The nature of the irrigation system is such that it provides vital habitat for several endangered species and wildlife refuges, as well as bringing water to farms. Meanwhile, power companies downstream are selling the water at rates three times higher than those paid by the farmers. The motivation is pure profit. Both, by the sale of the water we have been denied, and by forcing the sale of the land itself, at desperation prices. Already, several buy-out programs have been initiated, as well as vocational retraining programs for farm workers and their spouses.
Farmers are an endangered, but necessary, species.
They grow food. When we lose our farms, we lose the ability to feed the nation and become dependant upon foreign sources. Many pesticides and chemicals which are restricted or prohibited in the United States are commonly used on foods and produce which is imported. This conflictive condition, combined with lower labor costs, makes farming in the U.S. less profitable. YOUR government is engaging in subversive, destructive, activities in an effort to meet U.N. economic and ecological globalization guidelines and collateralize debt to the world bank.