California water shortages to boost some crop prices

Water shortages in California, coupled with high fuel costs, mean customers can expect rising prices for some fruits and vegetables, particularly melons, canned tomatoes, and perhaps lettuce. The situation turns the screws on Sacramento to solve the state’s decades-old water standoff between its cities, farmers, and environmentalists.

“We have wrung much of the flexibility out of the water system,” says Dave Kranz, spokesman with the California Farm Bureau. “The demands are greater primarily from urban growth and redirection of water for environmental purposes.”

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