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Old 10-08-2022, 12:45 PM
 
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Well, due to the drought Cali farmers are switching from growing food to growing agave - the main source of teqillia.

So we may soon starve, but at least we can all die drunk!

https://www.yahoo.com/news/californi...135327638.html
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Old 10-08-2022, 12:53 PM
 
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I give them points for finding a viable solution to keep their land in production and the employment it provides to the community.
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Old 10-08-2022, 01:00 PM
 
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Well, due to the drought Cali farmers are switching from growing food to growing agave - the main source of teqillia.

So we may soon starve, but at least we can all die drunk!

https://www.yahoo.com/news/californi...135327638.html
No one is going to starve. All 50 states produce food. CA is just one of the top producers - about 11%. We import more food than that from other countries. Other top producing states are Texas, Illinois, Iowa and Nebraska.

Most Americans would do well to eat less.
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Old 10-08-2022, 03:03 PM
 
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Good time to start preparing for next year's vegetable garden.
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Old 10-08-2022, 03:20 PM
 
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Good time to start preparing for next year's vegetable garden.
I love my vegetable garden, but my small, suburban yard simply will not produce enough to keep my husband and me fed. If you have the space, the water, and the time, though, more power to you!
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Old 10-08-2022, 03:24 PM
 
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No one is going to starve. All 50 states produce food. CA is just one of the top producers - about 11%. We import more food than that from other countries. Other top producing states are Texas, Illinois, Iowa and Nebraska.

Most Americans would do well to eat less.
The problem is that the food from the midwest is all grains as well as meat- very few fruits and vegetables.

Most of the vegetables consumed in America come from the Valley in CA. For anyone who has never been there, just a jaunt through that region reveals that the only way that land remains productive is through aggressive irrigation. We are emerging from an unusually wet 150 year period in that region and rainfall averages are returning to normal levels.

Without the Colorado River and the Hech Hechy resevior, CA would be a desert (and many parts still are).
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Old 10-08-2022, 03:27 PM
 
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Most Americans would do well to eat less.
Exactly! Eat less, drink more Tequillia! Don't worry, be happy. Smart farmers.
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Old 10-08-2022, 03:33 PM
 
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Agave is 80% fructose. Some health nuts complain about HFCS while telling people agave is healthy... That's why I don't trust what people say regarding health.

HFCS is only 55% fructose. Table sugar is 50%. There's little difference health wise, and honey and maple syrup aren't magic health potions either. They are sugar.

Now a little ethanol....that is a health potion. Let the bacteria and yeast ferment that sugar and enjoy the results.
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Old 10-08-2022, 03:38 PM
 
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We'll just get it from South American countries.
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Old 10-08-2022, 03:45 PM
 
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Florida produces the 3rd most fruits and vegetables

https://www.perishablenews.com/produ...tables-in-u-s/

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No one is going to starve. All 50 states produce food. CA is just one of the top producers - about 11%. We import more food than that from other countries. Other top producing states are Texas, Illinois, Iowa and Nebraska.

Most Americans would do well to eat less.
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