[thepasswordis]

Here's the worst part: we aren't even growing this for ourselves. These are farms owned by the saudis, and we're growing it and exporting it.

[remarkEon]

Citation? I'd love to read more about this.

Edit: ah, I see you linked it downthread thanks.

https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2015/11/02/453885642/sa...

[shagie]

On a previous thread a month ago... some more links https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31384931

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/mar/25/california-w...

https://alfalfa.ucdavis.edu/-files/pdf/shippingwaterputnam.p...

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/140123-co...

https://www.hcn.org/issues/46.7/how-we-export-our-water-to-a...

https://www.npr.org/2014/08/12/339753108/in-time-of-drought-... (earlier than the one you link to)

https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10000872396390444517304577653...

[kolanos]

> Based on USDA data for 2021, only 3.9% of all U.S. hay produced and 6.4% of all alfalfa hay entered the export market. [0]

[0]: https://hayandforage.com/article-3825-year-end-hay-exports-s...

[coryrc]

Because we grow a lot in the Midwest where water comes from the sky.

[supertrope]

And the Oglala Aquifier. But at least that water crisis is in the future not right now.

[kolanos]

Where do you think the Colorado River gets its water from?

[dghlsakjg]

I can say with 100% certainty that none of it comes from midwestern rain.

[selectodude]

Rocky Mountain snowmelt? It’s not coming from rain in Nebraska, that’s for sure.

[kolanos]

Snow comes from the sky.