I drove up the 5 Freeway from Los Angeles to San Francisco this past week and I was immediately reminded how the drought is not only impacting us but specifically impacting the farming community in California and ultimately the rest of the country. . Most of us live in areas where we hear of the water shortage but we just keep living our lives…THIS is a huge problem. Not just because of the water shortage but the impact it has on the farming community, jobs and ultimately the economy. 
I kept seeing signs that read: DUST BOWL 2015This Saturday Study blog post features one of the many organizations trying to educate all of us on the water policies in California. Families Protecting The Valley (FPV) is one of the many signs I saw while driving…The latest news from the San Francisco Chronicle "Running Dry" and their newsletter is certainly worth reading and learning more….
San Francisco Chronicle
Carolyn Lochhead
At the height of the Dust Bowl years of the 1930s, 5.7 million people lived in California. We now number nearly 40 million, our lives made possible by cheap, abundant water. But now the landscape is changing, nowhere more so than in the Central Valley, where the competition for water between farms, nature and cities and towns is direct and acute.
Reported over two months this spring, these stories show a California struggling with a relentless new reality whose dimensions are just beginning to come into view. Read More...
Running dry: How the drought is forging a new California
Families Protecting the Valley (FPV) is committed to providing information about California's water resources, California water policy and its impact on the farming community, jobs and the economy. FPV is a coalition of farmers, agriculture providers and community leaders in the San Joaquin Valley who find it vital to promote the necessary resources and government policies that will provide long-term agriculture jobs, a safe and reliable food and water supply, and economic security for farmers.
California's water policy is about more than farmers. It's about jobs, schools, families and our environment. The San Joaquin Valley is the #1 agriculture producing area in the country and has the unique ability to provide a safe and reliable food supply, which is essential to the California economy and long term security of the United States.
Families Protecting the Valley (FPV) is committed to providing information about California's water resources, California water policy and its impact on the farming community, jobs and the economy. FPV is a coalition of farmers, agriculture providers and community leaders in the San Joaquin Valley who find it vital to promote the necessary resources and government policies that will provide long-term agriculture jobs, a safe and reliable food and water supply, and economic security for farmers.
Families Protecting the Valley History & Mission Statement
MISSION STATEMENT
Our organization is committed to preserving the heritage earned for this Valley by the sweat, tears, and sacrifice of those who have gone before us. We are honor bound to protect the future viability of this Valley by standing firm and fighting for the necessary resources and government policies that will enable this Valley to continue to flourish. It is imperative that the citizens of this great country be consistently reminded and made aware of this Valley’s unique capability to provide a safe and reliable food supply which is essential to the long term security of the United States.
Goals
The primary goal of the organization is to ensure an adequate and affordable water supply for the people of the San Joaquin Valley both now and in the future. Our surface supplies and underground aquifers must be protected against appropriation by government agencies or private entities and the elitist position that they have needs superior to ours.
History
FPV was started by a group of family farmers near the site of a huge water bank proposed by Enron (later Azurix) Corporation. If successful, this water bank would have contaminated the underground aquifer in the area and sent Valley water supplies to as far away as Las Vegas. FPV not only defeated Enron, but also was successful in getting a local ordinance passed by the Madera County Board of Supervisors to prevent ground water from being exported from Madera County. Later, FPV was involved in trying to protect East Side and West Side water from being seized by fringe environmentalists and their political allies.
http://familiesprotectingthevalley.com
Our organization is committed to preserving the heritage earned for this Valley by the sweat, tears, and sacrifice of those who have gone before us. We are honor bound to protect the future viability of this Valley by standing firm and fighting for the necessary resources and government policies that will enable this Valley to continue to flourish. It is imperative that the citizens of this great country be consistently reminded and made aware of this Valley’s unique capability to provide a safe and reliable food supply which is essential to the long term security of the United States.
Goals
The primary goal of the organization is to ensure an adequate and affordable water supply for the people of the San Joaquin Valley both now and in the future. Our surface supplies and underground aquifers must be protected against appropriation by government agencies or private entities and the elitist position that they have needs superior to ours.
History
FPV was started by a group of family farmers near the site of a huge water bank proposed by Enron (later Azurix) Corporation. If successful, this water bank would have contaminated the underground aquifer in the area and sent Valley water supplies to as far away as Las Vegas. FPV not only defeated Enron, but also was successful in getting a local ordinance passed by the Madera County Board of Supervisors to prevent ground water from being exported from Madera County. Later, FPV was involved in trying to protect East Side and West Side water from being seized by fringe environmentalists and their political allies.
http://familiesprotectingthevalley.com
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