The Central Valley of California supplies approximately 8-10% of the US food supply on 1% of the farm land. It is roughly 450 miles long, running from SoCal to Sacramento. Saying the farms are in the "desert" misstates the geology.
On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 9:48 AM, Vivec <gel21...@gmail.com> wrote: > > How is it that "Farms" in a desert are supplying most of the food in the > US... > > o_O > > On 28 March 2011 12:29, Maureen <mamamaur...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> The biggest issue with water in California is supplying irrigation for >> the farms in the Imperial and Central valleys, which supply a >> substantial amount of food consumed in the United States. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:335572 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
