A Different Kind Of Outsourcing....

I came across this story and felt it needed to be shared. We obviously have a water scarcity in California. California's drought problem has been well documented and should not be news to anyone. Saudi Arabia too has some drought problems (once again...no surprise). Because of their drought the local feed stock economy has been lacking the water to produce locally grown  alfalfa, (a rather water intensive crop). Saudi Arabia's solution to that problems is rather perplexing..to say the least. They just bought 14,000 acres in CA to plant the crop there and then export it to Saudi Arabia to feed their local cows. Effectively Saudi Arabia outsourced their water use to CA...and despite our local drought problems it seems to be making economic sense for them. I have seen a lot of interesting outsourcing solutions...but this one clearly stands out.

How Saudi Arabia Outsources Their Water Needs To California....