california agriculture prolific california’s climate irrigation—the absolute necessity highly...
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California Agriculture• Prolific
• California’s climate
• Irrigation—the absolute necessity
• Highly specialized—the Mediterranean opportunity
• California did not always dominate
• Celebrating the agricultural landscape
• The growing need for water conservation
• Agriculture and the California myth
• The rural/urban contest
Agricultural Sales, 2002
• United States 200.6 billion
– California 25.7 billion– Texas 14.1 billion– Iowa 14.1 billion– Kansas 8.7 billion– Minnesota 8.5 billion– Illinois 7.7 billion– North Carolina 7.0 billion
California’s Unbalanced Distribution
ofPrecipitation and Agriculture
California Stream
Discharge
Non-irrigated western edge of the Central Valley
California Agricultural Regions
California StateWater System
California’sFederal
Water Projects
OrovilleDam
The Delta
Delta Farmland
Delta Water Diversion Canal and Pump Station
California Aqueduct
Central Valley Water Transfer Canal
The IrrigatedImperial Valley
Edge of the Imperial Valley
Central Valley near Fresno
Rice irrigation, solar heating of mountain waternear Sacramento
Rain-for-Center pipe center, Salinas Valley
Adding chemicals to irrigation water,San Joaquin Valley
California Agricultural Production as % of US Total
Almonds 99 Grapes 91Apricots 93 Honeydews 76Artichokes 99 Kiwifruit 99Asparagus 55 Lemons 87Avocados 90 Lettuce 74Broccoli 92 Onions 32Carrots 76 Peaches 75Cauliflower 86 Pears 30Celery 95 Spinach 67
Dates 99 Strawberries 85Figs 99 Tomatoes 86Garlic 84 Walnuts 99
Agricultural Regionsof
Coastal and ValleyCalifornia
Artichokes, lower Salinas ValleyArtichoke Field, lower Salinas Valley
Artichokes
Harvesting Artichokesnear Castroville
Packing Artichokes
Picking broccoli, Salinas Valley
Transporting broccoli
Salinas Valley
Quick-cooling broccoli, Salinas
Napa Valley Vineyard
Napa Valley Vineyard
Bacio Divino Vineyard
Napa ValleyWine Trail
Napa Valley Wine Train
Gallo Livingstone Winery
Gallo Fresno Winery
Lompoc—the flower center
Lompoc
Orange Groves, California Aqueductsouthern San Joaquin Valley
Southern San Joaquin Valley
Short makes them
easierto harvest
Virginia, not California
Arkansas, not California
Wasteful Irrigation
Artesian Wellbefore the water
was all gone
Drip Irrigation in Orange GroveSouthern San Joaquin Valley
Almond grove near Fresno
Water Conserving Irrigation, Coachella Valley
Drying Figs postcard, ~1908
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Orange Groves and Mountains—the California Dream
The California Dream, 1910
The California Dream, 1940s Style
1910 Rose Parade—for the saps in Iowa
California’s PopulationDistribution--
they also use water—and land
