Isn’t it Wonderful? Activity by Celeste Castillo

ccastillo108092 — 2024-03-05 17:59:20 UTC

Pros:

Resnick believed the POM juice was keeping him well still has he was battling cancer
donated $15 million to found UCLA’s Stewart and Lynda Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital and more than $25 million to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art to build a pavilion in their name
Just get started became one of his guiding principles
California opened new opportunities for him

Cons:

dried up Tulare County and planted more than 100,000 acres of cotton
Resnick turned public water into private
Had 65% of nations crop
Didn't know anything about agriculture

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2024-03-06 18:10:46 UTC

Groundwater is a vital resource in California and accounts for almost 60 percent of our State's water supply in drought years.

Multiple dry and drought years over recent decades have put a strain on California's groundwater resources.

2024-03-06 18:16:01 UTC

Removed and cut down oak trees
Sucked wells out dry
Environmentalists argue that deep wells for agriculture could create subsidence in a thirsty California wine region.

2024-03-06 20:42:39 UTC

The Resnicks are the world’s biggest producers of pistachios and almonds and founded POM. To produce the juice, they planted over 6000 acres of pomegranates. Claim to own America’s second-largest produce company, worth an estimated $4.2 billion.

consume more of the state’s water than any other family, farm, or company.
Control and use water more than what’s used by the residents of Los Angeles and the entire San Francisco Bay Area combined.

2024-03-06 20:50:57 UTC

The Kern Water Bank is a recharge facility that diverts water into an underground aquifer.

stores water in wet years by recharging an underground aquifer through shallow basins
The water is later recovered by wells when needed.

2024-03-07 17:32:10 UTC

Kern County has sometimes been referred to as “The Golden Empire,” because of its rich history of gold, oil, and agricultural production.

County seats is Bakersfield.