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California's Central Valley and the Future of Food
California's Central Valley produces a third of all the food grown in the US. But the production levels of the past 100 years may not be sustainable.
By Warren Olney • • 1h 0m ListenCalifornia's 450-mile-long Central Valley produces one third of all the food grown in the US. It's a precious resource often forgotten by those of us in the rest of the state. New York Times food columnist and cookbook author Mark Bittman paid a visit and found that the astounding production levels of the past 100 years may not be sustainable. We hear what's being done to destroy — and to save — the Central Valley. Also, with campaign commercials filling the air, we take another look at Proposition 32 on political contributions by payroll deduction. What does it do? Who's in favor, who's opposed? On our rebroadcast of today's To the Point, abortion rights, the US Supreme Court and the race for the White House.
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3 storiesCalifornia's Agricultural Miracle: How Long Can It Last?
For yesterday's annual food edition, Mark Bittman, author of many cookbooks and the leading food writer for the New York Times Magazine, asked his readers what he should do. All they wanted, he found, was something on "big farming, small farming, sustainability, politics, poverty and, of course, truly delicious food."
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