Friday, February 27, 2009

California draught may impact price of food

via the Christian Science Monitor:
The shortage of water for farming will have wide-ranging repercussions. As The Christian Science Monitor notes, California grows one-sixth of all the produce — those healthy fruits and vegetables — eaten in the United States. Agriculture experts say the water cutbacks announced so far will reduce farm acreage by 18 percent this year, enough have wide-ranging economic impacts.

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