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Bobstandard

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1. Dont imagine this is little family farmers
Sat Aug 31, 2024, 09:13 PM
Aug 2024

The folks we’re talking abject are the Cargil levell operations that 10, 20 or 30 years ago gobbled up all the family farms specifically for their water rights. Their holdings now extend farther than the eye can see in the Central Valley, The Salinas Valley and everywhere your vegetables are grown.

After I made a little bit of money in Silicon Valley I bought as ittle piece of Ag land. If I had any idea how much money you could make in Ag, the right kind of ag, if never have done Silicon Valley

That’s why the hedge funds and investment funds are buying up all the ag lands. And underneath it all is water. They don’t give a shit about the fair distribution of water. They want it all.

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