California farmers give up water to help fight drought

Name: California farmers give up water to help fight drought
Uploaded: 2015-05-23T21:26:10Z
Duration: P218S
Description: A group of farmers in California are making an unprecedented offer to help the state fight a record-breaking drought. They've agreed to give up a quarter of their water this season. Dale Kasler from the Sacramento Bee joins Hari Sreenivasan from Sacramento with more on the crisis.

Clip: 05/23/2015 | 3m 38s

A group of farmers in California are making an unprecedented offer to help the state fight a record-breaking drought. They've agreed to give up a quarter of their water this season. Dale Kasler from the Sacramento Bee joins Hari Sreenivasan from Sacramento with more on the crisis.

Aired: 05/23/15

Rating: NR

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