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the_watcher on March 13, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: California has about one year of water left

Related to this: California is one of the largest producers of rice (one of the most water-intensive crops in the world) in the United States. Rice (and other water intensive crops) shouldn't be grown in places that have water issues.

aero142 on March 14, 2015 [–]

Texas is also recovering from a 10 year drought and was growing rice up until last year. It's just crazy.

the_watcher on March 14, 2015 | [–]

I lived in Texas for 3 years during the drought and had no idea they were growing rice.

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