Shasta Dam Case Summary

1) The Central Valley in California is the greatest food resource of the USA operated by Ted Sheeley. A variety of crops such as tomatoes, fruit and nuts that are produced here contribute to huge amounts of the overall production of USA. Various factors contributing to their growth are the soils, bright and sunny skies, temperatures and rains during the summers and water. What was a desert in the 1930s, is now one of the largest production reserves of USA due to the water that comes from the California's Shasta Dam which is located around 400 miles to the north of this place. Vast resources and monumental infrastructure is required for the California's food machine to function properly and Shasta Dam is a construction of both. The Shasta Dam which starts at the Sacramento river proceeds connecting 20 dams and rivers through 500 miles of tunnels and canals which turns over a 42000 square miles of a desert into the world's biggest greenhouse, all of which collectively …show more content…
Well, sometimes natural way is considered the better option, i.e. pollination is best carried out by nature, to be more specific, bees. Long distance Bee truckers ship bees to various parts of the country in the United States. The phenomenon Colony Collapse Disorder is a phenomenon where the bees just disappear from the hives after they are brought back from the pollination process. David Hackenberg suspects that it is due to the pesticides that are sprayed on the crops which the bees tend to bring back and as a result, they die. Though this cause is not confirmed, scientists are performing various researches as to what is causing this phenomenon exactly. This can lead to many adverse effects in the field of production of various crops such as Pumpkins, Almonds, Cherries, etc. which is quite