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California’s agricultural landscape is transforming due to water supply challenges and the push for renewable energy. With projections of 500,000 to 1 million acres fallowed in the San Joaquin Valley by 2040, driven by the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) and decades of environmental water policies curtailing water supplies, farmers face tough choices: grow crops, convert land to solar, or try to do both.

Water Scarcity’s Economic Toll on California Agriculture: Why We Must Act Now If egg prices are any indication of what happens when a disruption occurs in our food supply, consumers should prepare for rising prices and reduced availability in other aisles of the grocery store as well. Unlike temporary and short-lived supply interruptions like those affecting egg prices today, we should all be concerned about the effect of increased water shortages on the fruits, nuts,

California Agriculture: Dispelling Myths and Correcting the Record California’s agricultural sector has long been the subject of debate, particularly regarding its use of water and environmental impacts. A recent article published by Al Jazeera titled “California Water Wars: A Century of Wrangling Over Los Angeles’s Water” presents a misleading and incomplete picture of California’s agricultural water and its role in the state’s economy.   Too often columnists lean on sensationalist claims, biased or incomplete information,