Inside The California Drought With Don Cheadle

In 2017, the worst drought in 1,200 years was devastating California, diving farmers to the brink of disaster. Actor Don Cheadle meets a family of farmers whose lives may never be the same as they struggle to find water in the parched Central Valley.
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[@Kittycat822]

Thank you for this documentary! It is so needed to bring light on our poor farmers and the changing climate.

[@mikemann1960]

Look at the golf course for the water! They don't even remotely care. They want to putt on natural green's. George Carlin pointed this out 15 year's ago.

[@vgslife9640]

i agree with you. i hate golf courses they just waste water.

[@jmd1743]

Why should the business care? In 1976 &1977 they had a major drought. That's about 45 years to build desalinization plants. California won't do anything until the feds cut them off of other state's water.

[@maytons]

The US military owns the most courses at 234. There is zero need for the military to own golf courses.

[@verybigowl]

Opening scene is a little cheesey, like she didn't notice Don and the cameras and film crew with him in the empty restaurant lol

[@sleddy01]

That's reality TV. If you're watching there is a camera in the person's face. It can't really be reality.

[@carpo719]

It was supposed to be made that way.

[@israelitetingz2954]

Just the look on those kids faces was disheartening. The idea that there may not be a future for them is heartbreaking to say the least. we have managed to suck mother earth's resources completely dry.

[@larrytaylor693]

I wish more celebrities would take this role kudos to Don he's a real hero for acknowledging the crisis He's now one of my top actor's thanks Don and this was a year ago time for a new video it's much worse now today Portland Oregon record 8° above as high as ever recorded temperature this is never happened in the United States beating a record by eight degrees in a single day we are going to see things deteriorate quick now

[@jimmyrichardson67]

Don Cheadle is on of my favourite actors too

[@larrytaylor693]

@@jimmyrichardson67 we need more people in high places to speak out tell everyone how fossil fuel companies have been lying to put out denial videos and information to sway public opinion while they burn the planet up

[@catherinenelson4162]

And Kudos to you for pointing it out!

[@johnpollard744]

The most amazing scene was the open. The waitress did not notice the camera crew and equipment. She instantly invites him to her ranch while still ignoring the camera crew. She did not even take their order. It was just so spontaneous and natural.

[@donwimberley4772]

It is worse than the public realizes. Much worse. EVERYONE MUST actively CONSERVE

[@DirtFlyer]

The vast majority of water goes to agriculture, at about 75 to 85 percent of all water allocated. Conservation measures have already been put in place in many western cities and states. It's getting to the point where water conservation in urban areas will have little effect. If the drought continues, soon many California farmers will be without water completely when their wells go dry, or ground subsidence gets so bad as to make farm land unusable.

[@sitdowndogbreath]

It's the damn farmer that needs to conserve and Preserve Water Supplies by using drip irrigation like Israel does!

[@DirtFlyer]

@@sitdowndogbreath I agree. Also, irrigation water needs to be metered just like residential water gets metered.

[@sitdowndogbreath]

@@DirtFlyer the only place in the world I know that does not meter water usage a water is Montreal but they're known as hydro-quebec they get away with a lot of things they should have an exemption if they have an Israeli drip system will be exempt from water meters, what do you think about that proposal?

[@DirtFlyer]

4:45 The farmer says that we will be in some real trouble if this lasts two more years. It's been 4 years since this was filmed, and the drought has gotten much worse. We are so screwed.

[@shannonhunt7966]

This should be a series

[@davidre1924]

In 2019 the draught came to an end? really? its 2021 now and your still in it, and your in it bad.

[@alanmacification]

Long droughts with occasional devastating rains is the new climate for California. And it is going to get worse.

[@skyoneasassin]

Is seeing Don Cheadles frustration while he was talking with the climate scientist was a very relatable feeling. He was basically expressing the same level of frustration almost every American has about this crisis right now, we all recognize that it is a crisis and we are desperate for solutions but we don't know where to turn. We are all beyond frustration at our leaders turning a blind eye to this issue

[@danthomas6587]

Don Cheetos lol

[@skyoneasassin]

@@danthomas6587 oops! Voice to text can be a real pain in the ass sometimes... I fixed it!😅

[@alanmacification]

Better then 35% of Americans don't believe the science of climate change.

[@dcyphyr]

There is no solution.

[@aptorres01]

Great wrk guys thank you

[@michaelfrawley171]

I live in Canada and without California produce….it’s rice and beans…take our water in exchange for strawberries

[@ktowniecity7269]

We have 10% of the World's fresh water! The problem is these corporations like Nestle taking the US and Canada's water from us at no charge then charging all of us!

[@michaelfrawley171]

@@ktowniecity7269 I’ve heard…I can’t believe our government would sell our water rights….something is amiss

[@Joh2n]

When we start pumping water extreme distances to grow food the shit has gone over our head.

[@michaelfrawley171]

@@Joh2n I’m thinking gravity fed…no pumping until it’s pumped from offshore reservoirs

[@Joh2n]

@@michaelfrawley171 Offshore reservoirs, you lost me. I dont think you can gravity feed from Canada to California. Just the project for the canal would be costly.

[@D0praise]

Sips from bottled water, “damn that sucks.” Pours water down drain. “Hope somebody does something to fix this mess.”

[@danthomas6587]

@Randy Lahey lol

[@vgslife9640]

FATHER GOD please bless us with more rain and snow to end the droughts globally. AMEN

[@domesticatedwolverine4152]

The Mexican man its every hispanic's dream to own a little farm. It is so true

[@carpo719]

And many of us skinny white boys too! :) I dream of a farm. But that dream is getting harder to fulfill. I live in the PNW but it's going downhill up here too

[@contendingforpeace4204]

@@abcd2257 Not without WATER.

[@alessandronarom6751]

mexicans are not Hispanic, & n it's not every person's dream.

[@domesticatedwolverine4152]

Alessandro narom ey' nobody asked you

[@alessandronarom6751]

@@domesticatedwolverine4152 i dont your permission so sod off

[@dwightpruitt3665]

My favorite beer when I was a kid was Tuborg Gold , Damit the columbia river is over flowing again , Wish I had a cold one .

[@nansealove9000]

I think aquaponics might be an answer. I have read several articles that say it uses 10% of water that traditional agriculture. When studying to be a master gardener we visited a fellow student's garden. The plants grown with aquaponics were vastly superior to plants planted in soil at the same time.

[@nansealove9000]

@paul lennon haha. 🤣 Seriously if you don't know what a Master Gardener is you should look it up it is a free service in virtually every state in the US offered under the university extension service, the volunteers are available to answer most home gardening questions, and if they cannot the have the entire university system of botanists, biologists etc to turn to for help.

[@nansealove9000]

@paul lennon it gets better with age, I am retired and devote the majority of my summers to growing. Currently working to rewild my little acre and replace dry, dangerous non native grasses to much safer natives. Find gardening with a purpose of helping the earth very fulfilling in addition to soaking up nature. Have to pull myself away to take breaks.

[@nansealove9000]

@paul lennon sorry to hear that, I have had a chronic condition for 28 years that put a big hold on my life, but miracles happen. I wish one for you.

[@nansealove9000]

@paul lennon I am finally recovering, hence the long hours in the garden, making up for lost time. 🥳

[@randalldunkley1042]

Many rivers on the West Coast enter the sea from a canyon. Dam up the entry point with a reservoir and catch that water before it runs into the sea. You don't take from those depending on the flow upstream but you don't let it become wasted either.

[@larryscott3982]

The closing text (14:24) says the drought ended in 2019. But at the time what I had heard is that it would take years of rain. So. don’t let up a water conservation. Was it over? Is it over? And the vid did include comments in the Colorado basin. Was the drought ‘over’ in the west, the CO basin? Or just a relief in California Central Valley? Has the water table rebounded? Need a part 2.

[@keyboarddancers7751]

The section when the farmer explained how deep he now has to drill to reach the aquifer was very scary! That will take many decades of sustained and regular rainfall *AND* a cessation of extraction to stand even a remote chance of replenishment.

[@klamar_700as7]

good show. Key word SHOW

[@mookbuilt]

A desalination plant would do a lot better than a flipping worthless bullet train

[@paulsmith1411]

keep tearing up trees and develop,we need to plant more and more ,to collect what rain we do get

[@MarkMphonoman]

This truly is apocalyptic. Wake up America, we are going to lose our West Coast.

[@DirtFlyer]

It's not just the west coast. It's the entire western United States. Take a look at the map in the link below. droughtmonitor.unl.edu/

[@MarkMphonoman]

@@DirtFlyer Will do. Mark

[@MarkJones-si2bb]

No mention of the $7.5 Billion Water Bond measure from 2014? Money spent on 'ecosystem restoration', undeserved communities, green issues, etc. "Funding for new water storage projects-which involve long lead times-has been the slowest out the door; just over $150 million of the $2.7 billion authorized has been spent, though most remaining funds are now earmarked for seven qualifying projects." New Sites Reservoir - off river - only partly funded, and now reduced in planned size by HALF. Why doesn't Newsom fully fund it?

[@CanadianMapleleaf]

In my lifetime I grew up on Beach boys music, got a chance to soak my feet in the ocean at Laguna beach and always dreamt as a boy that one day I would live there. :( Geez things have changed so much, all those things people said would never happen in my lifetime are happening!! I really feel for our brothers and sisters south of the border as I do for us. Your in my prayers...

[@larrygraves8998]

As farmers continue to pump water out of the ground and the ground is sinking and it's said to have sank nine feet down what do you think will happen if the rain returns. Will the valley be nine feet or more under water what will you do then .

[@Nataliarazvi]

How we can help?

[@shubarose44]

This year it is even worse

[@justbe1451]

Watching this video in June 2021, has anything happened since? Real issues are being lost, all we hear about is Covid & government.

[@kennyw871]

If you want to help, let's hear your suggestions on what should be done, and be specific.

[@justbe1451]

@@kennyw871 i asked a question, not offered solutions. But your input was terrific. 👏

[@haviervillalobos321]

You can't do nothing our father said this would happen if we forget him! We have satanic clubs in all our schools! This is just the beginning its going to get allot worse! We are killing millions to abortion! Think God should stop? Abortion has claimed 120 million in America alone! in less then 20 years! Turn to christ Repent, time is at hand!

[@Joh2n]

Watch PUMPED DRY. Things are worse, but noone is saying much.

[@DirtFlyer]

Many states are making efforts to switch to renewable energy production, but it's not enough. Energy production, transportation, and agriculture all need to reduce CO2 output very quickly if we want to have any hope.

[@nansealove9000]

I am confused why you didn’t release this in 2017, we had so much rain in 2018. Not that drought is not still a future concern but it would be good to update to address the current full reservoirs.

[@Michilar]

The rain that we are getting is not sufficient to refill the aquifers that were depleted during the drought years. You heard the one farmer say he had to drill down 800 feet to hit water to irrigate his plants, whereas before he only had to drill down 60 feet in years back. The same thing is happening in Iowa with the Ogalla Aquifer. Humans are using water like drunken sailors. The rainfall, most of which just flows to the ocean because of all the damn concrete, pavement, etc, is only one of the things to look at. More important is the stuff underground.

[@OttoBoy]

Unfortunately, one year is not enough to replenish the water depleted over decades of intensive use. Full reservoirs are temporary. Aquifers are still drastically low. More importantly, long term climate patterns are potentially causing permanent desertification.

[@nansealove9000]

@@Michilar and @Mark Oki thank you. I understand now.

[@betadoctor]

'In 2017, the worst drought in 1,200 years was devastating California' ..... 2021 : ........ We are not gonna make it as a species are we ..

[@dcyphyr]

No. We are not.

[@betadoctor]

@@dcyphyrWhat, 2021?

[@thomasmoll8822]

I think there really have been a lot of questionable choices in the West over the last 100 years, but one I find mind-boggling is the idea that it would be clever to raise cattle somewhere where you’re completely reliant on irrigation to even grow your animals' food.

[@foxdavani4091]

2022 update. Shocking news, still drought here in cali

[@alexcontreras6103]

not anymore

[@bookbeing]

We have to stop subsidizing big corporate Farms with money and cheap water and save it for these little Family farms. And we have to stop dumping freshwater into our oceans!

[@nolang4495]

An yes we are running out of water here in Las Vegas Nevada too🥵

[@jcr1382]

For all the people complaining about the first scene of this documentary, you’re missing the point and seeing the forest for the tree.

[@jamesbowman586]

Only one guy can fix this: CAPTAIN PLANET!

[@jimbeck553]

250,000 ace feet into the ocean for the Delta Smelt.

[@jaykroeker961]

It’s a lot more than that! How about the 1.6 million acre feet of water stolen from agriculture’s and urban’s state and federal contracts with CVPIA and the Bay Delta in the 1990s?

[@bryaneasterdaysr2223]

It's in bottled water causing the water shortages.

[@cmvamerica9011]

No water?

[@jamessang5027]

Build swales to refill aquifers!

[@larrytaylor693]

Swales are good idea but it's not going to make it much better the situation is way to bad plus swales need water to even get going put the gravel and mulch in plant scrubs and trees but they die unless it rains or watered daily

[@jamessang5027]

@@larrytaylor693 My answer was a simple idea to try to get people thinking about how to harvest rainwater. First we have to harvest all rainwater in a way to get the all rainwater to be absorbed into the ground. When we can get the rainwater 24 to 36 inches into the soil, the rainwater will start to raise the groundwater levels enough to start farm activity after a couple of years of rainfall. The depth of the capture of rainfall is vital. If you leave it on surface or 12 inches into the ground, the rainwater will be evaporated by the sun and the wind. The way to do this is to subsoil plow all available land, especially around your well area. When this rainwater is absorbed, the ground will start to grow vegetation. This vegetation will help keep the soil from getting too dry and start to cool the land. After a couple of rainy years, this vegetation will start to release water vapor into the atmosphere, when there enough water vapor in the atmosphere , it will rain when the humidity is correct and the temperature is correct. Watch you tube video "Deep Soil Ripping for Water Conservation" by Megan Clayton to understand the idea.

[@alanmacification]

@@jamessang5027 But there is not enough rain to begin with.

[@jamessang5027]

@@alanmacification How many inches of water a year is it raining a year there? If you subsoil plow 24 to 36 inches, any rainwater that falls will be captured and not be evaporated. In the Saudi Arabian desert, water was harvested and plants grew. Then It did not rain for 3 years! When the rains came, the plants grew again! Please watch you tube video "The story of Al Baydha: A regenerative agriculture in the Saudi desert" by Al Baydha. Also watch you tube video "Deep Soil Ripping for Water Conservation" by Megan Clayton!

[@cmvamerica9011]

We wish we were in control.

[@michaelhusar3668]

There's not a water shortage, there's a water usage problem. Limit the water intensive farms (farm irrigation is top user). stop landscaping desert homes with grass that requires sprinklers (just one of many easy ways to save water). Does everyone really need to waste so much water? average person can limit shower length, fix leaking plumbing, etc and it adds up fast. The aquafors are being drained and nobody seems to care. Environmental impact is going to be devastated ecosystems.

[@shannonhunt7966]

It's going to be a Mad Max type world in a few years

[@dcyphyr]

No. It will be " The Road".

[@XLucas54]

The ranch owner is my cousin.

[@elaineburruss7133]

Holy shit that taco Rico is in Porterville!!

[@flintstone2573]

Self inflicted. Major urban centers all along the coast using surface water instead of desalinization. Major dam development has all been shut down for the last 60+ years, thereby turning to groundwater. Meanwhile, California has almost tripled in population over that time period. Stupidity!

[@OnTheDownLowODL]

Damn.... Raza spitting straight facts.....

[@dw5731]

i know he was warmachine but i never knew his real name lmfao

[@gabem6362]

California's liberal policies into save the salamander has caused this water shortage, California has to think of its people and its food supply first before their salamanders, it's a fact water management is very poor in California

[@MarkMphonoman]

Getting worse every year. And people who do not live out west don’t really appreciate the problem. Know this, 25% of our food comes from California. When those fields go dry, America starves. We must figure out a solution.

[@stevenboldt6489]

Find out what agricultural products are most resource intensive.

[@jaykroeker961]

@@stevenboldt6489, they all are. Do you grow your own produce? Do you farm commercially?

[@larryjean4480]

They said it hasn't been this bad for 1200 years, I wonder how long that drought lasted? hopefully we are just going through another drought cycle, but the world definitely has alot more Industry to pollute the atmosphere, the water, and the ground then they had back then.

[@organicvids]

Why wpuld u grow corn in cali? Midwest grows overabundance.

[@maytons]

The very first interview was with a typical industrialized farmer that monocrops the land with GMO corn, not to feed humans, but to feed animals and produce fuel. The soil has been converted to dirt and there is no microbiome left. The ground cover that holds water is completely nonexistent. Although there are some very wasteful watering techniques for some plant foods, such as almonds, animal agriculture is immensely more water intensive. The only reason most people can afford to eat wasteful foods like bacon cheeseburgers is that the animal agriculture industry is the most heavily government subsidized industry. If you're not currently vegan, you will be eventually. It might not be your choice, it will be a matter of economics.

[@patrikbostrom3347]

So, it is even worse now. The movie doesn’t touch on the most important subject. What kinds of food uses the most water? Will USA continue to eat the way it does until the water is out or will it change it’s diet? Eating meat uses up to 100 times more water than plants and it takes 60 times more CO2 to produce beef compared to potatoes. And before you mention protein, deficiency of protein is almost impossible so long as you are not starving. But deficiency of vitamins is actually getting more common in the west. So, the question is, will a politician eventually dare to mention this in USA, the land of meat?

[@larryscott3982]

And how much water do almonds and pistachios avocados require compared to other produce?

[@montello33]

The dates of this throw me. There was big rains that happened in 2017-218?? All of the CA Reservoirs are in so much better shape today. It can always be a concern no doubt but this is when the rains came or shortly after. It is rain today in Southern CA. San Luis Reservoir will be about 1000% of avg and about 70% full by the next 2 weeks.

[@montello33]

@see ya Oh but Joe Biden will fix it, right?

[@montello33]

@see ya Then run as fast as you can.

[@montello33]

@see ya CA getting inundated with Rain and Snow. That might help it be a little more spongey now. Mudslides big problem near the burn scars. Sierras getting 10 feet of snow is a good thing.

[@montello33]

@see ya Twitter search California flooding, videos. Some crazy videos.

[@montello33]

@see ya I hope the glass isnt always half empty in your world. Here is a funny joke about that if you have a sense of humor. Bill Burr Stephen Hawking on youtube. Here is the link to the joke but if you dont trust the link, you can find easy. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gJvIepaCj9KCb7c

[@bit1733]

Beef, almonds, and other comfort produce are wreaking havoc on our water resources and the environment. Let's accept the harsh reality and learn to survive on rice, beans, and soy with other products that don't consume that much water.

[@cagrowin1962]

Soy= beta No thanks

[@ThePerimeters]

Soy is a hormone disruptor.

[@ThePerimeters]

People don't need to stop eating specific foods. Water needs to stop being wasted on watering the golf courses and huge wealthy flower gardens. The gluttonous wealthy waste waste waste then ask the common people to sacrific.

[@mtadams2009]

Hell I live in New England and we have plenty of water. I get my meat from a local farmer. Yes you have to pay up a bit but its better than eating soy. I tried being a vegan and I was miserable and had no energy and I was always hungry. Its not for everyone and its not for me. Life is to live not to endure. I ear my share of beans and rice but I also eat my share of meat.

[@ktowniecity7269]

Fuck almonds jesus what a waste. Its the toilet paper of food produce. needless

[@kennyw871]

According to the Nebraska Agriculture Extension, it takes ~1,800 gallons of water to produce one pound of beef. The average cow consumes 1-2 gallons of water per day per 100 pounds of body weight; lactating cows can consume twice that much water per day. Whereas, it takes ~216 gallons of water to produce one pound of soybeans and ~108 gallons of water to produce one pound of corn. Humans can survive just fine, even better, without beef and diary products. The point is that cattle ranches and dairy farms in the south west need to cease farming immediately until such time that the drought is over. Here we are four years later and it's much worse. So, who's going to get the last drop of water, a human or a cow?

[@lisad2701]

Yep.

[@throwaway692]

I always laugh at that statistic. You act as though the water that was used is gone forever and not recycled through the biosphere. As for the corn, do you know what anhydrous Ammonia is? Btw, I live in an area that produces a lot of beef. Your "1-2 gallons per 100lbs" a day is BS. So you go ahead and survive just fine on soy and corn. Let me know how that turns out for you. And get rid of your electron neutrino symbol until you learn how to parse an argument all the way through to completion without cherry picking your facts. We don't do that in physics.

[@urbanfarm3071]

Don, lets do a pilot project using sea water to grow veggies in coastal areas of California,.. this will save, millions of gallons of fresh water...i kave a technological package that can start the change and development of methods to use sea water. let me know..

[@larryscott3982]

Contact a bigger org. UN, World Bank, Gates Foundation.

[@paulsmith1411]

look at china,africa,australia .re-forest.clean water,stop destroying what we do have

[@StrateOutdoors]

Blame climate change, or whatever you want. It would have been beneficial to point out that the CA governments response in concert with power & money hungry environmental groups funded by our tax dollars contributes heavily to this problem. We have funds for water infrastructure, but good luck getting large projects started. We have water north, but good luck transporting, treating, or storing it. We have water in the south, but good luck storing it. I build water infrastructure for a living if you're wondering my credentials. Not saying we need to disregard environmental impacts, but the problem is that environmental agencies are incentivized to not work with municipalities and contractors, they are only there to find problems are stop you. This is a management problem, we can't change the climate or weather.

[@jaykroeker961]

The environmental activist groups have filed lawsuits to stop any and all good and less than good solutions that have been proposed and even started. It’s called “sue and settle”. The attorneys do very well financially with that strategy.

[@whendoigettosayfuck]

Jobs are irrelevant. Use less ferts, doug. People can fish and hunt if the environment is not decimated.

[@kimweaver3323]

40 million Californians are NOT going to be able to subsistence hunt and fish. Not a chance.

[@gglen2141]

Senate Bill 100 will NOT solve this particular problem.

[@GUEST-qw4te]

I don't feel sympathy. Bad land/water management and worse agricultural practices.

[@stevestevenson1033]

DON CHEADLE

[@evocatimedia]

Don meets Griselda. They should make Cocaine Cowboys the Movie.

[@livefromdagarage]

Don Cheetos for the Earl Manigault alley oop on climate change.

[@Ree1981]

Thanks, Don! Eye-opener. Unfortunately it's not the only issue going on with climate change. We're facing a bunch of crisises that's just going to screw the world over. I'm thinking 'big reset'. People will survive............ just..... not that many.

[@0believeinjesus9]

Acts 21:7 And when we had finished our course from Tyre, we came to Ptolemais, and saluted the brethren, and abode with them one day. Acts 21:8 And the next day we that were of Paul's company departed, and came unto Caesarea: and we entered into the house of Philip the evangelist, which was one of the seven; and abode with him. Acts 21:9 And the same man had four daughters, virgins, which did prophesy. Acts 21:10 And as we tarried there many days, there came down from Judaea a certain prophet, named Agabus. Acts 21:11 And when he was come unto us, he took Paul's girdle, and bound his own hands and feet, and said, Thus saith the Holy Ghost, So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owneth this girdle, and shall deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.

[@sitdowndogbreath]

@@lepidoptera9337 shut up Idol worshipper

[@cagrowin1962]

It's a real bummer LA takes so much of our ag water to flush toilets. People there scoff at drinking tap water anyway....

[@Joh2n]

I heard they are restricting water usage to 50 gallons a day. LOLOL. I watched some lady claim there is no shortage and I say I will watet my garden.

[@sitdowndogbreath]

It's the other way around farmers are very wasteful groundwater need to follow how Israel does it with drip irrigation

[@berryberrykixx]

Maybe if farmers switched to crops that weren't some of the most water intensive crops in the world, we wouldn't be here. But it's always profit over common sense.

[@throwaway692]

You mean like Almonds? What business are you in?

[@berryberrykixx]

@@throwaway692 I am a biologist. I specialize in microbiology and virology. How about you? And not just almonds, but also pistachios, alfalfa, and all kinds of fruits. You can also add water-intensive pasture grasses for grazing to the top of that list.

[@throwaway692]

@@berryberrykixx And what does that leave to grow?

[@Michilar]

I'm looking at the bare fields of those farmers and telling myself, no wonder the world is so jacked up. Those fields are probably devoid of carbon, the stuff that holds on to water when it does fall. That soil looks devoid of organic matter. Fix the soil first instead of spending thousands of dollars drilling wells that are eventually going to go dry anyway. Such terrible land management. Cover crop those fields (and yes, there are drought tolerant cover crops) or at the very least leave some residue so they are not bare and exposed to the sun.

[@nansealove9000]

Michilar what ground covers are drought tolerant?

[@Michilar]

@@nansealove9000 Sudangrass and Sorghum are 2 that are drought resistant. Cowpeas are as well, and will add nitrogen to the soil. Yes, all of those do need some initial water, but when established, they can take heat And drought. There are others as well, but those are the 3 that I can think of right off the bat. Of course, in the fall/winter months there are lots of cover crops that will grow with cooler temperatures and whatever rainfall comes. Even during the drought years, we still got some rain and it was enough to grow cover crops. Especially cover crop 'cocktails.' Leaving soil bare like that just causes loss of carbon, which in turn causes more need for irrigation.

[@nansealove9000]

Michilar thank you i am in a very hot dry California climate and trying to figure out what is best for my little acre.

[@Michilar]

@@nansealove9000 You're welcome! Here's an online PDF with a lot of good information regarding good cover crops for California. www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_PLANTMATERIALS/publications/capmctn13333.pdf Looking at it, there are some cover crops with even better drought tolerance than the ones I mentioned. Proso Millet has excellent drought tolerance and will bring birds to your acre and help with bugs (and give you a bit of fertilizer with their droppings.)

[@nansealove9000]

Michilar thank you so much i will also share this with my neighbor as we are both looking for good cover crops

[@perry161492]

It serious shit.

[@jocelynpoesnecker5526]

Believe the truth about God, love God, be humble and pray to God for rain.

[@danthomas6587]

Less cows. Less feed crops. Problem solved.

[@nazsalabarria860]

There isn’t a drought right now .

[@gamedude108]

But there was

[@TheLuckyguy218]

there is now

[@deannalea1515]

What a bunch of LIES!

[@JimmyJoeization]

Harrp

[@jayhuang7747]

Don't we have too water in Oregon/Seattle? Learn it from China, build a pile line and get that water. 50 years project it's ok. but unfortunately, most politicians only last 4-8 years. If money can solve, then that's not a problem.

[@mastersfan04]

Bay area liberals don't give 2 shits about farmers.

[@thadlm2698]

@@mastersfan04 You’re right, they actually despise farmers and rural area workers.

[@youshouldseethis.6678]

Kevin Paffrath is campaigning for new Governor of California. Go to Meet Kevin on KZbin for more info. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

[@williamsmith5581]

keep cutting the land . And removing animal impact ,add fertilzer and pesticide keep up the good job?

[@sunnycriti9809]

Are you Americans civilised or barbaric ? What is the proof ?

[@swrtsolutionsinc.1092]

Plants free of water deficit events more efficiently absorb available plant nutrients enabling plants to achieve their maximum genetic potential. SWRT membranes installed below plant root systems retain water where it falls, providing continuous delivery of drought-free periods up to 3 times longer than intensely irrigated control sands without root zone water retention membranes (Guber et al, 2016).

[@jimmycrackcorn2477]

I hope it gets worse,

[@lordsothis]

They are addressing it.. With vaccines...

[@WadcaWymiaru]

Farmers OVERDID and this is the cause of the drought. However the heavy rains are coming and coming FAST!

[@Seraph89_]

I’m in Ontario, Canada and it’s raining so much here. Our town may go under water from all the snowfall and rainfall. Every time it rains it washes away the ground. Our whole backyard lawn washed away last year. It may happen again.

[@DirtFlyer]

@@Seraph89_ Rain in Ontario, Canada does nothing for the drought covering the entire U.S. west. Climate change causes some areas to be wetter, and some to be drier.

[@Seraph89_]

@@DirtFlyer 2 provinces over is experiencing another droughts. It just blows my mind that we can be so close and experience different hazards.

[@IDNHANTU2day]

Ok. So what is the solution? Anyone can make a doomsday video and get us all scared. Do we now stop drinking water and eating food? We're so fkd. So enjoy life. It's out of your hands.

[@time_lightsout_1186]

New irrigation technology will help in the future also droughts tend to end.

[@montello33]

Yea, what lightsout said. CA got hit was 3 yrs ago or so with those massive rain events which took much of CA out of the drought. Now it is back. It seems to run in 10 y cycles. They need another period like that in the next couple of yrs.

[@jimcoulter5877]

Time to let the Golf course grass die, time to build Desalination Plants up and Down the California Coast stop wasting money on Drug addicts that do not work for a living.

[@jimcoulter5877]

@@lepidoptera9337 Would you rather Eat or Play Golf? That decision will come, no doubt about it! As the Bible states, it will take an entire Days wages to purchase a Loaf of Bread. California is in very serious trouble. No water, no food. People may need to leave California in search of an area with water. Already some cities have no water in the Faucets!

[@incognito96]

Meanwhile jeffrey went into space.

[@lewisanker4435]

Drought : Elijah (God Forgive Me)

[@Shankhanil_Paul]

America should practice Permaculture.

[@jameshallahan4376]

Secure our borders!

[@harrytaylor6565]

elon will find a solution