No Water, No Jobs, No Food: Hundreds of Farmers, Farm Workers and Elected Officials Protest Federal Water Cuts in California (NewYorkTimes)
Apr.17, 2009 in
Drought, Public Works, Water Crisis
(April 16, 2009, The New York Times)
Hundreds of farmers, farm workers and local elected officials walked along dusty roads in the Central Valley on Thursday, part of a four-day march to protest federal cutbacks in water supplies.
“No Water, No Jobs, No Food,” read one sign held above the crowd, expressing the frustration of many in a region battered by a three-year drought, the national recession and surging unemployment.
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