[Sosfbay-discuss] [G-C-F] Water Emergency

[Wes Rolley]

Caroline Yacoub wrote:
> If we could get the government to stop giving water to people who grow 
> cotton and rice, neither of which is a sustainable crop in a desert, 
> there wouldn't BE a water emergency.
I agree on cotton, not so much on rice.

If people want to grow fiber for clothing, hemp is a lot better and uses 
a lot less water.

But, growing rice is mainly n the Sacramento Valley, not the San Joaquin 
Valley and that is much more favorable.  In fact, proper management of 
the land and water can be one of the best ways to protect both, 
especially flooding the land in the winter, attracting birds, deterring 
weeds and getting a large deposit of free fertilizer so less natural gas 
going to making ammonia.

After cotton, the next worse crop is alfalfa. 

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Wes Rolley
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