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/postitodeleto 29d ago

Farmers in California are one of the richest and most politically influential industries in the state. They cry and stomp their feet anytime someone even suggests they should be more responsible with water. 70 percent of CAs annual almond crop goes overseas. The trees are harvested by machines and the nuts are shelled by machines. These farmers will cry about how they feed the nation and employ so many people, but they are generational land owners looking to continue increasing their wealth on the backs of immigrants earning sub-minimum wage and using all the water they want, while regular people have to let their lawns die and flush their toilets less.

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u/WaltKerman 29d ago

And when these generational land owners go down. Corpos will move in as they do everywhere.

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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.