Because it's a cactus made to survive on little water. What they're going to use/sell it for we'll have to wait and see, there's no shortage of mescal or tequila.
agave spirits, yes... but tequila, won't. it's illegal to call it "tequila" if it's not made in mexico , therefore they can't sell it..they'll have to rename it ...and with a different name is gonna be hard to sell, even if it's the same thing
Smart! Even though California is the most populous state, agriculture uses over 75% of CA's water supply. Almonds are one of the most water intensive crops and they are still everywhere here. It is madness.
Im an Agave grower my self in Jalisco, Mexico & Agave out of Mexico can’t make or call it “Tequila” because is regulated by the Mexican government. But like he said, he can call it Agave Spirits
it also takes close to 7 years to reach maturity. easy way to take 7 years off and then have a fresh force of new mexicans that can jump right in and do the same work they were doing back home.
It's much easier to move these giant factory cattle farms to a place with water than to bring millions of gallons to those factory farms in the middle of the desert.
Climate change is accruing worldwide and not just in the US. There are worldwide droughts in Europe, Asia, Africa, North and South America is being reported daily in the news as river water levels drop. The rise in climate temperatures are melting the ice caps and raising the sea levels as sources of fresh water diminishes as rivers and lakes dry up.
shifting your crops in response to climate, that's called survival, keep trying to grow the old crops when the climate doesn't support it, species ending. Evolution, Change, Moving On, we can't keep growing the same crops in the same places. the Bread Baskets are going to have to move to new areas for successful production.
Since the California government doesn't want to invest in desalination plants to provide their own water, I guess growing cactus and agave is all some farmers can do. It will be tequila soon.
In (#1:26) "Six years before they are ready for harvest", we will be in "climate cooling" with lots of rain returning. No reason to over react as it's all cyclical.
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it's unbelievable how little care the governor of California cares about pollution the environment water shortages his main concern is that everybody will have an electric car in 10 years and will be legal anybody to go to California who does not have an electric car and that the homeless people will receive brand new electric cars instead of homes better schools or to get rid of the pot industry but the philosophy is give them dope not hope
