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title: "California's drought spells disaster for your favorite foods. Lettuce and tomatoes and broccoli - Oh my!"
date: 2014-02-26T06:41:02Z
modified: 2023-09-12T14:43:20Z
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  - Climate Impacts
  - North America
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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.

Courtesy of [Mother Jones](https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2014/02/wheres-californias-water-going):

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