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Kali

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3. growing food is different function

Reply to Mosby (Reply #1)

Wed Feb 3, 2021, 11:41 AM

Feb 2021

than growing stucco boxes. though the functions are deeply intertwined. this is another rural vs (sub)urban conflict. however the real danger here is private companies buying up productive farmland and transferring water outside of their local areas. interesting that Grady Gamage is taking the private company's case.

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Tensions rise over company's plan to sell Colorado River water in Arizona [View all] Kali Feb 2021 OP

The fact is though that the burbs use way less water than farms. Mosby Feb 2021 #1

growing food is different function Kali Feb 2021 #3

To get a good sense of the issue of water in the desert southwest, PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2021 #2

you can get an even better sense just living here Kali Feb 2021 #4

I don't think most people who actually live in places PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2021 #5

nothing like lawns, lots of green golfcourses, and artifical lakes to maintain the delusion Kali Feb 2021 #6

I have also lived in Phoenix and Tucson. PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2021 #10

Two major operations Wellstone ruled Feb 2021 #7

I know a lot of alfalfa gets shipped overseas (insane!) Kali Feb 2021 #8

Sorry,don't have the names. Wellstone ruled Feb 2021 #9