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Californians bet farming agave for spirits holds key to weathering drought and groundwater limits
Amy Taxin Associated Press//November 6, 2023//[read_meter]
Leo Ortega carries a massive, flowering asparagus spear from an Agave Americana plant, at his home in Murrieta, Calif., on Oct. 17, 2023. There's been a burst of interest in growing agave, the plant used to make Tequila popular in Mexico, in California after years of punishing drought in California, Arizona and other Western states, and a push by California to regulate groundwater use to shore up waning supplies. It started with entrepreneurs like Ortega, who is now investing in a distillery to turn his plants into a California spirit. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
Californians bet farming agave for spirits holds key to weathering drought and groundwater limits
Amy Taxin Associated Press//November 6, 2023//[read_meter]
MURRIETA, Calif. (AP) — Leo Ortega started growing spiky blue agave plants on the arid hillsides around his Southern California home because his wife liked the way they looked. A...
