• BuckShot@beehaw.orgOP
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    1 year ago

    The Yuma area of Arizona only produces lettuce in winter as the Salinas Valley isn’t capable of producing veggies on the level needed for the country that time of year. Other than that, lettuce and most other veggies are from the Salinas Valley 3/4 of the year.

    On golf courses, it’s the number of them which is obscene. Also, seeing it’s only the wealthy who are able to use them is another frustrating part. City sports fields are open to everyone while many golf courses have memberships. The amount of water it takes to upkeep a course is wild but doesn’t compare to ag for sure.

    A 1/4 lb of beef takes roughly the same amount of water the average American uses showing for more than a month. Which blows my mind on soo many levels.

    Water is life and we need to make moves to protect it. Thank for the work you do! Do you think charging cattle farms appropriately for water and removing some golf courses is a good place to start?