As a likely trend, this kind of event should eventually stimulate
relocalized food growing here.
Karl North
Northland Sheep Dairy, Freetown, New York USA
www.geocities.com/northsheep/
"Mother Nature never farms without animals" - Albert Howard
"Pueblo que canta no morira" - Cuban saying
http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE51J6MO20090221?feed
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - California's main source of irrigation water is
expected to go dry this year for most of its growers due to drought,
idling at least 60,000 workers and up to 1 million acres of farmland,
federal officials and experts said on Friday.
The zero allocation for most of the farmers who buy water from the
federally managed Central Valley Project was declared as California water
officials repeated their plans to cut amounts supplied from a separate
state-run water system to 15 percent of normal.
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