Because the western slope of the Rockies and other (smaller and more western) mountains are a perfect natural rain catcher. And the Pacific Ocean sends tons of water to those mountains.
And because they were desert, they are perfect - almost sterile - growing environments with very few weeds, like hothouses for being a controlled environment. Plus, you know, all those cheap migrant farm workers. On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 12:48 PM, Vivec <[email protected]> wrote: > > How is it that "Farms" in a desert are supplying most of the food in the > US... > > o_O > > On 28 March 2011 12:29, Maureen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > The biggest issue with water in California is supplying irrigation for > > the farms in the Imperial and Central valleys, which supply a > > substantial amount of food consumed in the United States. > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:335573 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
