{"id":989695,"date":"2021-11-09T12:59:17","date_gmt":"2021-11-09T17:59:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=989695"},"modified":"2021-11-09T12:59:19","modified_gmt":"2021-11-09T17:59:19","slug":"gavin-newsom-leveling-farms-to-rethink-land-usage-in-the-name-of-climate-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gavin-newsom-leveling-farms-to-rethink-land-usage-in-the-name-of-climate-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Gavin Newsom Leveling Farms to \u2018Rethink\u2019 Land Usage in the Name of Climate Change"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgavin-newsom-leveling-farms-to-rethink-land-usage-in-the-name-of-climate-change%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=989695&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">California Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom\u2019s embrace of \u201cclimate change\u201d as an existential threat has led to policies that destroy farms in a state that feeds more Americans than any other.<\/p>\n<p>That includes Erik Herman, a fourth generation farmer whose 8,000 fig trees will bulldozed \u201cin the name of conservation.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s just sad to look at, it\u2019s sad to see,\u201d Herman said. \u201cBut it\u2019s what has to be done. There\u2019s not enough water to pump to keep them alive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s just going to sit there. It will probably never be farmed again,\u201d Kevin Herman, Erik\u2019s father, said. \u201cWe will be a good neighbor and keep the weeds down. To the extent that we can, we\u2019ll keep the dust down, but that\u2019s a tough one.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"5.7714285714286\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Gavin Newsom is battling global warming one jet ride at a time! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PYrbbIzQE9\">https:\/\/t.co\/PYrbbIzQE9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1453012205239214084?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 26, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>In August, state water regulators put in place harsh water restrictions for farmers and ranchers.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Los Angeles Times<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2021-08-03\/water-regulators-impose-restrictions-on-california-farmers\"> reported<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"20\">\n<p>About 5,700 Northern California and Central Valley water rights holders \u2014 who collectively hold approximately 12,500 water rights \u2014 will be subject to the forthcoming curtailments , according to Erik Ekdahl, deputy director of the state water board\u2019s Division of Water Rights.<\/p>\n<p>The order will largely affect rights holders using water for agricultural irrigation purposes, though some municipal, industrial and commercial entities will also be affected. The regulation carves out an exemption for health and human safety purposes, meaning that water for drinking, bathing and domestic purposes won\u2019t be subject to the curtailment.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>And now farms are now being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/politics\/article\/To-fight-off-a-California-dust-bowl-the-s%5B\u2026%5Dium=email&amp;utm_content=headlines&amp;utm_campaign=sfc_morningfix\">leveled<\/a>, the <em>San Francisco Chronicle<\/em> reported:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"22.189054726368\">\n<p>Farmers are being forced to fallow \u2014 a term for plowing land and leaving it unplanted \u2014 their fields and orchards in unprecedented numbers due to two factors exacerbating the water shortage: droughts are becoming longer and more severe due to climate change; and the state has begun to implement the <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.md\/o\/gFxhl\/https:\/\/water.ca.gov\/programs\/groundwater-management\/sgma-groundwater-management\">Sustainable Groundwater Management Act<\/a>, new restrictions designed to stop growers and other users from depleting aquifers.<\/p>\n<p>California is in the middle of one of the worst recorded droughts in state history, and <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.md\/o\/gFxhl\/https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/bayarea\/article\/Recent-Northern-California-storms-made-a-dent-in-16563566.php\">recent rainstorms aren\u2019t nearly enough<\/a> to fix the state\u2019s water crisis. The lack of rain, exacerbated by record heat last summer, has only increased the amount of unsustainable groundwater pumping.&nbsp;According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.md\/o\/gFxhl\/https:\/\/www.ppic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/water-and-the-future-of-the-san-joaquin-valley-overview.pdf\">2019 analysis<\/a> from the Public Policy Institute of California, farmers in the San Joaquin Valley could be forced to fallow as much of 750,000 acres due to limits on pumping. That\u2019s roughly the area of 1 million football fields.<\/p>\n<p>But farmers and environmentalists worry that the solution being forced on many farmers \u2013 reverting so much land to unproductive dirt-covered lots \u2013 could create its own environmental hazards by inviting dust, invasive weeds and other pests.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Newsom is throwing $50 million of taxpayer money to \u201chelp farmers repurpose fallowed land for new uses.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That includes replacing agriculture that feeds Americans with wildlife habitat or ground water storage.&nbsp;The effort also favors \u201calternative energy, including solar farms or facilities that turn biomass from crops into energy.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Officials claim this is not targeting farmers.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18669650\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"37\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1235242428.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-18669650\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1235242428-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt width=\"990\" height=\"660\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>California Governor Gavin Newsom speaks during a campaign event with U.S. President Joe Biden at Long Beach City Collage in Long Beach, California on September 13, 2021. Biden kicked off a visit to western states Monday to hammer home his case on climate change and big public investments. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s certainly not saying that agriculture is going away,\u201d David Shabazian, director of the state Department of Conservation, which will oversee the effort, said in the <em>Chronicle<\/em> report. \u201cWe\u2019re trying to find ways that we can help these communities stay viable. It\u2019s providing alternatives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The details of the plan has not yet been released.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo one likes to spend money without knowing what you\u2019re getting for it,\u201d the elder Herman said. \u201cThere\u2019s still a lot of uncertainty in the details.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jon Reiter, a water consultant and farmer from Fresno, said farmers are just try to survive water restrictions on top of drought.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey may not have the resources to get to a \u2018Plan B,\u2019\u201d Reiter said. \u201cIt\u2019s hurting the smallest guys.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i>Follow Penny Starr on <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PennyStarrDC\"><i>Twitter<\/i><\/a><i> or send news tips to pstarr@breitbart.com.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>California Democrat Gov. 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