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  • Juiceyb [any]
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    2 years ago

    Not many people know this but many of those farms are owned by Saudi Arabia. After Saudi Arabia started pumping out aquifers that were millions of years old to produce wheat in their country. They then became one of the largest producers and their wells went dry. So now in Arizona you got these farms owned by the Saudis that export to markets they are obligated to serve. Cuz you know, capitalism so they had to move to :amerikkka:. A lot of this usually goes to China it’s why you hear Chinese alfalfa on :reddit-logo: . We often talk about oil but water is way more crucial to the whole system. Also many of these cities can only exist out west because they are heavily subsidized by the east coast on water. Yay the incoming water wars.