- Fearful that there may not be enough water for city dwellers or wildlife, authorities in the state have abruptly cut supplies to farms
- Growers complain a mountain of pointless restrictions have left them unable to fill their usual role of supplying America’s supermarkets
In the valleys of central California, the search for water has turned into an all-out obsession as the region suffers through a drought that could threaten the United States’ food supply.
Residents have watched with dismay as verdant fields have turned into brown, dusty plains, leaving shrivelled trees, dying plants and exasperated farmers.
https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3144322/us-food-supply-risk-historic-drought-sees-water
