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The showers along the beaches in California have been turned off this week, as another part of the authorities' attempt to save water as a four-year-long drought shows no sign of ending. Visitors to the sea shore are now being told to bring their own water to wash off the salt and sand or wipe themselves down with a towel. All the state's residents and businesses have been told they must cut water consumption by 25%.
Peter Day says the drought is now costing the agricultural sector billions and forcing farmers to consider how they can limit their water use yet still remain productive.
I don't know whether they allow sound effects on this programme, but here it goes. I have never tasted such a peach in my life. Two peaches actually, but I'll come to that in a moment. This one glows yellow in the shade where the fruit is being packed into crates. The familiar furry skin, but one bite into it is enough to produce a revelation. The cool succulent flesh, the depth of flavour, the precise balance of sweetness and acidity achieved by the devoted nurture of Mas Masumoto and his family.
They run a small farm in the middle of one of the most productive places on earth, California's Central Valley. Mile after mile of farms on the relentlessly flat valley bottom, growing a big percentage of America's total consumption of 400 crops such as almonds, pistachios, oranges, cotton, tomatoes, garlic and asparagus. Mas Masumoto's father was a Japanese immigrant interned by the American authorities during the World War II. | 
发表于 2016-8-15 20:40:04