In the second half of the year, the people of California are afraid that they are not out of touch with tomatoes...
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Just this month, as California faces its worst drought in 1,000 years, tomato growers find their yields in jeopardy.
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In fact, according to a recent study in the environmental journal Nature, the period from 2000 to 2021 was the driest 22-year period since at least 1200 years ago.
Can you think of the time the West Coast was so severe
Was it 800 years ago?
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It should be known that California accounts for 25% of the world's tomato production and is at the forefront of tomato processing and production.
California's tomato industry is dominated by canning, dehydration, and making pastes, purees, pulps, ketchup, ketchup, and tomato juice.
It is also the main ingredient in many tomato foods that are well known and loved in restaurants, supermarkets, etc.
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Drought has brought not only the scarcity of water, but also increased the cost of the tomato industry.
Some farmers said that the reduction in tomato production due to the drought could not make up for the cost of producing labor, transportation and processing.
expert
"Suppliers of tomato products linked to the market may find that the supply is too expensive or simply out of stock, which will cause tomatoes across the United States to be in a more severe inflationary situation."
Coincidentally, the drought has not been completely resolved, and the tomato transport has produced moths.
At five o'clock in the morning on Monday, Interstate 80 in Vacaville, California, a large agricultural truck crashed and coated its lane with tomatoes, which was undoubtedly worse at a time of tomato shortage...
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The truck was supposed to carry nearly 50,000 pounds of tomatoes south to the Bay Area. The main cause of the accident was the low visual distance of the driver due to the dim light at night.
The relevant departments and the public were shocked by this kind of thing that only happens in the anime.
"We didn't expect so many tomatoes to fall off trucks and cause highways to close."
California Highway
patrol
Cleanup Department
minister
Vince Jacala
"Usually the two-way road of the highway is clearly marked. Now it's good that the tomatoes in one place have disrupted the division of the road. Not to mention how much work we have. ”
Many netizens expressed regret
"My hometown is very difficult because of tomatoes now, and I really feel sad to see so many wasted tomatoes."
Some netizens even opened the ridicule mode
Andrew G. Haubner
"The boss asked me why I was late for work, and I said it was the tomatoes on the highway that spilled."
"And then what?"
finance
Colleague 1
"Then you tie up my last month's salary."
Jokes aside, the "aggression" of tomatoes has caused headaches for the cleaning staff.
Fortunately, the clean-up personnel used "shovels like a backhoe" to clear the road and then threw the water-absorbing powder into the driveway.
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Thanks to the efforts of various departments, the road was completely reopened around three o'clock in the afternoon.
Do you have to eat fries with tomato sauce?