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Take Two

California's drought means no work for farmers

By Take Two Staff
Published May 11, 2015
FILE - In this May 1, 2014 file photo, fourth-generation rice farmer Josh Sheppard walks across the dried-up ditch at his rice farm in Richvale, Calif. In Santa Cruz, Calif., dozens of residents who violated their strict water rations take a seat at Water School, hoping to get hundreds of thousands of dollars in distressing penalties waived. California is in the third year of the state's worst drought in recent history. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
FILE - In this May 1, 2014 file photo, fourth-generation rice farmer Josh Sheppard walks across the dried-up ditch at his rice farm in Richvale, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
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California's drought means no work for farmers

California's Central Valley is home to a significant portion of the farm workers who live in the state. As the drought persists into a fourth year, many find that the field work is drying up as well.

For more we are joined by Lauren Markham, who wrote about this topic in the current issue of Pacific Standard.