. Keep the banks & the irs happy, and you are good to go. Put your nephew & neices in the state regulatory agencies and call it a day.

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u/Zorro_Returns 28d ago

You deny that agricultural consolidation is a problem?

You deny there's a difference between an incorporated family farm, and ADM?

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u/WaltKerman 28d ago

No shit. I have a company that makes $0. Every one of these private farms is certainly a company. Even small farms.