We Grow California

Sycophants for big ag. Comes across as condescending toward environmentalists. Multiple guests who bring a more nuanced message regarding the balancing of agriculture and natural ecologies are conveniently misinterpreted or bluntly misrepresented (e.g., in the River Partners episode, the guest said that pulses of water are critical for salmon populations, to which the host summarized by repeating the mega crop industry’s talking point that flushing the rivers with water doesn’t work. I continue to listen to this podcast because it’s a good glimpse into how far the ag industry in California has skewed the discussion broadly around water management and environmental regulation.