More than 250 crops are grown locally in Kern County, but farmers are facing lots of issues right now when it comes to getting that food to the consumers’ plates. In particular, water is really hard to get right now. Recently, the state water project water supply was reduced from 15% to 5% due to dry conditions.
The Kern County Water Agency Board of Director President in a statement said in part: “A reduction in the allocation is catastrophic and woefully inadequate for Kern County residents, farms and businesses, and it provides little hope for replenishment of groundwater banking reserves that have been tapped to provide agricultural and urban water during previous dry years.”
Source: turnto23.com