....that said, the agricultural model for 95% of the Central Valley farms is unsustainable. The huge agri-business interests have used synthetic (ie:salt-based) fertilizers for so long that their crops need huge amts of water to overcome the salinity. They need more and more water every year.... it is quite literally unsustainable.

Those that only look at profits and not sustainability are running the show.

I wish a board member or 2 would sit in on some of our Horticulture classes at Foothill College. They would be shocked/horrified.... but perhaps the %age w/a moral compass or foresight would be able to convey the message.