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California farmers depleted groundwater in this county. Now a state crackdown could rein them in
Cal Matters ^ | APRIL 15, 2024 | RACHEL BECKER

Posted on 04/15/2024 3:21:11 PM PDT by artichokegrower

Kings County agencies and growers may face probation and millions of dollars in fines — which could be the first step toward the state wresting control of groundwater.

(Excerpt) Read more at calmatters.org ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: agriculture; california; californication; farmdestruction; farmers; food; groundwater; water
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State taking control of agriculture. What could go wrong.

Research Stalin's 5 year agricultural plan. Millions died.

1 posted on 04/15/2024 3:21:11 PM PDT by artichokegrower
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To: artichokegrower

What the hell will it take to REEL IN THE STATE????


2 posted on 04/15/2024 3:22:51 PM PDT by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ (Jude 3) and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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Research Stalin's 5 year agricultural plan. Millions died.

True that. Something to think about with the Russia/Ukraine war. I'm not saying I believe either side's lies. But I can appreciate Ukraine having tons of distrust of Russia from all the millions of Ukrainians who died in Stalin's Holodomor.

3 posted on 04/15/2024 3:23:42 PM PDT by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: artichokegrower

In sum, California State Gov’t wants total control, or they will shut down Agriculture in the San Jaoquin Valley


4 posted on 04/15/2024 3:24:45 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: artichokegrower

They are going to be so surprised when there is no food on the grocery store shelves.


5 posted on 04/15/2024 3:25:17 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████ ████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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To: artichokegrower

From the state that wastes surplus rainwater by dumping it in the ocean, and then penalizes the farmers as if they are the cause of a ground water shortage.

The entire CA state government needs to be dismantled and started from scratch with fresh blood. No political experience allowed. (IOW, favors owed and paybacks and blackmail included)


6 posted on 04/15/2024 3:25:43 PM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus…)
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To: artichokegrower

California State Government wants to put them out of business instead supplying water


7 posted on 04/15/2024 3:26:13 PM PDT by butlerweave
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To: PGR88

Then the farmers will leave the state and quit farming in the Peoples republic of California.


8 posted on 04/15/2024 3:28:38 PM PDT by Texas resident (Biden=Obama=Jarrett=Soros)
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To: artichokegrower

California has been borderline desert for millions of years… they are pump the ground water dry. The math doesn’t work


9 posted on 04/15/2024 3:28:56 PM PDT by Bulwinkle (Bulwinkle, a.k.a. Daffy Duck )
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To: artichokegrower; Jim W N; Tell It Right; PGR88; E. Pluribus Unum; metmom; butlerweave
The economy is based on agriculture. About 87% of Kings County's 890,000 acres is agricultural farmland.

The gross value of all agricultural crops and products produced during 2018 in Kings County was $2,351,983,000.

Kings County is 10th among California counties in agricultural production. The top commodity in 2018 was milk with a value of $676.7 million.

Other major agricultural commodities included pistachios, cotton, cattle and calves, almonds and processing tomatoes.

Other important employers include a Del Monte Foods tomato processing plant, the J. G. Boswell Company, an Olam International tomato processing facility, Leprino Foods, the largest mozzarella cheese maker in the world

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With enough helicopters, Pinochet could easily sort this out for the proposed future victims of the Commie California giver-mint.

10 posted on 04/15/2024 3:29:28 PM PDT by kiryandil (what Ukrainian electrical grid doink?)
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“Crackdown” on farmers?

These people are nuts!


11 posted on 04/15/2024 3:30:41 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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> Research Stalin’s 5 year agricultural plan. Millions died. <

Yes. But don’t forget a favorite liberal saying. “This time it will be different.”
(Of course it never is.)


12 posted on 04/15/2024 3:32:49 PM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: artichokegrower

We still have ground water here in Louisiana. We get it, unless we experience a power loss.


13 posted on 04/15/2024 3:38:18 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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Those evil farmers, growing all that food.

We don’t need no stinking food.


14 posted on 04/15/2024 3:39:32 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████ ████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

They are going to be so surprised when there is no food on the grocery store shelves.****

But every Californian knows if the shelves are empty they will just restock from the back room. Just like when you need electricity you just plug into the wall.


15 posted on 04/15/2024 3:40:01 PM PDT by McGavin999 ( A sense of humor is a sign of intelligence, leftists have no sense of humor, therefore…)
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To: kiryandil; artichokegrower; Jim W N; PGR88; E. Pluribus Unum; metmom; butlerweave
Conservatives would do well to grow as much of your own food as you feasibly can and produce as much of your own energy as you feasibly can. Stock up on the 2nd amendment.

And yet, even more important is the 1st amendment. America got through harder times in the past because of the 1st Great Awakening and 2nd Great Awakening. While we try to win the political battles, it's even more important to win the cultural battle like our predecessors did.

16 posted on 04/15/2024 3:47:37 PM PDT by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Next Newsom will be tearing down dams on California’s rivers. Oh wait. Never mind

Klamath River and Dam Removal Crises Continues with CA Dept. of Fish and Wildlife Failure

On Tuesday March 26th, the Siskiyou County Board of Supervisors declared a local State of Emergency in regard to the adverse impacts of the Klamath Dam removal project affecting the Klamath River.

https://californiaglobe.com/fr/klamath-river-and-dam-removal-crises-continues-with-ca-dept-of-fish-and-wildlife-failure/


17 posted on 04/15/2024 3:50:22 PM PDT by artichokegrower
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To: Bulwinkle

Chinatown (1974) , LOL


18 posted on 04/15/2024 3:54:43 PM PDT by butlerweave
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To: Tell It Right
Conservatives would do well to grow as much of your own food as you feasibly can...

Can't have that, which is why they want to outlaw home gardening...

WEF Proposes Ban on Gardening

19 posted on 04/15/2024 3:59:34 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████ ████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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To: McGavin999

Inland California needs to separate from the coastal Bolsheviks, maybe being joined by San Diego, parts of Orange and Ventura with inland Oregon and Washington States and do what they want. Let the commies fail on their own.


20 posted on 04/15/2024 4:06:35 PM PDT by laconic
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