Sushi supply chain hit by climate change amid California water war
Sushi supply chain hit by climate change amid California water war
By Ximena Del Cerro | Bloomberg
If you’ve eaten sushi anywhere in the U.S., chances are the rice came from California’s Sacramento Valley. Fritz Durst, a sixth-generation farmer, has grown the grain and other crops there for more than four decades. But this year, amid a historic drought, Durst is planting only half as many acres of rice as usual.
Farmers like Durst would be having an even worse…