California Farm Bureau is posting on its website recent scientific work by the California Bountiful Foundation showing that California farmers and ranchers use only 15% of the total water the state receives.

These findings, now available on the California Bountiful Foundation website offers a data-based analysis of water use of California agriculture, the largest food producing sector in the U.S.

The California Bountiful Foundation, in collaboration with the Governmental Affairs Division of the California Farm Bureau, has started to release policy briefs to educate policy makers and stakeholder groups.

“For an agricultural sector that leads the nation in food production and provides a diverse, nutritious, affordable and safe food supply, this data shows that California agriculture is highly efficient,” said California Farm Bureau President Jamie Johansson.

“We are working hard to educate our policy makers to bring understanding to California’s critical agricultural food production.”