California Farm Water Coalition

What, exactly, is "corporate agriculture"?

Is it a large, faceless entity with little regard for people or the environment?

Not likely. Click HERE or listen to the radio to meet one of California's "corporate" farmers and learn how family farms make up the backbone of California agriculture.

The words "corporate agriculture" often depict a large, faceless entity with little regard for people or the environment.

Meet Kevin and Allison Hurd and learn how their family farm represents the thousands of "corporate" farms that make up the backbone of California agriculture.

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Critics ignore causes of Delta problems

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Coalition viewpoint...Critics of farm water continue to beat the drum that water flowing through the Delta that is delivered to San Joaquin Valley farms is the major cause of the Delta's environmental and fishery problems. Consider---

1. 1. Recent scientific studies, two this year, point to a greater problem...ammonium discharges into Delta waters that rob the Delta of needed food supplies for fish.

2. 2. Federal panels are also pointing to fluctuating temperatures in the ocean as a greater cause of salmon depletion.

3. 3. Striped bass prey on juvenile salmon as they make their way through the Delta.

Also, those "corporate" farmers this author refers to in the western San Joaquin Valley are family farmers. Decisions on how to run the farm are made by family members and not individuals sitting around a conference table hundreds of miles away.

Irrigation decisions often influenced by outside factors

August 30, 2010---A survey of San Joaquin Valley farmers about their irrigation practices reveals that irrigation decisions - when and how much water to apply to a crop - are largely influenced by factors outside of the control of the farmer.
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