“Did you know 70 percent of freshwater use is for agriculture?” Karina said. Her mind traveled back to the seminar that had brought her and James together, the hours they spent in the library poring over journal articles on drought, water delivery systems, desalinization plants. “And food production will need to grow by over 60 percent over the next twenty years, just to keep up with population growth?”
I learned some things in this book. Cutting down lemon trees sounded terrible but then thinking about how much water they consume got me thinking.
