“You put so much of yourself
into the land, understanding the soil and how crops respond to the most
sensitive things, like moisture and the air… It’s very intense. [The
land] becomes a part of you, and to see it fallow, it just kills you,”
Del Bosque said.
Del Bosque and so many other
California farmers have had to succumb to extreme measures to survive
the drought. Now as they await the coming season they can only hope — or
pray — for the return of the bounty that until now had always sustained
a nation. But in a way the deeper question, as it was during the time
of the Dust Bowl, is whether through all of the adversity and hardship
they will be able to sustain their spirit or if that’s one more thing
the drought will take, too.
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