Federal Water Rationing — Drought in Central Valley Compounds Hardships: Increase in Drug Use, Hunger and Domestic Violence; People are Saying, “ARE YOU A THIRD WORLD COUNTRY?“; Farmers Refer to “Man-made Drought” Caused by Restrictions (Jesse McKinley, NewYorkTimes)
Feb.22, 2009 in
Drought
(Feb. 21, 2009, Jesse McKinley, The New York Times)
The country’s biggest agricultural engine, California’s sprawling Central Valley, is being battered by the recession like farmland most everywhere. But in an unlucky strike of nature, the downturn is being deepened by a severe drought that threatens to drive up joblessness, increase food prices and cripple farms [...]
