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Can California’s Agriculture Survive Extreme Drought? Should It?

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California's Water Management System

It was like, you know, why should we devote farm land in places like the midwest or the southeast to a lot of fruit and vegetable production? Those places don't have the advantages. California agriculture has always relied heavily on emigrant labor from mexico. We heard tom say early now, if you can get water there, so can you give us a sense of the really remarkable complexity of the organization of our water grid?, asked Ellen hannock with the p p i c water policy center.

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