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      10 days ago

      There could have been less disruptive ways of doing that though.

      Obviously, it would have been better if these farmers had never started growing alfalfa rather than plants more adapted to dryness.

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    TIL the us exports alfalfa to china? What the fuck man why would you do that that sounds fucking insane man

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      Yes, and they’re growing it in the Central Valley, using water piped in from elsewhere at great expense (though to taxpayers and other water users, not to the farmers).

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        This sounds so monumentally stupid I have no advice other than has anyone tried you know, not doing that? Alfalfa? Really? fuck my life bro

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    It sucks to suck … water indiscriminately from finite aquifers to produce food to ship across the globe to feed beef cattle.