California grows a pretty important part of our food supply , both in terms of sheer figure and in term of unlike miscellany . But as the land out there gets drying agent and drier , not everything is going to make it .
TheUSDA ’s Economic Research Serviceput together this chart of which crops depend on various weewee sources around the state , and which are most in danger of execute depressed . Note that the chart does not show which crop use the most water — almonds , for illustration , occupy a relatively dependable segment of the chart . Why ? Because , in spite of their incredible thirst for water , most of the state ’s almond farm are already in area with strong existing water supplies that do n’t depend on irrigation . When you get in to crops that are both gruelling water users and dependent on irrigation , though , the future tense is much dicier . In other words , rice , your mean solar day in California may be list .
Top image : Elmer Leopold Rice subject out of doors of Sacramento /Amadscientist .
Chart : USDA / ERS .
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