According to a UC Merced study conducted for the state, California farmers left nearly 400,000 acres of agricultural land unplanted last year because of a lack of water. The result, the study found, was a direct economic cost to farmers of $1.1 billion and the loss of nearly 9,000 agricultural jobs.
Farmers Market this afternoon in Atascadero from 3-6, at the sunken garden by the rotunda in downtown Atascadero.