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Fields And Farm Jobs Dry Up With California's Worsening Drought

2014-04-22 09:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

National Public Radio: On a recent afternoon on the main drag of Orange Grove, Calif., about a dozen farm workers gathered on the sidewalk in front of a mini-mart. One man sits on a milk crate sipping a beer. A few others scratch some lotto tickets. Salvador Perez paces back and forth with his hands stuffed in the pockets of his jeans. If there is no water, there's no work, he says in Spanish. Perez was laid off when the citrus farmer he worked for ran out of water. He has five kids to support, and though the...

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