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As water grows scarce, California considers protecting it from foreign investors

05/18/22 9:00 AM By Brad Hooker
KEYWORDS California farmland foreign shell companies foreign-owned corporations buy agricultural land meatpacking conglomerates Ukraine war threatens global food security water grab in California
Farmers fear the companies could undercut U.S. producers by controlling the water supply, circumventing shipping bottlenecks and monopolizing the food supply chain.
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Brad Hooker
Sacramento Bureau Chief, Agri-Pulse West

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