Depletion of groundwater is accelerating in California's Central Valley
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Ag is the biggest scam in California. At the expense of tax payers.
Given that Ag is essential for our food(especially now given the destruction of supply chain)and self sufficiency, it’s important to save soil, protect our water tables and automate Ag which will be gentle on the soil and eliminate labour.
So in general for US reduction in agricultural output just makes meat more expensive shifting diet towards starchy food.
As for specifically for California reducing agricultural land just makes almonds more expensive and one can live without them.
This does not argue that it is Ok to keep the status quo, but claiming that California agriculture is essential for US survival is just wrong.
And yes, I agree with you.
> Famiglietti said the findings indicate that timeline may be far too long, pointing to a need to speed up implementation of regulation under the law. The current pace of groundwater losses is now nearly five times faster than the long-term average since the 1960s.