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WATER
ALL APROVED FOR ORGANIC USE
IMPROVE SHELF LIFE
& NET TON YIELD
A field irrigated by sprinklers in California's San Joaquin Valley.
Persistent dryness, severe heat, low water tables and reservoirs
are causing water shortages throughout the West Coast.
Photos: California Department of Water Resources
supply, he said. " The higher-priced commodities are
winning out. "
Growers are doing a lot of work recharging depleted
aquifers by diverting winter flood flows (that would
otherwise flow to the ocean) onto vineyards and orchards
during dormancy. Three decades ago, Cameron watched
his water table drop and he realized at some point the state
would run out of water.
Since then, Cameron proved growers can purposely flood
orchards and vineyards to recharge aquifers without killing
the crops. The state's Department of Water Resources
adopted the groundwater recharge system and is considering
it a key component of California's water resiliency program.
" You can't keep taking money out of the bank, " Cameron
said. " You have to put some of it back in once in a while. "
In northern California and southern Oregon's Klamath
Basin, a prominent potato growing region, a natural and
political drought has sliced acreage. In the 1990s, the region's
32 packing sheds pulled from 30,000 acres. Today, three
sheds pack from 14,000 acres, said Dan Chin, president and
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