Headline : Squeezing the Most Out of California’s Water Supply

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As agriculture withers amid an ever-warming climate, a flexible approach to water management can help cushion the blow.

On a recent market day at the San Francisco Ferry Building, Tory and Rebecca Torosian of Tory Farms, a second-generation, 80-acre orchard in the San Joaquin Valley, are hawking the last of their navel oranges, lemons and pomegranates as they head into a long hiatus. 

Normally, a late winter crop of oro blancos, page mandarins and other citrus carries them into spring, until their nectarines come into season. But for the past two years, the prolonged drought has left their ranch parched; along with slashes to water allocation, the region’s overdrawn water basin has left their wells sputtering. 

“We had to prioritize the money makers—our stone fruit and grape vines—and let the other ones dry up,” says Tory. To date, he’s fallowed more than a third of his orchard, much of which the couple planted more than two decades ago. Although the outlook is brighter this year thanks to a historic bout of rain and snow, “replanting those varieties and getting them back to where they were would take five to seven years,” adds Rebecca, “and lots of money and water.”

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