More Bad News for Food

(After writing this post, I found out one more piece of bad news. Because of the poor harvests last year, many garden seeds are hard to get this year. Read about it on yesterday's post on Totally Ready.) "Seed Shortages".






I think I have been out of the loop on this one, I think this could have made the news last year but I just heard about it.

There is a man-made drought in the San Joaquin Valley in California, where the fresh water is being pumped into the ocean instead of into the canals where the farmers have depended on it for their farms. The reason: Congress fears that a tiny minnow that was put on the endangered species list will be caught in the pumps.

That first youtube video shows the high unemployment in that county, and talks about the fact that this was one of the biggest food-producing counties in the U.S. Where are we going to get our fruits and vegetables if they shut down whole food-producing areas like that?

Hannity interviews:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Twd59PrqCNg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwhGkiPfPzo&NR=1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InelCf0tMFI&NR=1

Hannity in California:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFJfviDPVrc&feature=channel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjWPGg4fhKg&feature=related

Congressional hearings

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PykWODgPwIA&feature=channel



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrUAgHbkkrk&feature=channel
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IV9Es0sc2Ig&feature=channel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75jk5ZSqmAg&feature=related (this has the congressional vote)