Les États-Unis privés de tomates, brocolis, et de salades (entre autres) en 2014 ?
▻http://350.org/californias-drought-spells-disaster-for-your-favorite-foods-lettuce-and-tomatoe
California’s drought won’t only affect Californians. “The Golden State” actually supplies nearly half of all U.S. fruits, veggies, and nuts, and in the midst of its driest year of the past half millenium, these eight foods might become really hard to get.
▻http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-02-15/californias-new-dust-bowl-its-gonna-be-slow-painful-agonizing-death-farme
At the local grocery store, fruit prices are up — but sales are down. The market was forced to lay off three employees — and many more throughout the town are packing their bags and leaving town.
McDonald said farming communities like Firebaugh run the risk of becoming desolate ghost towns as local governments and businesses collapse
“It’s going to be a slow, painful process — but it could happen,” McDonald said. “It’s not going to be one big tsunami where you’re gonna having something get wiped out in one big wave. It’s gonna be a slow, painful, agonizing death.”
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