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The C-Free Diet: If we didn't have California, what would we eat?
Slate ^ | July 10, 2013 | Brian Palmer

Posted on 12/24/2016 12:15:54 PM PST by EveningStar

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To: Moonman62
California has a lot of Conservatives and they are the ones growing the food...

See post 118.

141 posted on 12/24/2016 2:47:52 PM PST by EveningStar
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To: EveningStar

And what would CA fruits/vegetables be like without “out of state” water? How about out-of-state power that is sent in? They need us more than we need them.


142 posted on 12/24/2016 2:50:46 PM PST by stratboy
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To: EveningStar

California will splinter if it secedes. They may have to create a Blue Army to keep the red parts in line. The blues may have a numbers advantage, but they will be fighting on the reds home ground, and my guess is that the average red knows more about shooting and the outdoors than the average blue drsftee.


143 posted on 12/24/2016 3:00:15 PM PST by yawningotter
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To: Oberon
Do they think we’ve forgotten how to grow vegetables in the rest of the country?

Yes, thy do. Because most of them have never grown a decent vegetable in their life.
144 posted on 12/24/2016 3:06:33 PM PST by Ellendra (Those who kill without reason cannot be reasoned with.)
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To: EveningStar

Let them go.

I’ll still buy their broccoli, and they’ll still produce it. It may cost more as CA has to start paying for a lot of stuff they get from the FEDS and as their taxes will inevitably triple......


145 posted on 12/24/2016 3:09:31 PM PST by Arlis
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To: EveningStar
California, where cool coastal fog is perfect for growing standard broccoli, currently produces more than 90 percent of the broccoli grown in the United States.

So if California leaves there's no more broccoli? This just gets better and better!

146 posted on 12/24/2016 3:22:59 PM PST by Flick Lives (Les Deplorables Triumphant)
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To: EveningStar
Interesting. it is usually different. I guess the hispanic population was a bit more scared of the boogy man than in most elections.
147 posted on 12/24/2016 3:25:43 PM PST by oldenuff35
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To: Bernard

Actually this is a fantastic point. All of the current law around Cali’s water supply would be null and void and they would have to renegotiate. Within months, Cali wouldn’t be capable of growing weeds. Their food-producing capacity would be reduced to zero.


148 posted on 12/24/2016 3:29:35 PM PST by DeltaZulu
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To: EveningStar
"No other state, or even a combination of states, can match California's output per acre."

Total hooey. So other states have to plant a few more acres?? They will, and quite quickly. Farmers are VERY astute business-men these days...they have to be.

149 posted on 12/24/2016 3:37:45 PM PST by Wonder Warthog (The Hog of Steel and NRA Life Member)
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To: EveningStar
"California, where cool coastal fog is perfect for growing standard broccoli, currently produces more than 90 percent of the broccoli grown in the United States."

Vile Weed!

Vile weed!

150 posted on 12/24/2016 3:43:12 PM PST by Magnatron
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To: EveningStar

We’d import more fruit from South America and Central America and salad bars would lose all the veggies only liberals eat.


151 posted on 12/24/2016 3:44:20 PM PST by tbw2
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To: EveningStar

I would point out that most of California’s agriculture is not in the ‘Commie paradise’ of the coast. The inland parts should not be abandoned. Let the coast secede.


152 posted on 12/24/2016 3:47:51 PM PST by vikingd00d (chown -R us ~ur/base/*)
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To: EveningStar

Seems to me that there would be a boom in agricultural production in Arizona. Most of the Colorado River water could easily be diverted before it hit the international border between California and Arizona. Imagine what would happen to the economy in Arizona if they got all the water stolen by California for the Imperial Valley?


153 posted on 12/24/2016 3:58:26 PM PST by markomalley (Nothing emboldens the wicked so greatly as the lack of courage on the part of the good -- Leo XIII)
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To: Jim Noble

Why would the PLA Navy do that? Don’t be ridiculous.


154 posted on 12/24/2016 4:00:49 PM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: Neoliberalnot

I used the space to grow roses. Much more enjoyable.


155 posted on 12/24/2016 4:03:21 PM PST by Ditter (God Bless Texas!)
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To: vette6387

The state is near bankruptcy already.


156 posted on 12/24/2016 4:17:10 PM PST by StAntKnee (Add your own danged sarc tag)
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To: EveningStar

Curt Gentry wrote a book in 1968 called THE LAST DAYS OF THE LATE GREAT STATE OF CALIFORNIA that described what effect it would have on the rest of the states and the world if it disappeared. At that time Calif was the worlds sixth largest economy ...


157 posted on 12/24/2016 4:29:36 PM PST by tubebender
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To: MCF

Gonna be expensive. 35% tariffs to start with. Then there’s the agricultural quarantine, and their water and fuel prices are going to ‘necessarily skyrocket’.

You get the idea.

Look into “Vertical Farming” as an investment opportunity.


158 posted on 12/24/2016 4:39:38 PM PST by AFreeBird (BEST. ELECTION. EVER!)
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To: tubebender

Rigorous prosecution of voter fraud and immigration rules would cause a lot of Democrat party losses;impeaching and replacing socialist activist judges who blocked the wil of the California voters’ proposition limiting taxing and freeloading are sorely needed.


159 posted on 12/24/2016 4:41:00 PM PST by hoosierham (Freedom isn't free)
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To: EveningStar

The South grows fruits, nuts and vegetables, we could just increase yield if needed.


160 posted on 12/24/2016 5:22:00 PM PST by snippy_about_it
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