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Originally Posted by Sly
Farmers provide food that the state, our country, and the world needs. They may use a lot of water, but they have a very unique geography and forcing them to take cuts so that people in a desert can have a green lawn makes no sense at all.
With that said, I'm sure there are better irrigation systems available that can help farmers save water as well. Necessity breeds innovation.
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Irrigation in any substantial amounts leads to soil salinization. California is not good place for sustainable farming, at least with many current plants and or methods. Even if you would improve the methods, some plants are not just sustainable for that area.