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California farmers facing drought choose not to plant crops
California grows a third of the nation’s vegetables and two-thirds of its fruits and nuts. Some farmers are choosing to leave fields empty.
(Darryl Bush / Associated Press)
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In some areas of California it’s so dry that farmers aren’t even bothering to plant crops this season.
Growers north of San Francisco have begun pulling out of local farmers markets and produce-box programs.
County Line Harvest, which farms more than 30 acres in Petaluma, doesn’t have enough water to grow all the peppers, lettuces and other produce that normally go into its subscription boxes, according to a video on its Instagram page. Nearby farms are saying the same, underscoring the effect of the extended dry spell.