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>Farming isn't an industry.

It both is and isn't. Have you seen PETA footage from inside factory farms? It's hellish in that special way only the industrial revolution could produce.




We're talking about irrigated fields here, not factory farms, which are certainly nightmarish but don't use a major percentage of Arizona's water.


As of 2019, 72% of Arizona's water supply was used for agriculture.

https://www.arizonawaterfacts.com/water-your-facts


Yes, that's the basis of what we're talking about here.




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