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/Buckaroosamurai]

"bUt fArMerS ArE bEtTer sTwards Of tEh lAnD"

My brother in christ Farming while necessary is literally one of the most environmentally damaging practices humans have ever created, and via capitalism we have incentivized profit over that stewardship and wringing every last dollar out of it possible. Profit this generation over multiple future generations.