In regard to Editorial Page Editor Jim Boren’s column on water loss Sept. 27: I completely agree with Mr. Boren that the problem with farmers is that they are not advertising in the right way. They are so caught up in making the environmentalists seem like the bad guys that they’ve lost a sense of what they are really fighting for.
They need to give up this whole “farmers vs. fish” thing like Mr. Boren said, and start appealing to the people. Ask the people, “Do you really want your food from China? Or do you want to fix this water problem?”
If farmers really want people on their side, they need to give up this tired argument and do some real marketing. Most of the people in California aren’t farmers. They don’t care how the farmers feel, but if you tell them that they will have to start getting their food from foreign countries, I’ll bet they’ll listen.
Anne Johnson
Age 16
Los Banos High School
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