Linsey Dale objects to the notion of black-hatted farmers reaping the rewards of a biased water system in California, a system central to some of the criticism that while farming makes up only 2 percent of the state’s economy, the industry receives up to 80 percent of the water supply.
It's a gross misrepresentation, the Imperial County Farm Bureau executive director said.
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