FROM THE GREAT AMERICAN BLOG:
Let me be honest: When I get hungry, I walk into the kitchen, wash an apple, slice it and slap some peanut butter on it. Or sometimes I grab a can of almonds, pour a ...
FROM THE GREAT AMERICAN BLOG:
Let me be honest: When I get hungry, I walk into the kitchen, wash an apple, slice it and slap some peanut butter on it. Or sometimes I grab a can of almonds, pour a few in my hand and enjoy a little healthy snack. But, never do I think about where the foods are grown or how much work went into growing them.
Recently that changed when Chase ("Hannity" producer) and I flew out to Fresno, California. We spent days visiting farms where nearly 300 crops (fruits, veggies and most nuts) are produced. It was quite a site. We flew above miles and miles of gorgeous, almond orchards and talked with farmers about different issues affecting our foods.
The main concern and the reason for our research is this: Nearly 40,000 farmers in the Central Valley are unemployed because a judge ordered to turn off the irrigation system in order to save a small fish, which is endangered.
The minnow is called the Delta Smelt and it lives in the water, which is pumped into the San Joaquin Valley. Environmentalists complained and a judge ordered the pumps be turned off. But, no water means no crops and no jobs.
In turn, farmers are making tough decisions. They are losing their farms (in some circumstances third generation farms) and forced to fire the workers. Food banks can't keep shelves stocked because of all the needy families and eventually, farmers say, you and I will feel the effects. We will be forced to eat fruits, veggies and nuts from other countries (with few regulations, pesticides, etc).
Most farmers are screaming "fish over family" and they are stressed, frustrated and fearful. But, environmentalists say the fish needs to be protected and without it the entire ecosystem is in danger. They want the fish to stay in its natural surroundings, not moved to another pond (aka not supposed to be there).
It's a fascinating story and one that will take a long time to work out. But, no doubt, something has to be done. Watch the story tonight on "Hannity" at 9 PM EST. I'll be on set with Sean discussing the issue. Thanks for watching!
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this video is soooooooooo biased! before you bash the delta smelt or the "little fish" they keep referring to, AT LEAST go and look it up for yourself! what do you think is going to happen to the ecosystem, foodweb and economy for that matter once this fish become extinct? it will cascade out of control! you can always go buy more seeds at the store, but when you lose a speices - its gone FOREVER. and the central valley is an altered landscape, if it were meant for farming, it would rain there!
Look! Releasing water from the Delta, would save so much heart ache! No matter how scientific you think you are!(GEODANNY) Lets open those gates and create some jobs and even save some lives!
From Oakland, Oil Companies, the Navy bases upstream, and industry, housing, farmland all the way to the Sierras.
Attacking farmers because you can, makes no sense in ecological terms. Everything else is ignored while the food supply for the United States is threatened, by government action. This is why this is so abhorrent.
Note to the Haters of Hannity. Who cares if you hate him? You are partisan, indecent and lack fundamental logical reasoning.
The Federal government does not care, because they have plenty of money to buy China and south America food. Hey, what a way to poison people. Lets get that unemployment rate up to 100% Obama
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Misleading statements and propaganda that purports to report facts, such as this Fox News report disrupt and prevent the constructive dialog that needs to happen for our water system to be fixed. People truly are suffering, but the story that was reported makes things worse. It helps nobody to have such obvious myths perpetuated. Both extremes need to cut it out.
Mr. Nunes, I expect better of you. You need to lead, not whine and throw out baseless assertions pulled from thin air.
This video is misleading 6) Drought is measured based on runoff. The biggest reservoir is the snow pack which is at its lowest in decades, translated into lower runoff. The chart for the Sac-SJ Rivers watershed looks like one distributed by DWR: onthepublicrecord . wordpress . com / 2009 / 10 / 21 / thought-id-sexy-the-place-up-a -little-pictures Data at: leva . water . ca . gov / cgi-progs / iodir / WSIHIST
This propaganda video is misleading: 5) The academics who study this stuff are not even estimating 25,000 jobs lost. Example: "In this revision ... to their original study, Howitt et al ... estimate 21,000 total job losses, with 16,000 from drought and 5,000 from pumping restrictions. aguanomics . com / 2009 / 10 / water-related-ag-job-losses-mu ch-lower . html
DWR: "between 16,200 and 23,700 full-time equivalent jobs" water . ca . gov / news / newsreleases / 2009 / 040209droughtrpt-gov . pdf
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From Oakland, Oil Companies, the Navy bases upstream, and industry, housing, farmland all the way to the Sierras.
Attacking farmers because you can, makes no sense in ecological terms. Everything else is ignored while the food supply for the United States is threatened, by government action.
This is why this is so abhorrent.
Note to the Haters of Hannity. Who cares if you hate him? You are partisan, indecent and lack fundamental logical reasoning.
FEAR NOT, PRAY FOR YOUR ENEMY - Jesus
Mr. Nunes, I expect better of you. You need to lead, not whine and throw out baseless assertions pulled from thin air.
6) Drought is measured based on runoff. The biggest reservoir is the snow pack which is at its lowest in decades, translated into lower runoff. The chart for the Sac-SJ Rivers watershed looks like one distributed by DWR: onthepublicrecord . wordpress . com / 2009 / 10 / 21 / thought-id-sexy-the-place-up-a -little-pictures Data at: leva . water . ca . gov / cgi-progs / iodir / WSIHIST
Sunlight is the best disinfectant.
5) The academics who study this stuff are not even estimating 25,000 jobs lost. Example: "In this revision ... to their original study, Howitt et al ... estimate 21,000 total job losses, with 16,000 from drought and 5,000 from pumping restrictions. aguanomics . com / 2009 / 10 / water-related-ag-job-losses-mu ch-lower . html
DWR: "between 16,200 and 23,700 full-time equivalent jobs"
water . ca . gov / news / newsreleases / 2009 / 040209droughtrpt-gov . pdf