Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to California@lemmy.world · edit-22 months agoAlfalfa farming is less than 0.1 % of California's economy and yet consumes 14% of all its water. Don't grow livestock feed in the desert!imagemessage-square21linkfedilinkarrow-up1129arrow-down10
arrow-up1129arrow-down1imageAlfalfa farming is less than 0.1 % of California's economy and yet consumes 14% of all its water. Don't grow livestock feed in the desert!Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to California@lemmy.world · edit-22 months agomessage-square21linkfedilink
minus-squaretal@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months ago Almond and walnut orchards produce food though. Alfalfa does not. To me they are in different categories. I mean, it’s mostly for livestock feed, so it’s producing meat, which is food. Just indirectly. I do personally like alfalfa sprouts on sandwiches, but I’m sure that that’s a vanishingly small portion of production. https://www.latimes.com/food/story/2022-09-15/alfalfa-sprouts-make-this-the-best-california-veggie-sandwich-for-the-end-of-summer
I mean, it’s mostly for livestock feed, so it’s producing meat, which is food. Just indirectly.
I do personally like alfalfa sprouts on sandwiches, but I’m sure that that’s a vanishingly small portion of production.
https://www.latimes.com/food/story/2022-09-15/alfalfa-sprouts-make-this-the-best-california-veggie-sandwich-for-the-end-of-summer